Dr. Light--SUMMER 1996
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Instructor:
Robley J. Light: Office: 204 DLC
Telephone: 644-3844
email: rlight@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Class Hours:
12:30-1:35, MWF, 275 Fisher Lecture Hall
11:00-12:00 M,T,W,Th, or by appointment
Help Sessions:
Wednesdays prior to Hour Tests, 5:30-7:00 pm, 218 HTL
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Chemistry, The Central Science 6th Edition, by T. L. Brown,
H. E. LeMay, Jr., and B. E. Bursten; Prentice-Hall, 1994.
Lab Meetings:
The laboratory (CHM 1046L) is a corequisite and is separate
from the lecture in grading and organization. You are expected to
register for both unless you have already passed the laboratory.
YOU MUST ATTEND THE FIRST LABORATORY MEETING. You could lose your
place if you don't. Your laboratory meets twice a week.
Calculator:
A calculator capable of the operations 10x, ex, log x, and
ln x is required. (You will be doing a number of calculations
involving logarithms this term, so you should review their
use).
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Completion of CHM 1045 with a C or better grade. It is
assumed you have a reasonable commmand of the first 11
chapters of the text except for Chapter 4.
Audience:
This course is the second term of two-semester general
chemistry course intended for science majors who will take
further chemistry courses. It will count for liberal studies
credit, but non-science majors desiring a single terminal
course in chemistry should consider CHM 1020 instead. CHM
1030 is an alternative shorter general chemistry course
leading to CHM 2200C, a one-semester organic chemistry course
intended for some majors such as nutrition and food science.
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There will be four hour tests. The summer term does not
provide for a final exam. Note their scheduled dates now, and
plan your calendar accordingly.
Hour Test 1 Friday, May 31
Hour Test 2 Friday, June 21
Hour Test 3 Friday, July 12
Hour Test 4 Friday, Aug 2
Make-up exams will be available only in case of a legitimately
excused absence (sickness, death in family, university
business, etc.). In all cases but extreme emergencies, you
must notify me of the absence before the exam.
A take home pre-test will be handed out the Wednesday before
the week of an hour test, to be completed by a group of 3-5
students working together and handed in at the beginning of
class on the following Monday. (The first Pre-Test will be
due Tuesday morning following Memorial Day). On weeks without
pre-tests or hour tests, a take-home quiz will be handed out
on Wednesday and due at the beginning of class on Friday.
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The course grade will be calculated on the basis of 560
points, distributed as follows:
Four hour exams, 100 each 400 points
Three of four quizzes, 20 each 60 points
Average of four Pre-Tests 100 points
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Total 560 points
The course average is based on Total/5.6
Grading Scale:
A 90-100
B 80-89.9
C 70-79.9
D 60-69.9
F 0-59.9
(The above scale represents the minimum grade to expect.
Since I have not had experience with this course and
exams in the past, it may become necessary to modify the
grade cut-off points downward depending on test
difficulty, class performance, etc. However, I will not
know for sure how much adjustment might be made until all
grades are in)
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You will each be given an account on a campus computer which
can be used for electronic mail and for exploring the
Internet. I will use electronic mail to make class
announcements, reading and problem assignments, etc. You can
use electronic mail to ask me questions about the material,
indicate which things need more explanation in class, etc.
This opportunity is not meant to replace office hours, but to
complement them. A newsgroup bulletin board will be created
to which I will post answers to questions I feel are relevant
for all the class, and I plan to develop a class home page as
a repository of relevant class information. You can also
communicate with each other, schedule group meetings, etc.
through your email accounts.
I may, on occasion, submit a question to the class by email
and award extra credit to whomever can answer it correctly
within a specified time period, not more than 24 hours.
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You are to organize yourselves into groups of three to five
individuals. Try to group with individuals in the same
laboratory section and with similar enough schedules that you
will have several blocks of time each week to get together
outside of class. Sit together in class , as there will be
some classroom activities you will be called on to work
together. You will work together on the Pre-Tests and submit
one test for the group. You may work together and collaborate
on the quizzes as well, but one quiz is due from each student.
You should also meet together at least once or twice a week to
work problem sets and prepare for tests.
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Prepare for class. Read the book before material is to be
covered in class, and come prepared with questions on things
you don't understand. A large portion of the course involves
solving various problems, even more so in CHM 1046 than in CHM
1046. In addition to the quizzes and pre-tests, some
suggested practice problems are listed in the course outline,
and you should try working as many of these problems as you
can on your own or with others. A solutions manual is
available, and while it may tell you if your answer is right,
do not depend on it for the rote method of solving the
problem. Usually there is more than one way to set up and
solve chemistry problems, especially complex ones, and
understanding what you are doing and why is preferred to
memorizing steps. Some memorization will be necessary,
however, such as solubilities, and you should undertake these
tasks as they come up, not the night before a test. Take good
class notes, revise them after class to see if there are
points you don't understand, and develop a content outline
from the notes to serve as a study guide for each exam. When
you have trouble working a problem, after it is explained try
working another similar one from those at the end of the
chapter. Try making up your own substitute problem to solve.Homework:
Besides reading the chapters ahead, and organizing and
completing your notes after each lecture, you should practice
working some of the representative problems at the end of the
chapters. A good strategy would be to get together in your
study groups to work problems. Following is a suggested list
of problems to focus on, but if you have difficulty with a
particular type of problem, you should choose additional ones
to work. As you encounter difficulties, you should seek help
during office hours, from the help desk, or by email. Some of
the problems have answers in the back of the book, and answers
to others are available from "Solutions to Exercises in
Chemistry, The Central Science", 6th Edition,
Brown, LeMay and Bursten, Prentice-Hall, 1994.
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Chapter Problems
4 4.15-4.50
20 20.1-20.8
13 13.1-13.30, 13.36-13.60
15 15.5-15.24, 15.31-15.34
16 16.5-16.8, 16.11-16.16, 16.19-16.28
16.31-16.34, 16.39-16.48, 16.55-16.62
16.65-16.6816,73-16,74
17 17.3-17.26, 17.29-17.38, 17.43-17.50
14 14.1-14.18, 14.21, 14.23, 14.29-14.32
14.43-14.46
19 19.1-19.16, 19.19-19.26, 19.29-19.30
19.33-19.36
20 20.9-20.23, 20.27-20.36
26 26.3-26.12, 26.27-26.40
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American Disabilities Act
Students with disabilities needing academic
accommodations should: 1) register with and provide
documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center
(SDRC); 2) bring a letter to the instructor from SDRC
indicating you need academic accommodations. This should be
done within the first week of class.
Academic Honor Code
Students are reminded of the Academic Honor System of the
Florida State University. Collaboration is permitted and
encouraged on the group practice tests and the take-home
quizzes, but signing one's name to the group effort without
having participated in it would be considered a violation of
the honor code. Receiving or giving unauthorized help on the
hour tests is a violation.
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