Chemistry 101Spring 2018
Mrs. Freschl
This course is intended for ONLY nursing majors and health science majors. If you are majoring in biology, psychology or planning on taking more chemistry courses (except for Chemistry 103) you are in the WRONG course.
Prerequisites: A Grade of C or better in Chemistry 100 or a placement of 1 on the Chem placement test and a score of 30 on the math placement test (or a C or better in Math 105). There will be NO exceptions to the grade of C or better in Chem 100.
My own prerequisite: Agood attitudewould be very helpful for learning chemistry this semester, for making this course fun (learning can be fun) and for ending up with a good grade.
Required materials:
1)Textbook: "General, Organic and Biochemistry” 8th or 9th edition, Denniston, Topping and Caret
Paperback version (approx cost $160)
2) Lab manual: "Catalyst: Prentice Hall Custom Laboratory Program” (approx cost $40)Must be NEW
3) Calculator (not programmable) ($5)
4) Lab safety goggles ($10)
Lecture attendance: Attendance in lecture is strongly recommended. You will find you will learn a lot in lecture, providing you attend, pay attention and stay awake!!
It is definitely to your benefit to come to lecture.
Effort: This course is time consuming. Plan to put at least 5 hours/week into the course (not counting class time) for rewriting your lecture notes, reading the textbook, studying etc. See attached hand-out called “How to Succeed in Chemistry 101”.
Grading:Lab grade = 15%, Lecture Quizzes = 10%,
Hourly exams 5%, 15% and 20%, (5% is lowest grade. It can be any exam) Final exam = 35%
Or Hourly exams 15% each, Final exam = 30%
(The computer will decide which option works best for you)
[However, you cannot pass this course with a "C" without doing at least "C" work on the hourly exams and/or the final, no matter how great you do in lab and the quizzes!!]
Quizzes: There will be a quiz every week, except the week of hourly exams. There are NO make-up quizzes. Two quizzes will be dropped from the average. Do not use them up in the beginning of the semester, since you might need them for illnesses at the end. If you take all the quizzes, your two lowest scores will be dropped. It is to your advantage to attempt to take ALL the quizzes. The purpose of quizzes is to help you learn, make sure you keep up with the material and give you practice. They are NOT meant to torture you!! Answers to the quizzes will be on D2L.
Hourly Exams:Thursday Feb 15, March 15, April 19 and May 10. The exams start promptly at 5:30 P.M. These are one-hour exams, but I will allow people to remain an extra 20 minutes if you so desire. If you have a job, arrange right now to have time off during those evenings.
There are NO make-up exams. The 4th exam can replace the exam you missed. However, it is a mini final exam which covers all the material from the beginning of the semester.
FINAL EXAM: (The final exam is cumulative!!)Saturday May 12th at 10:00 AM
My Office hours: Room Chem 145 (229-3759) E-mail address:
Office Hours: Mon and Wed 10:30 to 11:00 and 12 to 2 Friday 12 to 2
Dropping the course: Students may drop before April 8th.
Laboratory: Attendance at ALL laboratory meetings is required. Missing several laboratory meetings will result in automaticfailure in the course. An absence from lab will be excused ONLY upon presentation to me of a written request with appropriate documentation. If you know in advance, you can schedule with your TA another time that week to make up the lab. Labs cannot be made up the following week because the equipment and chemicals are not available. Your TA will discuss with you pre-labs, laboratory write-ups and lab reports.
Laboratory Safety: State Laws require that you must wear safety glasses at all times when laboratory work is in progress. You must bring them to the first day of lab. Failure to wear your safety glasses can result in your being banned from the lab, which would result in an 'F' in the course. So please, remember to wear them. Also remember, that although you might know what you are doing, your neighbor might NOT!! You will be working with some dangerous chemicals, and it only takes a small accident to cause loss of an eye.
Sandals and shorts (and mini skirts) are not allowed in the lab. TA’s will not let you in and you will receive a ZERO for the lab.
Discussion class: Attendance in discussion is required. This is when you will get back your lecture quizzes and exams, when the TA will go over the answers to the quizzes, exams, and the problem sets, when you will discuss the next lab experiment, when you can ask questions concerning lecture and textbook material, and the questions at the end of the chapter. This can be a very useful time to help you learn Chemistry. Don't waste it.
Problem Sets: Periodically throughout the course I will be handing out problem sets. These are NOT for a grade and are not required, but they are highly recommended. The answers to these problem sets will be given out in lecture or discussion or put on my web page.
Web Page: Last year’s hour exams will be on D2L “Desire2Learn”. The old exams will be a very useful study guide to this semester’s exams. I will also post the current quizzes with answers and the current exams with answers.
Fun: I hope you have a good time learning some general and organic chemistry.
Chemistry 101
Spring 2018
Mrs. FreschlLaboratory schedule
Lab manual: "Catalyst: Prentice Hall Custom Laboratory Program”
Week ofExperiment
Jan 22No laboratory
Jan 29Thinking Metric (hand-out)
Feb 5What is a Chemical Reaction? (page 7)
Feb 12Physiologically Important Ions (page 103)
Feb 19Composition of a Compound (page 17)
Feb 26Halogens (page 25)
March 5Analysis of commercial bleaches (page 33)
March 12Metals (page 93)
March 19SPRING BREAK
March 26The Calorie (page 47) Ignore question 3 page 52
April 2How fast are chemical reactions? (page 39)
April 9Chemical reactions that can go both ways (page 55)
April 16Concentration of an unknown acid (page 65)
April 23pH scale and indicators (page 75)
April 30Buffer solutions (page 85)
Chemistry 101
Spring 2018
Mrs. Freschl
Lecture schedule
Textbook: "General, Organic and Biochemistry” 8thor 9thedition, Denniston, Topping and Caret
This schedule is very tentative, not definite and will be subject to change as the semester progresses.
Jan 22Chap 1Methods and Measurements
Jan 24Chap 1
Jan 26Chap 2QuizStructure of the atom
[Ignore sec 2.7 trends on periodic table, p73 to 75]
Jan 29Chap 2
Jan 31Chap 2
Feb 2Chap 9QuizRadioactivity
[Ignore sec 9.3 p 306 to top 308, ignore sec 9.7 p 319 to 321]
Feb 5Chap 9
Feb 7Chap 9
Feb 9Chap 3QuizIonic and Covalent compounds
[Ignore p108 to middle 112, resonance & exceptions to octet]
Feb 12Chap 3
Feb 14Chap 3
[Thursday Feb 15 at 5:30 First Lecture exam]
Feb 16Chap 4Calculations and chemical equations
Feb 19Chap 4
Feb 21Chap 4
Feb 23Chap 4Quizoxidation
Feb 26Chap 4mole relationships from equations
Feb 28Chap 5Gases
March 2Chap 5Quiz
March 5Chap 5
March 7Chap 5
March 9Chap 5Quizliquids
March 12Chap 5solids
March 14Chap 5calorie problems
[Thursday March 15th at 5:30 Second Lecture exam]
March 16
March 19-25SPRING BREAK
March 26Chap 6solutions
[Ignore sec 6.4, p 207 to 210 fr. pt depression and molality]
[Ignore p 212 to top 213, osmotic pressure calculations]
[Ignore electrolytes p 217 to top 219]
March 28Chap 6
March 30Chap 6Quiz
April 2Chap 7Energy, rate and equilibrium
[Ignore middle p 231 to 234, entropy and free energy]
April 4Chap 7
April 6Chap 7Quiz
April 9Chap 8Acids and Bases (sec 8.1 to 8.4)
April 11Chap 8
April 13Chap 8Quiz
April 16Chap 8
April 18Chap 8
[Thursday April 19th at 5:30 Third Lecture exam]
April 20Chap 8
April 23Chap 10Intro to Organic, & saturated hydrocarbons
April 25Chap 10[Ignore table 10.8 (p342) and 10.4 (p349-350) conformations]
April 27Chap 10Quiz
April 30Chap 10
May 2Chap 11Unsaturated hydrocarbons
[Ignore bottom p 384, hydration of alkynes]
[Ignore p 393to 394 benzene reactions]
May 4Chap 11Quiz
May 7Chap 11
May 9Review
[Thursday May 10th at 5:30 Fourth Lecture exam]
Saturday May 12 at 10:00 AMCumulative Final Exam Room TBA
Chemistry 101Suggested homework problemsEdition 9
(Answers are in the back of the textbook. Make sure you can get these problems right BEFORE you take your exams, not after!!)
These problems are a little TOO easy but they are a good start. My problem sets are more difficult. They will be handed out in lecture and they are on D2L.
Chapter 1:51, 53, 55, 69, 71, 75, 77, 79, 81, 91a,c,g, 93, 95, 99, 101, 103, 105, 117b, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129,
Problem Set 1
Chapter 2: 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 57, 67, 69, 71, 73, 77, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 95, 99, 101, 103, 105, 107,
Chapter 9:19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 41, 43, 45, 49, 53, 63, 65, 69
Problem Set 2
Chapter 313, 15, 21, 29, 31, 35, 37, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 51, 59, 79a,c, 97, 101 Problem Sets 3 & 4
Chapter 421, 23, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 41, 45, 47, 51, 59, 65, 67, 69, 75, 77, 101, 103, 105 Problem Sets 5 & 6 and Problem Set 12
Chapter 535, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 53, 55, 59, 61, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89, 95, Problem Set 7 & 7B
Chapter 647, 49, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 71, 79, 81
Problem Set 8
Chapter 765, 71, 75, 83, 85, 87, 91, 93, 95, 103
Problem Set 9
Chapter 8 29a,b, 31, 33, 35, 45, 47, 49, 55, 57, 59,71, 73, 75, 87, 89, 95
Problem Sets 10 & 11
Chapter 1033, 35, 39, 41, 59, 61, 69, 71, 73, 79, 81, 87, 89,
Problem Sets Short alkane naming & Organic P.S. 2
Chapter 1143(omit d), 45, 47, 49, 63, 65, 67, 69, 75, 91,
Organic Problem Set 3