Chemistry 109 Laboratory Manual (2016-17)

Name: Chemistry 109 Laboratory Manual (2016-17)
Author: Eric Malina

First Edition©2016 Eric Malina

About

Chemistry 109 Laboratory Manual focuses on lab techniques and developing a student's science reasoning skills. Made for a general chemistry laboratory course, this manual teaches students “best practices” and structure while in the lab. Includes access code to the Chemistry 109 online course.

This laboratory manual is comprised of a series of activities that will teach students a procedure/technique before having them solve a problem by using this technique. It also develops scientific reasoning skills through comparing precision and error between multiple techniques or between experimental and expected results. Unlike other lab manuals, Chemistry 109 Laboratory Manual guides students to be more proficient in proper laboratory procedure and the use of various techniques as well as problem-solving skills.

Experiments

Chapter 1: Nuts and Bolts – Problem solving introduction, Balance use

Chapter 2: Are You Dense Or What? – Density, Precision, Accuracy, Glassware use, Thermocouple use

Chapter 3: Get Charged Up - Part I – Stoichiometry, Limiting reagents, Titration, Crystallization, Graph construction and analysis, Comparison of techniques

Chapter 4: Get Charged Up - Part II – Stoichiometry, Limiting reagents, Ideal Gas Law, Graph construction and analysis, comparison of techniques

Chapter 5: Proof It – Heat capacity, Calorimetry, Designing procedure to solve problem

Chapter 6: See The Light – Spectroscopy, Calibration curves, Serial dilutions, Determination of concentration of unknown

Chapter 7: Molecular Modeling – Lewis Structures, Molecular shapes

All activities emphasize written justification of conclusions from experimental data.

Authors

Eric Malina

Dr. Eric Malina earned his Master’s and PhD at Purdue University specializing in learning in the laboratory setting. The Chemistry 109 laboratory curriculum has been developed over several years to combine the research-proven gains of the traditional laboratory (teaching techniques and skills) with the research-proven gains of modern laboratory approaches (inquiry, scientific reasoning, data analysis). The curriculum incorporates numerous insights gained from teaching both general chemistry students and future teachers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 2002 to 2007 and from teaching general chemistry students at University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2007 to present.