Feb 3/5 Unit 2: Spectrophotometers (Chapters 18-20) Chapter 18 How do specs work? Food color fun! Feb 10/12 Chapter 19 Career Fair Exp 24: Determination of nitrite in aquarium water Exp 26: Spectrophotometric analysis of a mixture Feb 17/19 Chapter 20 Fancy specs (1) specs (2) Feb 24/26 Unit 3: Titrations (Chapters 6, 8-13) Chapters 6 and 8 Exp 6: Preparing standard acid and base. Read Exp 7 also. Exp 8: Analysis of a mixture of carbonate and bicarbonate Mar 3/5 Chapters 9 and 10 Exp 9: Analysis of an acid-base titration curve NO LAB Spring Break Mar 24/26 Unit 3: Titrations (Chapters 6, 8-13) Chapters 11 and 13 Exp 9 (extended): How about polyprotic acids? Exp 12: EDTA titration of Ca2+and Mg2+ in natural waters Mar 31/Apr 2 Chapter 12 Project 2: How hard is the water around Unity? Project (cont) Apr 7/9 Unit 4: Chromatography (Chapters 21-23) Chapter 21 Thin Layer Chromatography Exp 30: Properties of Ion-Exchange Resin Apr 14/16 Chapters 22 and 23 Project 3: Remediating Hard Water Project (cont) Apr 21/23 Service Learning or other projects Apr 28/30 Lab Clean-up Interesting Problems Chapter: Title (page number for problems) Problem numbers Unit 1: Getting Ready 0: The Analytical Process (16) 1-4 1: Chemical Measurements (37-39) 1-5, 7, 8, 13-17, 23, 25-29 2: Tools of the Trade (57) 1-12 3: Math Toolkit (79-81) 4-7, 9-14, 15, 19, 20, 23 4: Statistics (102-105) 3-6, 9-14, 16, 18, 20, 21
Do not use wikipedia as an official authoritative source. You may begin there but find other sources to cite. For web sources, use the official techniques such as those styles found at http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html Lab report grading rubric This is a fairly generic report rubric. The score can be converted to a numeric grade using the formula: Grade = 10* Required: Sufficient detail to fully explain what’s “goin’ on.” 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced. No report will be graded (ie a 0 will be recorded) if these requirements are not met and/or fixed. Criterion (possible points) Exceeds the standard = 100) Meets the standard (grade = 87) Partially the standard (grade = 70) Does not meet the standard (grade = 50) Introduction (includes both background information and a problem description) (4) Introduction is comprehensive and includes interesting background material. The problem is clear and well articulated. The Introduction is clear. Some background material is presented. The problem is clear and understandable. Introduction is a little vague. There is little background. The problem is not well stated. The introduction is vague and unclear. The reader is left with no idea of what is going on. Experiment Procedure (2) Procedures are explicit and in correct order. Procedures are complete. Procedures are almost complete. Procedures are not complete. Data and Results (4) All data are in tables in the report with clear captions. The data are described succinctly. Graphs are well labeled and appropriate. All data are easy to find in clear tables with captions. Graphs are included as needed. Most of the data are in tables attached to the report. are no graphs. There are no data tables in the report or attached to the report. Data Analysis
Discussion (4) The relationship of the data to the problem is thoroughly discussed. Answers to any research questions are carefully explained. The relationship of the data to the problem is correctly explained. Answers to research questions are noted. The relationship of the data to the problem is discussed incompletely or incorrectly. The relationship of the data to the problem is not mentioned. Conclusions (4) Conclusions completely address the problem and are fully supported by the data. Conclusions address most of the problem and are pretty much supported by the data. Conclusions address little of the problem and may not be supported by the data. No conclusions are drawn. Citations (2) Citations are complete and explicit. Citations are listed. Some citations are listed but they would be difficult to find. No citations are listed Spelling and Grammar (2) No errors. Few errors, no errors with chemistry Up to 10 errors. Many errors.