Chemistry 101 Spring 2015
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: A good attitude would 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 edition, Denniston, Topping and Caret
Paperback version (approx cost $160)
2) Lab manual: "Catalyst: Prentice Hall Custom Laboratory Program” (approx cost $40)
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 19, March 12 and April 16. 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. If you miss an exam, you must bring in written notification as to why you were unable to attend. Your Final Exam will then count as 45% of your grade. This is not a desirable option for you since the Final Exam is usually harder than the individual hourly exams. It is to your benefit to attempt to take all three exams as scheduled, even if you are feeling slightly ill.
FINAL EXAM: (The final exam is cumulative!!) Tuesday May 12th at 12:30
My Office hours: Room Chem 145 (229-3759) E-mail address:
Office Hours: MWF 10:30 to 11:00, and 12 to 2
Dropping the course: Students may drop before March 27th.
Laboratory: Attendance at ALL laboratory meetings is required. Missing laboratory meetings will result in automatic failure 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.
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 2015
Mrs. Freschl Laboratory schedule
Lab manual: "Catalyst: Prentice Hall Custom Laboratory Program”
Week of Experiment
Jan 26 No laboratory
Feb 2 Thinking Metric (hand-out)
Feb 9 What is a Chemical Reaction? (page 7)
Feb 16 Physiologically Important Ions (page 103)
Feb 23 Composition of a Compound (page 17)
March 2 Halogens (page 25)
March 9 Analysis of commercial bleaches (page 33)
March 16 SPRING BREAK
March 23 The Calorie (page 47) Ignore question 3 page 52
March 30 How fast are chemical reactions? (page 39)
April 6 Chemical reactions that can go both ways (page 55)
April 13 Concentration of an unknown acid (page 65)
April 20 pH scale and indicators (page 75)
April 27 Metals (page 93)
May 4 NO LAB
Chemistry 101
Spring 2015
Mrs. Freschl
Lecture schedule
Textbook: "General, Organic and Biochemistry” 8th edition, Denniston, Topping and Caret
This schedule is very tentative, not definite and will be subject to change as the semester progresses.
Jan 26 Chap 1 Methods and Measurements
Jan 28 Chap 1
Jan 30 Chap 2 & Quiz Structure of the atom
[Ignore sec 2.7 trends on periodic table, p73 to 75]
Feb 2 Chap 2
Feb 4 Chap 2
Feb 6 Chap 9 & Quiz Radioactivity
[Ignore sec 9.3 p 306 to top 308, ignore sec 9.7 p 319 to 321]
Feb 9 Chap 9
Feb 11 Chap 9
Feb 13 Chap 3& Quiz Ionic and Covalent compounds
[Ignore p108 to middle 112, resonance & exceptions to octet]
Feb 16 Chap 3
Feb 18 Chap 3
[Thursday Feb 19 at 5:30 First Lecture exam]
Feb 20 Chap 4 Calculations and chemical equations
Feb 23 Chap 4
Feb 25 Chap 4
Feb 27 Chap 5 & Quiz Gases
March 2 Chap 5
March 4 Chap 5
March 6 Chap 5& Quiz
March 9 Chap 5 Liquids
March 11 Chap 5
[Thursday March 12th at 5:30 Second Lecture exam]
March 13 Chap 6 solutions
[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 16-22 SPRING BREAK
March 23 Chap 6 Solutions
March 25 Chap 6
March 27 Chap 6 & Quiz
March 30 Chap 7 Energy, rate and equilibrium
April 1 Chap 7 [Ignore middle p 231 to 234, entropy and free energy]
April 3 Chap 7 & Quiz
April 6 Chap 7
April 8 Chap 8 Acids and Bases (sec 8.1 to 8.4)
April 10 Chap 8 & Quiz
April 13 Chap 8
April 15 Chap 8
[Thursday April 16th at 5:30 Third Lecture exam]
April 17 Chap 8
April 20 Chap 8
April 22 Chap 8 Oxidation/reduction (sec 8.5)
April 24 Chap 10& Quiz Intro to Organic, & saturated hydrocarbons
[Ignore table 10.8 (p342) and 10.4 (p349-350) conformations]
April 27 Chap 10
April 29 Chap 10
May 1 Chap 11 & Quiz Unsaturated hydrocarbons
[Ignore bottom p 384, hydration of alkynes]
May 4 Chap 11
May 6 Chap 11 [Ignore p 393to 394 benzene reactions]
May 12 at 12:30 to 2:30 Cumulative Final Exam
Chemistry 101 Suggested homework problems Edition 8
(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: In chapter: 7, 9, 11, 15, End of chapter: 51, 53, 55, 69, 71, 75, 77, 79, 81, 91, 93, 95, 99, 107, 103, 105, 117b, 121, 123, 125, 127, 131,
Problem Set 1
Chapter 2: In chap: 1, 9, 11, End of chap: 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 53, 55, 67, 69, 71, 73, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 95, 101, 103, 105, 107,
Chapter 9: In chap: 3, 5, 9, End of chap: 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51, 53, 63, 65, 69 Problem Set 2
Chapter 3 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 63, 75, 79a,c, 93, 95, 99 Problem Sets 3 & 4
Chapter 4 In chap: 3, 5, 7, 9, End of chap: 15, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35, 39, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 67, 85, 87, 89, Problem Sets 5 & 6
Chapter 5 35, 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 6 In chap 3, 7, End of chap: 29, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 63, 73, 75, Problem Set 8
Chapter 7 In chap 17, End of chap: 65, 77, 81, 83, 87, 91, 93, 101, 103
Problem Set 9
Chapter 8 Acid/bases: 27, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 59a, 63a,b, 65, 67, 69, 71, 77, 79, 83, 85, 87, 91 Problem Sets 10 & 11
Chapter 8 Oxidation/Reduction Problem Set 12
Chapter 10 In chap: 3, 5, End of chap 15, 33, 35, 41, 53, 55, 57, 65, 67, 69, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 97, Problem Sets Organic P.S. 1
Chapter 11 In chap: 11, 13, 15, 17, End of chap: 43, 47, 49, 51, 53, 63, 65, 67, 69, 73, 83, 89, Organic Problem Set 2