Chemistry 104 Laboratory:  Science Majors Thursday Section

Spring 2008 Schedule

 

 

Week of

Tuesday/Wednesday Discussion

Thursday Laboratory Experiment/Assignment

Answer Keys

MajorsŐ Lab Blog (via Bb)

Gen Chem Lab

Periodic Table

 

 

 

21 Jan

 

Orientation

Expt 3 Discussion  (ILD = Instructor Led Discussion)

Brain Teaser #2 (Majors Manual)

 

 

Expt 3:  Understanding and Predicting Acid-Base Behavior

 

Majors Manual: Glass Electrodes and the pH Meter (ILD)

28 Jan

Expt 2 discussion (SLD= Student Led Discussion)

 

Brain Teaser #1

 

Complete Part A of Expt 2

 

 

Expt 2:  A Cycle of Copper Reactions

Brain Teaser #3

 

 

 

4 Feb

Majors Manual: Microscale Rxns of Vanillin discussion (Parts A, B) (SLD)

 

Majors Manual:  GC-MS (ILD)

 

Majors Manual: 

IR Spectroscopy (ILD)

 

Majors Manual:  Microscale Reactions of Vanillin 

(Parts A, B; start C or D)

 

 

11 Feb

 

GC-MS continued (ILD)

Microscale Reactions of Vanillin discussion (spectral analysis) (SLD)

Brain Teaser #6

 

Majors Manual:  Microscale Reactions of Vanillin

(Parts C/D)

Complete analysis of spectra and start report.

 

18 Feb

Expt 4 (Parts A, B) Discussion (SLD)

Brain Teaser #17

 

Expt 4:  Green Chemistry – Biodiesel (Parts A, B)

25 Feb

 

Expt 4 (Parts C, D) Discussion (SLD)

Brain Teaser #18

Expt 4:  Green Chemistry – Biodiesel (Parts C, D)

Lab Quiz on Expt 2,3, Vanillin (self-scheduled; due Mon March 3 by 4 p.m.)

 

 

3 March

Expt 1 discussion (SLD/ILD)

Brain Teaser #15

 

 

Expt 1: Brita, Scum, and Scale (Part A)

Key to SigFig_Calculation Worksheet

 

10 Mar

Spring Break!

 

 

17 Mar

Expt 1 Parts B, C, D discussion (SLD)

Brain Teaser #14

 

 

Expt 1: Brita, Scum, and Scale (Parts B, C, D)

 

 

 

24 Mar

Review Expt 1 and organize data

 

Brain Teaser #10

 

Expt 1: Brita, Scum, and Scale

(Data Work Up)

 

Rubber Band Thermodynamics

 

 

 

31 Mar

 

Expt 5 discussion (SLD)

 

Complete Parts A,B of Expt 5

 

 

 

 

Expt 5:  pH Titration

 

Brain Teaser #4

 

          Lab Quiz on Expts 1, 4 (self-scheduled; due Thurs April 10 by 1 p.m.)

 

 

7 Apr

Expt 9 discussion (SLD)

 

Brain Teaser #7

 

 

Expt 9:  Electric Metal Art

 

 

 

14 Apr

 

 

Kinetics overview (ILD)

 

Iron Wall Kinetics discussion (SLD)

 

 

Majors Manual:  Iron Wall Kinetics

 

Brain Teaser #11

21 Apr

 

Iron Wall Kinetics: work with your partner(s) on your project

 

 

 

Iron Wall Kinetics

(team projects)

 

         Lab Quiz on Expts 5, 9 (self-scheduled; due Mon 28 April by 4 p.m.)

 

 

28 Apr

 

No class meeting.  KDL available to answer questions about your project/presentation

Iron Wall Kinetics presentations

 

Lab Check Out

 

Revised 1/8/2008