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Unit Guide School of Molecular Sciences Faculty of Science

Introductory Chemistry CHEM1003 6 points Semester 1 2018 Perth/Albany

Unit Coordinator – Dr Dino Spagnoli Unit web site - www.lms.uwa.edu.au

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Contents UNIT DESCRIPTION Unit description and content Learning outcomes Unit rules CONTACT DETAILS Unit coordinator Academic teaching staff Contacting academic and professional staff by email Unit contact hours ASSESSMENT MECHANISM Practical requirements Ethical scholarship, academic literacy and academic misconduct Appeals against academic assessment Charter of student rights and responsibilities Student Guild contact details Student feedback UNIT RESOURCES Learning Management System (LMS) Textbooks and resources

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UNIT DESCRIPTION Unit description and content This unit is designed for students with little or no background in chemistry that wishes to gain an understanding of basic chemistry. Entry is restricted to students without a satisfactory pass in WACE Chemistry 3A/3B or TEE Chemistry. In semester two, the natural follow-on unit is CHEM1004 Biological Chemistry. However, enrolment in CHEM1002 Chemistry—Structure and Reactivity is possible for students who have performed well (D, HD) in CHEM1003 Introductory Chemistry. Topics covered include the structure of matter, chemical reactions, solvents and organic chemistry. In introducing the structure of matter and the chemical elements, an elementary discussion of atomic structure and the bonding of elements to form compounds are given. Further development requires a discussion of the mole concept. This leads to a study of chemical reactions, with discussions on oxidation and reduction, acids and bases, energy changes in reactions, reaction rates and chemical equilibrium. The subject of solvents concentrates on water and finally there is an introduction to organic chemistry. Learning outcomes Students are able to understand principles and concepts related to (a) electronic structure of atoms and the periodic properties of the elements; (b) descriptions of chemical bonding; (c) nomenclature of binary compounds of metals and non-metals; (d) balancing chemical equations; (e) the origins of intermolecular forces; (f) the mole concept; (g) the gas laws; (h) conditions that affect reaction rates and equilibrium; (i) explain acid-base chemistry (j) oxidation-reduction reactions; (k) nomenclature of organic molecules. Students acquire basic practical skills in (1) chemical synthesis; (2) manipulation and use of chemicals and standard laboratory apparatus; (3) predicting the outcome of simple chemical reactions; (4) devising simple syntheses of compounds; and (5) recording and analysis of experimental measurements and procedures. Students gain skills in scientific writing, problem solving, critical analysis and teamwork, as well as basic research skills, through a combination of practical class experimentation and self-paced learning in online quizzes. Unit rules Incompatibility: This unit is not available to students who have a satisfactory performance (scaled score of 50 per cent or more) in Chemistry ATAR or WACE Chemistry 3A/3B or TEE Chemistry, or equivalent. http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/unitdetails?code=CHEM1003

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CONTACT DETAILS Unit coordinator name: Dr Dino Spagnoli email: [email protected] phone: 6488 8681 consultation hours: by appointment office location: 1.06

Perth campus teaching staff name: Dr Scott Stewart email: [email protected] consultation hours: by appointment name: Prof George Koutsantonis email : [email protected] consultation hours: by appointment

Albany campus teaching staff name: Dr. Craig Russell email: [email protected] consultation hours: by appointment

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Contacting academic and professional staff by email Writing a professional email is a generic skill that you should acquire while at UWA. All email messages should be polite, considerate, and contain correct grammar and spelling. All should begin with an appropriate salutation, e.g. “Dear…”, and end with a suitable closing, e.g. “Regards…”. Do not expect an answer to an email outside of business hours (Monday – Friday, 9.00 – 17.00). Please check the “Announcement” section in the unit’s LMS page before sending an email. Your question may have already been addressed. Unit contact hours Times according to the University Timetable Unit website:

This is a LMS supported unit (http://www.lms.uwa.edu.au/)

Lecture times:

Monday 10 am Wednesday 1pm Friday 12pm

Laboratory and workshop sessions:

Wednesday morning (10am) OR Wednesday afternoon (2pm) OR Thursday morning (10am) (Attendance is compulsory)

LMS-based quiz:

10 LMS-based quiz 30 minutes duration

LECTURES This unit will be using a blended approach to learning in the lectures. This means that some lectures will have material presented as online videos. This video is accessible from the units LMS site. Each video will be no longer than 10 minutes. It is strongly recommended to watch these videos in good time, as there will be assessment items based on its content. The provision of online videos allows time in lectures to be spent working through problems or watching a demonstration. Therefore, in your lecture be prepared to work through problems in groups and discuss the solutions/observations as a class. The best way to learn chemistry is by doing chemistry. Therefore, we have designed activities for you to do in class to help you learn.

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ASSESSMENT MECHANISM Assessment mechanism summary Item

Weight

Description and due date

Laboratory and workshop worksheets

25%

Continuous throughout semester

Online Safety Quiz and Lecture-based quizzes

25%

10 throughout semester

Final exam

50%

End of semester exam period

Satisfactory performance in both the practical and theory components of the unit is required to pass the unit. Completion of the practical requirements (attendance and all assessment tasks) is compulsory. Online Safety Quiz and Lecture-Based Quizzes All quizzes can be accessed from the Week-by-Week Activities page on the CHEM1003 LMS website. Each assessed quiz can be completed once. You will be given online practice quizzes to prepare for the assessed quiz. Practice quizzes can be attempted multiple times and feedback will be given on your answers. Dates for Quizzes 1. Lab Safety Quiz: 26th February -7th March 2. Matter and Atoms Quiz: 12th-16th March 3. Chemical Bonds Quiz: 19th-23rd March 4. Intermolecular Forces Quiz: 26th-30th March 5. Chemical Quantities Quiz: 16th-20th April 6. Acid and Bases Quiz: 23rd-27th April 7. Chemical Equilibrium Quiz: 7th-11th May 8. Oxidation and Reduction Quiz: 14th-18th May 9. Gases Quiz: 21st-25th May 10. Organic Chemistry Quiz: 28th-1st June

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ASSESSMENT OF LABORATORY There are six laboratory topics in CHEM1003. 1. Identification of Ions 2. Intermolecular Forces 3. Acids and Bases 4. Chemical Equilibrium 5. Oxidation and Reduction 6. Molecular Models Topics numbers 1, 2, 4 and 5 have the following structure •

Online pre laboratory video and quiz

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Two-hour practical session

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One-hour review workshop session

Due to scheduling of public holidays topics number 3 and 6 have the following structure •

Online pre laboratory video and quiz

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Three-hour practical session

ONLINE PRE LABORATORY VIDEO AND QUIZ There are online videos to watch and an associated online quiz to complete before attending the practical laboratory. These are accessed from the LMS. Failure to complete your pre lab quiz before the laboratory session will result in loss of marks. Each quiz will be open the week before the date of the lab and you will have two attempts at each quiz. Your highest grade will be recorded. The assessed online quiz is worth 1 mark out of 10 for each experiment. The online pre lab quizzes will open at the following weeks in semester: •

Identifications of Ions: Week 1

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Intermolecular Forces: Week 4

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Acid and Bases: Week 6

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Chemical Equilibrium: Week 8

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Oxidation and Reduction: Week 10

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Molecular Models: Week 12

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TWO-HOUR or THREE-HOUR PRACTICAL During the two-hour or three-hour practical session you will perform the experiment, write down your observations, perform calculations and analyse the data. Unless otherwise instructed by your demonstrator you work individually on each experiment. All calculations are to be shown in full. The observations and calculations are to written on worksheets that will be provided to you at the start of your lab session. The observations and calculations on the worksheets are worth 5 marks out of 10 for topics 1, 2, 4 and 5 and 9 marks out of 10 for topics 3 and 6. ONE-HOUR REVIEW WORKSHOP FOR TOPICS 1, 2, 4 and 5 At the review workshop you will work in small groups to discuss the results and observations that you obtained the previous week and complete the worksheet. You will discuss the advantages and limitations of the experimental procedure and critically evaluate it so that improvements could be made if you were to perform the experiment again. You will also answer questions on a worksheet that will form the assessment for the review workshop. The answers on the worksheet are worth 4 marks out of 10 for each experiment. The worksheets are submitted for marking at the last session held for each of the topics. LABORATORY EXEMPTION Students that are repeating the unit but have already passed the laboratory component can apply for laboratory exemption. Students in this situation will need to email the coordinator of first year studies ([email protected]) and apply. The due date for application is by the end of week 3. If successful, your grade for the laboratory from a previous year will be used as your grade for this year.

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Practical requirements Laboratory Coat and Shoes All students must wear laboratory coats at all times in the laboratory. Students must provide their own laboratory coat (available at Uniprint in the Guild Village). Only closed-toe shoes are permitted in the laboratory. Safety Glasses and Gloves All students must wear safety glasses at all times in the laboratory (prescription glasses are not adequate). Students will be provided with safety glasses. Calculator You should have a scientific calculator available for use in the laboratory and lectures; it should have the means for determining the log of a number. Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 overall and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.

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Ethical scholarship, academic literacy and academic misconduct Ethical scholarship is the pursuit of scholarly enquiry marked by honesty and integrity. Academic literacy is the capacity to undertake study and research, and to communicate findings and knowledge, in a manner appropriate to the particular disciplinary conventions and scholarly standards expected at university level. Academic misconduct is any activity or practice engaged in by a student that breaches explicit guidelines relating to the production of work for assessment, in a manner that compromises or defeats the purpose of that assessment. Students must not engage in academic misconduct. Any such activity undermines an ethos of ethical scholarship. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to cheating, or attempting to cheat, through: • Collusion • Inappropriate collaboration • Plagiarism • Misrepresenting or fabricating data or results or other assessable work • Inappropriate electronic data sourcing/collection • Breaching rules specified for the conduct of examinations in a way that may compromise or defeat the purposes of assessment. Penalties for academic misconduct vary according to seriousness of the case, and may include the requirement to do further work or repeat work; deduction of marks; the award of zero marks for the assessment; failure of one or more units; suspension from a course of study; exclusion from the University, non-conferral of a degree, diploma or other award to which the student would otherwise have been entitled. Refer to the Ethical Scholarship, Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct policy. Appeals against academic assessment If students feel they have been unfairly assessed, they have the right to appeal their mark by submitting an Appeal Against Academic Assessment form to the Head of School and Faculty Office. The form must be submitted within twenty working days of the release of the formal result. It is recommended that students contact the Guild Education Officers to aid them in the appeals process. They can be contacted on +61 8 6488 2295 or [email protected]. Full regulations governing appeals procedures are available from Academic Policy Services, available online at http://www.aps.uwa.edu.au/home/policies/appeals Charter of student rights and responsibilities This Charter of Student Rights and Responsibilities upholds the fundamental rights of students who undertake their education at the University of Western Australia. It recognises that excellence in teaching and learning requires students to be active participants in their educational experience. It upholds the ethos that in addition to the University's role of awarding formal academic qualifications to students, the University must strive to instil in all students independent scholarly learning, critical judgement, academic integrity and ethical sensitivity. Please refer to the website the full charter of student rights and responsibilities, located at http://www.secretariat.uwa.edu.au/home/policies/charter

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Special Consideration

Special consideration must be approved from your Faculty if you do not wish to be penalised for missing any assessment in the unit. The University’s procedure for special consideration is described at the following website, and is summarised in the flow diagram below. http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/course/exams/consideration

Obtain evidence to support your special consideration application Within three UWA working days from%the% assessment%due%date%

Apply for special consideration from your Faculty Student Office

Special consideration granted

Special consideration not granted

Within three UWA working days Contact unit coordinator to discuss amendment(s) to assessment. Failure to contact unit coordinator within three UWA working days will result in a mark of 0 (zero) for the missed assessment.

You may appeal decision if you believe appropriate grounds exist.

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Student Guild contact details The University of Western Australia Student Guild 35 Stirling Highway Crawley WA 6009 Phone: (+61 8) 6488 2295 Facsimile: (+61 8) 6488 1041 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.guild.uwa.edu.au Student feedback In the course of the unit you will be asked to complete Students' Unit Reflective Feedback (SURF) and possibly also Student Perceptions Of Teaching (SPOT) questionnaires. The feedback you provide in the SURF is used by the unit coordinator to modify future delivery and content of the unit, ensuring high quality teaching and learning practices at UWA. Your responses on SPOT questionnaires are used by the lecturing and demonstrating staff to develop their individual teaching approaches, unit content and student engagement methods. It may also be used to support excellence in teaching and promotion applications. We value your feedback!

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UNIT RESOURCES Learning Management System (LMS) •

www.lms.uwa.edu.au

• Lecture capture system – accessed through the unit’s LMS site For assistance with the LMS, do not contact the unit coordinator. On the LMS site, select the “LMS Help: STUDENTS” link at www.lms.uwa.edu.au or in person at the Reid Library and the Science Library Or, browse answers online anytime or ask a question through askUWA available at: http://ipoint.uwa.edu.au Lecture Capture The lectures will be captured and made available on the LMS. This content includes the audio of the lecture, the PowerPoint overheads, and also the lecture camera, which will be used for demonstrations and worked examples on the whiteboard. We strongly recommend that you attend all lectures in the unit and use the lecture capture system as a backup. We cannot guarantee that all lectures will be captured as the system does fail from time to time. Textbooks and resources Recommended/Required text(s) Introductory Chemistry: A foundation (9th, 8th or 7th edition) Authors: Zumdahl and DeCoste Publisher: Cengage Learning Additional/Suggested/Alternate text(s) Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry (10th Edition, or earlier) Authors: Bettelheim, Brown, Campbell and Farrell Publisher: Thomson-Brooks/Cole

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UNIT SCHEDULE Week number and date

Lecture Topic

26 Feb

Matter (2) & Atoms (1)

5 Mar

Ions & Chemical Reactions (3)

Lecturer

Zumdahl

1. Lab Safety Quiz (26th Feb-7th March)

Ch. 4

Scott Stewart

12 Mar

Scott Stewart

1. Lab: Identification of Ions (2hrs)

Dino Spagnoli

2. Matter & Atoms Quiz (12th-16th March)

Chemical Bonding (3)

Reading

Quiz Topic/ Laboratory Topic

Ch. 5 & 6 Ch 12

1. Review: Identification of Ions (1hr) Dino Spagnoli 19 Mar

26 Mar

Intermolecular Forces (2)

The Mole (1) & Chemical Quantities (2)

Dino Spagnoli

3. Chemical Bonds Quiz (19th-23rd March) 4. Intermolecular Forces Quiz (26th-30th March)

Ch 12 & Ch 14 Ch 8 & 9.

2. Lab: Intermolecular Forces (2hrs) Mid-semester break

2 Apr

9 Apr

Chemical Quantities (1), Acid and Bases (2)

16 Apr

Acid and Bases (1) Buffers (1)

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2. Review: Intermolecular Forces (1 hr) 5. Chemical Quantities Quiz (16th-20th April)

Ch 16

Ch 16

3. Lab: Acid and Bases (3hrs) 23 Apr 30 Apr

7 May

14 May

21 May

28 May

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