Syllabus Honors General Chemistry - Florida State University

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24 Aug 2009 ... Chemistry, 10th ed.; Raymond Chang; McGraw-Hill; 2009. Requisite. Courses. Pre-requisite: MAC 1105; co-requisite: CHM 1050L. Graders.
CHM 1050, Fall 2009 August 24, 2009

Syllabus Honors General Chemistry CHM 1050-03, Spring 2009 Instructor

Penny J. Gilmer, Ph.D., D.Sc.Ed.; office: 214 DLC; [email protected]; 850-644-4026

Class Hours

MWF 11:15 am -12:05 pm in 219 HTL

Office Hours

M and W: 9:30-10:30 AM in 214 DLC

Text Requisite Courses

Chemistry, 10 ed.; Raymond Chang; McGraw-Hill; 2009

Graders

Rasha Hamdan, [email protected] Troy Zielasko, [email protected]

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Pre-requisite: MAC 1105; co-requisite: CHM 1050L

Outline of Syllabus Outline of Syllabus ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1
 Course Outline .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1
 Blackboard and E-mail................................................................................................................................................................. 1
 Personal Response System (PRS) ............................................................................................................................................... 1
 Attendance .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
 Homework..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
 Quizzes .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
 Examinations ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
 Posting of GEOSET presentation ................................................................................................................................................ 2
 Final Grade.................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
 Bonus points ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
 Grading Scale................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
 Cogenerative Dialogue................................................................................................................................................................. 3
 Required Statements..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
 Tentative Schedule for Lectures, Quizzes and Examinations, with Other Deadlines.............................................................. 5


Course Outline This course will follow selected topics from the outline presented on pages v - vii of our text for Chapters 1-10. The number of days per chapter is an estimate. This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence in general chemistry for students in the honors program. Dr. Gilmer expects that you have already taken high school chemistry. Blackboard and E-mail Homework assignments, old exams (from when Dr. Gilmer taught this course using another textbook), and other selected course materials will be posted on the Blackboard (Bb) site for this course: http://campus.fsu.edu. Grades will also be posted on this site. Announcements will generally be posted on the Blackboard site. You are expected to check your FSU email on a regular basis (at least once a day), as that is the way Dr. Gilmer communicates with students. If you have an email account with another provider and prefer to check only that account, you can “easily” have your FSU e-mail forwarded by going to the FSUID Identity Management link under the Secure Apps tab on Bb. You will be able to send messages to the entire class using the Communications tools on Bb. Personal Response System (PRS) By the second day of classes you will need a RF (radio frequency) PRS (Personal Response System) transmitter, which you may purchase at the FSU Bookstore, one of the Bill’s Bookstores, or online. Carry your Personal Response System (PRS) with you as you would your calculator, as Dr. Gilmer takes attendance using the PRS and will use the PRS system daily. Only click attendance or answers for yourself.

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CHM 1050, Fall 2009 August 24, 2009 You will need to register your PRS with your name and identified so that the PRS receiver knows to give you credit. For information, see: http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/ctl/explore/bestPractices/prs.cfm or go to this link in the Bb Course Library for this class. These transmitters will be used to ask questions of the entire class and to take attendance, and over the semester you will have the opportunity to receive 80 points towards your final grade.

Attendance We will use the PRS to help us discover your understanding of certain topics. A strong correlation exists between class attendance and final grade. Therefore, Dr. Gilmer is including attendance in your PRS grade. Homework The homework assignments are open-book and open-note. Dr. Gilmer encourages you to work with other students in the class. When you go on-line to do your homework, your question may be slightly different than your fellow student’s questions, so you will need to answer your own questions, but you may work together as develop understanding of the principles. Understanding the material is in your best interest since you will be tested on this material on your own during the quizzes and exams. Dr. Gilmer will post ARIS questions #s for you to answer for each of ten chapters. Our ARIS course number is 7F3-9B-A8D, and you enter at this URL: http://www.mhhe.com/chang, and then register as a student on the far right. The McGraw representative, Stephanie Smith, will get each of you a password this week. Additional practice problems are available on the ARIS website. Quizzes Four short quizzes will be given during the semester (one mid-way before each hour exam, and one after last hour exam), to keep you studying and to clarify your learning and understanding of chemistry. Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped. If you miss one quiz, that will be your dropped quiz grade. Examinations Three full-period (“hour”) exams and a final examination will be given. All examinations will be closed book and closed notes. No make-up exams will be given. Instead, points for excused exams (for instance, if you can document that you got the H1N1 virus) will be calculated based on the other examinations that you did take. Posting of GEOSET presentation In collaborative teams of two, you will select a research topic related to chemistry or biochemistry that interests you that you can make a presentation through GEOSET (Global Educational Outreach in Science, Engineering and Technology). You can view prior students’ presentation for an interdisciplinary course that Nobel laureate, Harold Kroto, taught at FSU at this URL: http://www.geoset.fsu.edu/, and then go to Undergraduate Student Projects. Click on the title that interests you. You may need to add Silverlight, an application on your computer, to see it. Each presentation is about 10-15 minutes. Dr. Gilmer is giving this alternative assessment to encourage creativity, to get you to use the language of science, and to learn some area of chemistry or biochemistry in depth. Having this presentation on-line could help you get a job in the future. On Wednesday, September 4th, Dr. Gilmer will ask you in class for your collaborative group member. By September 9th your team will post your project topic on our Blackboard Web site under Communication in Group Pages. A synopsis of your presentation is due by Monday, October 5th, at this same location. You need to prepare a set of PowerPoint slides to go with your presentation. Dr. Gilmer could arrange a time to show students the technology. Dr. Gilmer will set each collaborative group in Blackboard, so you will have a group page where you can upload and download copies of your PowerPoint as you develop your presentation. At the time of your presentation, you can download it from Blackboard. Alternately, you could create a Web site that you use instead of PowerPoint (please post URL in Blackboard). You need to set the time and date for your final presentation by Monday, November 2nd. Contact Sam Rustan at [email protected] for your appointment in 2nd floor of the CSL. Final presentation must be completed by Monday, November 16th. Dr. Gilmer will assess your project and assign a grade. You will have a chance to self assess yourself and peer-assess your collaborative group member after your final presentation, based on your group members’ participation: as a student, as a learner, and as being there.

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CHM 1050, Fall 2009 August 24, 2009 Dr. Gilmer encourages you to sit in class with your collaborative team member, as you can work on PRS questions together. Final Grade The course grade will be calculated on the basis of 840 possible points, distributed as follows: Full-Period Exams, 3 @ 100 each Quizzes, 4 @ 20 each (drop the lowest one) Graded Homework, 10 @ 10 each PRS (includes attendance) GEOSET Project Final Examination

300 points 60 points 100 points 80 points 150 points 150 points

Total

840 points

Bonus points At three times in the semester, you may post your goals (beyond indicating the grade you want in this class) in this class. You may earn 10 bonus points each time you post your goals at the beginning, midway, and at the end of the course. You must have at least a paragraph each time, and you must leave the earlier postings still on the site. You need to state your learning goals. Dr. Gilmer asks you to reflect and state your goals, as those who reflect on their goals regularly are more likely to achieve them. Also your postings inform Dr. Gilmer, on your interests and goals, so she can relate to these goals in her lectures. You will post your goals on Blackboard under Student Tools at your Homepage site. You can post a digital photo too (but be sure the file is small in dimensions, like 2” square is great). The posting of your photograph helps Dr. Gilmer to learn your names. Be sure to upload the entry. You can see how Dr. Gilmer views your posting, if you go to Communication and then to Roster and enter and submit your name. Deadlines for posting goals are as follows: Goal # Beginning Midway End

Deadline date for posting goals Wednesday, September 2nd Wednesday, October 21st Monday, November 30th

Grading Scale Final grades in the course will be assigned based on the percentage of total possible points in the course, according to the following percentile scale: 90-100% 80-89% 70-79% below 70%

A B C D/F

The above scale represents the minimum grade for that percentile range, and the grade cut-off percentiles may be modified downward, if necessary, to compensate for problematic exams or other factors. Modified grading scales for individual exams that deviate from the above scale will be provided in order to help students track their performance in the course; however, any adjustments to the final grading scale will be based on point totals at the end of the course. Cogenerative Dialogue Dr. Gilmer plans to conduct educational research to improve the learning environment in college chemistry and biochemistry classrooms. For the past several years Dr. Gilmer started cogenerative dialogues, in which four students from the class come once a week (except during examination weeks) to an 50-minute meeting with her to suggest ideas for helping students learn better in your classroom. Dr. Gilmer chooses the group members so we have diversity in majors, gender, and ethnicity. However, she still needs to update her application for consent to conduct human subjects research. There are no bonus points for being in the cogen group, but you would have opportunities to ask her questions. Our discussions of improved ways of learning may help you reach your own goals. Dr. Gilmer provides a light lunch, and the team holds the meeting in her conference room, 213 DLC on most Mondays at lunchtime, right after class (except weeks of 3

CHM 1050, Fall 2009 August 24, 2009 hour examinations). She will ask the cogen members to sign consent letters for research with human subjects. She audiotapes and videotapes each session, and then transcribes the sessions. She uses these sessions to get ideas to improve the learning environment in our classroom. All students will know who is in the cogenerative dialogue, so that anyone can mention ideas to these “cogen” students so that the suggestions can be relayed in the cogen sessions. In addition, on Blackboard under Communication under Discussion Board, any student in the class may post an anonymous (or with your name) suggestion for change. Once Dr. Gilmer has the human subjects approval, she will pass around a sign-up sheet, on which you can add your initials by your printed name, if you are potentially interested to be a part of the dialogue. In our cogenerative dialogue sessions, we will focus on the following six issues: 1. Identifying the key patterns and contradictions in the learning environment in our classroom. 2. Discussing aspects to be strengthened and aspects to be changed. 3. Discussing new rules and roles for Dr. Gilmer as the instructor and for you as students. 4. Deciding discussion topics for the next cogen meeting (and we will cogenerate decisions in all cases). 5. Deciding the data to "collect" to determine if progress has been made to agreed upon changes/practices. 6. Discussing the meaning and obligations associated with shared responsibility for making progress. ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Required Statements ACADEMIC HONOR POLICY: The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University’s expectations for the integrity of students’ academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to “. . . be honest and truthful and . . . [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University.” (Florida State University Academic Honor Policy, found at http://dof.fsu.edu/honorpolicy.htm) AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should: (1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center; and (2) bring a letter to the instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done during the first week of class. This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request. For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the: Student Disability Resource Center 97 Woodward Avenue, South 108 Student Services Building Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-4167 (850) 644-9566 (voice) (850) 644-8504 (TDD) [email protected] http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu/

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CHM 1050, Fall 2009 August 24, 2009 Tentative Schedule for Lectures, Quizzes and Examinations, with Other Deadlines Lecture # 1 2 3

Day M W F

Date Aug 24 26 28

Labor Day 4 5

M W F

31 Sept 2 4

6 7

M W

7 9

8

F

11

9 10 11

M W F

14 16 18

12 13 14

M W F

21 23 25

15 16 17

M W F

28 30 Oct 2

Topic Preface & Chapter 1

Chang, pp.# xxi-xxxii, 2-31

Other

Chapter 2

38-71

HM #1 is due Post beginning goals Indicate team members

Labor Day holiday Chapter 3

78-109

HW #2 is due Indicate presentation topic Quiz #1 (on Ch 1-2)

120-160

HW #3 is due

-

Chapter 4 Exam #1

Hour exam #1 (Ch 1-3)

Chapter 5

172-215

HW #4 is due Quiz #2 (Ch 4-5)

18

M

5

19 20

W F

7 9

21 22 23

M W F

12 14 16

24 25 26

M W F

19 21 23

27 28 29

M W F

26 28 30

30

M

Nov 2

31 32

W F

4 6

33 34 35

M W F

9 11 13

Chapter 6

228-262

Topic and synopsis due for GEOSET presentation HW #5 is due Last day to drop class

-

Hour exam #2 Chapter 7

Hour exam #2 (Ch 4-6) 274-312

HW #6 is due Post mid-way goals

322-356

HW #7 is due Quiz #3 (Ch 7)

Chapter 8 Make appt for GEOSET presentation Chapter 9 Hour exam #3 Veteran’s Day holiday

364-399

HW #8 is due Hour exam #3 (Ch 7-8) Last day for “late” drop

36

M

16

37 38

W F

18 20

39 40 Thanksgiving

M W F

23 25 27

41 42 43

M W F

30 Dec 2 4

Tu

10

Final deadline for taping GEOSET presentation Chapter 10 -

408-453

HW #9 Is due Quiz #4 (Ch 9)

Thanksgiving holiday Post final goals HW #10 Is due Review 5:30 – 7:30 PM, Final Examination in 219 HTL

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Final examination