Chemistry 104 Summer 2011 KEEP THIS SYLLABUS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE General Chemistry Lecture Location Lecturer Office and Phone Number E mail Office Hours Learn UW 5 credit hours 8 55 10 10 a m MWF 1351 Chemistry Dr Jeannine R Szczech Chemistry 4227 608 890 0794 szczech chem wisc edu Use subject line CHEM 104 Mondays and Wednesdays 11 35 am 12 50 pm and Thursdays 12 00 pm 1 15 pm http learnuw wisc edu Chemistry 104 is the second semester course in the two semester sequence Chemistry 103 and 104 providing a general survey of chemical principles and facts are prerequisites for advanced courses such as Organic Chemistry 341 or 343 and Analytical Chemistry 327 or 329 The prerequisite for Chemistry 104 is Chemistry 103 and it is assumed that you took this course last semester If your situation is different you may need to put in extra effort at the beginning of the semester to gain the necessary background REQUIRED MATERIALS Textbook Chemistry Chemical Reactivity 7th edition by Kotz and Treichel available at local bookstores Lab Manual Chemistry 104 Laboratory Manual Spring 2011 Department of Chemistry UW Madison sold for cash only 15 in Chemistry Building starting the first day of class Lab Notebook 100 page carbonless lab notebook available at local bookstores and in the Chemistry Building You may use the remaining pages in your Chemistry 103 lab notebook if you desire Safety Goggles Industrial quality eye protection is required at all times when you are in the lab Safety goggles that fit over regular glasses can be purchased at local bookstores Contact lenses should not be worn in the laboratory because fumes or splashes may be caught between them and your eye Safety rules are posted on your laboratory door Calculator An inexpensive calculator having capabilities for square roots logarithms and exponentiation antilogarithms and exponential scientific notation operations is required The calculator will be used on homework assignments quizzes exams and in the lab Programmable graphing calculators will not be allowed on quizzes or exams USB Drive You should bring a USB drive with you to the laboratory so you can save your experimental data UW Copy Card Printing lab reports graphs data etc in the Chemistry Library or the computer room requires a copy card Copy cards can be purchased in any campus library including the Chemistry Library Room 2361 LEARN UW The Chemistry 104 Learn UW web site contains a course schedule with assigned homework lecture notes supplementary reading on line quizzes and other material YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE checking the site 1 frequently throughout the semester accessing the materials you need and printing out anything you need in hardcopy form Practice Quiz Much of the material for this course is ONLY AVAILABLE via Learn UW For this reason it is imperative that you have access to a computer yours a friend s or one in a computer lab that is correctly set up to interface with Learn UW Login to Learn UW from the computer you intend to use to access the site and take the Practice Quiz The questions are not intended to test your knowledge of any subject only to verify that the computer you are using is set up correctly If you have trouble getting your own computer to do the Practice Quiz use a computer in the chemistry building s computer lab Room 1375 The Practice Quiz will be available to you throughout the semester should you change computers and need to ensure all the functions work LECTURE AND DISCUSSION Lecture Lectures organize the material outline goals cover the basic principles of each topic and present illustrations and demonstrations The lecture is not intended to describe or explain everything you will learn in the course rather it will indicate important topics to study and will give you an opportunity to think about these topics and see if you understand them You should take notes during lecture that reflect your understanding of what you heard and saw My lecture notes will be posted online at the course homepage after each lecture Lecture Etiquette Given the size of our lecture it s important that we all follow some basic etiquette rules Do not engage in other activities such as texting talking surfing the web watching videos on your computer reading the newspaper etc during lecture or discussion as these activities are disruptive and distracting to those around you The use of laptops cell phones and other electronic devices is strictly prohibited in the lecture hall If you need to make a phone call check your email etc please exit the lecture hall quietly to do so If you bring a cell phone to class or lab turn it off for the duration of the class or lab period If your phone rings during lecture discussion or lab you may be asked to leave Students who demonstrate a disregard for other students right to learn during lecture will be asked to leave and Dr Szczech may request a meeting to discuss poor lecture behavior Lecture ends at 10 10 a m do not pack up early as it creates a lot of noise and can prevent your classmates from hearing the lecture Demonstrations The UW Madison Chemistry Department has a longstanding tradition of using lecture demonstrations to help students understand chemistry When a demonstration is done in class observe what happens and make certain that you understand the principles the demonstration is designed to illustrate If you do not ask questions either in lecture or in your discussion section All demonstrations are important and questions about demonstrations may appear on exams Discussion Section A group of about 24 students constitutes a discussion and laboratory section supervised by a teaching assistant Discussion sections are for discussion review problem solving relevant to recent lectures and preparation and review of laboratory experiments Be prepared when you come to the discussion class You should work out the homework problems for a given week and you should expect to be called upon by your TA to discuss solutions to these problems Do not expect your TA to lecture but rather to lead discussion and encourage interaction among all students present At the end of the semester your TA will assign up to 15 participation points which will consider both your attendance and quality of participation during discussion and laboratory Quizzes Quizzes will be given online at the Learn UW website They will cover the material presented in lecture since the previous quiz There are a total of eleven quizzes of which the ten highest