Introductory Chemistry Laboratory

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Learn and practice safety standards in a chemical laboratory environment
• Develop skills in handling scientific equipment and making measurements
• Apply recordkeeping and reporting methods that reflect the integrity and ethics associated with scientific data and information
• Apply scientific inquiry to develop knowledge of chemical systems
• Classify substances based on their physical and chemical properties
• Synthesize and characterize a chemical compound
• Perform calculations describing mass and energy changes during chemical reactions
• Use scientific instruments to make quantitative measurements of the properties of sample.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
12 Pre-aboratory quizzes	20%
12 Post-laboratory Reports	60%
Midterm and Final Quizzes	20%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A–
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B–
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C–
67-69%	D+
63-66%	D
60-62%	D–
<60%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance is required at all scheduled lab meetings. Excused absences are granted when a doctor’s note supporting illness or injury or documentation of a death in the immediate family is provided. If there is a different reason for an absence, contact your instructor as soon as possible.

A combination of 3 or more absences and/or missing reports constitutes unsatisfactory performance in the lab course. Under such circumstances, students will:

- Fail the course if the situations are unexcused

- Receive an Incomplete for the course if the situations are excused personal illness (must have a note from a physician) or a death in the immediate family (provide obituary or funeral program)

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• CHE 110 LabFlow by Catalyst Education. ISBN 13 : 9781963259568