Everyday Chemistry with Lab

Course Number:

CH 100

Transcript Title:

Everyday Chemistry with Lab

Created:

Aug 04, 2022

Updated:

Jun 29, 2023

Total Credits:

4

Lecture Hours:

30

Lecture / Lab Hours:

0

Lab Hours:

30

Satisfies Cultural Literacy requirement:

No

Satisfies General Education requirement:

Yes

Grading Options

A-F, P/NP, Audit

Default Grading Options

A-F

Repeats available for credit:

0

Alignment with Institutional Learning Outcomes

Major

1. Communicate effectively using appropriate reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. (Communication)

Major

2. Creatively solve problems by using relevant methods of research, personal reflection, reasoning, and evaluation of information. (Critical thinking and Problem-Solving)

Minor

3. Extract, interpret, evaluate, communicate, and apply quantitative information and methods to solve problems, evaluate claims, and support decisions in their academic, professional and private lives. (Quantitative Literacy)

Not Addressed

4. Use an understanding of cultural differences to constructively address issues that arise in the workplace and community. (Cultural Awareness)

Major

5. Recognize the consequences of human activity upon our social and natural world. (Community and Environmental Responsibility)

To establish an intentional learning environment, Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) require a clear definition of instructional strategies, evidence of recurrent instruction, and employment of several assessment modes.

Major Designation

1. The outcome is addressed recurrently in the curriculum, regularly enough to establish a thorough understanding.
2. Students can demonstrate and are assessed on a thorough understanding of the outcome.
   • The course includes at least one assignment that can be assessed by applying the appropriate CLO rubric.

Minor Designation

1. The outcome is addressed adequately in the curriculum, establishing fundamental understanding.
2. Students can demonstrate and are assessed on a fundamental understanding of the outcome.
   • The course includes at least one assignment that can be assessed by applying the appropriate CLO rubric.

Suggested Outcome Assessment Strategies

The determination of assessment strategies is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: writings (journals, self-reflections, pre writing exercises, essays), quizzes, tests, midterm and final exams, group projects, presentations (in person, videos, etc), self-assessments, experimentations, lab reports, peer critiques, responses (to texts, podcasts, videos, films, etc), student generated questions, Escape Room, interviews, and/or portfolios.

Some additional suggestions from your department:

At least two written lecture examinations, including the final examination, are scheduled during the term. Nonscheduled quizzes may occasionally be given at the discretion of the instructor. Written examinations include typical problems encountered in previous class work and laboratory. Since this is a preparatory course, the student's competency in mathematical topics is important to completion of the course.

Course Activities and Design

The determination of teaching strategies used in the delivery of outcomes is generally left to the discretion of the instructor. Here are some strategies that you might consider when designing your course: lecture, small group/forum discussion, flipped classroom, dyads, oral presentation, role play, simulation scenarios, group projects, service learning projects, hands-on lab, peer review/workshops, cooperative learning (jigsaw, fishbowl), inquiry based instruction, differentiated instruction (learning centers), graphic organizers, etc.

Course Content

Grades and competency will be determined according to student ability to demonstrate knowledge of specific chemistry topics and complete work by assigned deadlines; participate and complete reports of assigned laboratory experiments; and an evaluation of chemical topics assigned.

1. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY
   • History
   • Scientific Method
   • How to Study Chemistry
2. MEASUREMENTS
   • Scientific Notation
   • Metric System
   • Uncertainty
   • Dimensional Analysis
3. CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS
   • Classification of Matter
   • Density
   • Energy
   • Atomic Structure
   • Electromagnetic Spectrum
   • Periodic Table
   • Bonding
   • Symbols, Formulas, Equations
   • The Mole
   • Chemical Reactions
4. CONTEMPORARY CHEMISTRY TOPICS SUCH AS:
   • Environmental Chemistry
   • Ozone Depletion
   • Acid Rain
   • Pollution
   • Green House Effect
   • Recycling
   • Pharmaceutical Drugs
   • Blood Chemistry
   • Energy sources
   • Fossil fuel
   • Nuclear
   • Alternate forms of Energy
   • Nutritional

Content by Learning Outcome

Outcome #1: Observe the natural world with an understanding of the particulate nature of matter.

• History
• Scientific Method
• Classification of Matter
• Density
• Energy
• Atomic Structure
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Periodic Table
• Bonding
• Symbols, Formulas, Equations
• The Mole
• Chemical Reactions
• Environmental Chemistry
• Ozone Depletion
• Acid Rain
• Pollution
• Green House Effect
• Recycling
• Pharmaceutical Drugs
• Blood Chemistry
• Energy sources
• Fossil fuel
• Nuclear
• Alternate forms of Energy
• Nutritional

Outcome #2: Distinguish between opinion, philosophy, and empirical evidence for phenomena using knowledge of the process of scientific inquiry.

• History
• Scientific Method
• How to Study Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Ozone Depletion
• Acid Rain
• Pollution
• Green House Effect
• Recycling
• Pharmaceutical Drugs
• Blood Chemistry
• Energy sources
• Fossil fuel
• Nuclear
• Alternate forms of Energy
• Nutritional

Outcome #3: Apply critical thinking skills to make evidence based decisions on issues that affect the environment and the community.

• History
• Scientific Method
• How to Study Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Ozone Depletion
• Acid Rain
• Pollution
• Green House Effect
• Recycling
• Pharmaceutical Drugs
• Blood Chemistry
• Energy sources
• Fossil fuel
• Nuclear
• Alternate forms of Energy
• Nutritional

Outcome #4: Communicate basic chemistry concepts effectively orally and in writing.

• Scientific Method
• Scientific Notation
• Metric System
• Uncertainty
• Dimensional Analysis

Suggested Texts and Materials

Periodic Table

Department Notes

Chemistry 100 is a one term introductory chemistry class for students who are interested in the subject or need it for their degree. It also helps to prepare the student for successful entry to general college chemistry courses. The lecture portion of the course meets three hours per week and presents basic chemical principles, computations and selected topics of interest relating chemistry to the modern world. The laboratory period meets three hours per week and provides the student with an opportunity to have a hands-on experience of concepts presented in class as well as introduces them to simple laboratory techniques. The course is transferable as general science credit.

Columbia Gorge Community College Science Department stands by the following statement regarding science instruction:

Science is a fundamentally nondogmatic and self-correcting investigatory process. Theories (such as biological evolution and geologic time scale) are developed through scientific investigation and are not decided in advance. As such, scientific theories can be and often are modified and revised through observation and experimentation. “Creation science," “Intelligent design” or similar beliefs are not considered legitimate science but a form of religious advocacy. This position is established by legal precedence (Webster v. New Lenox School District #122, 917 F. 2d 1004).

The Science Department at Columbia Gorge Community College therefore stands with organizations such as the National Association of Biology Teachers in opposing the inclusion of pseudo-sciences in our science curricula except to reference and/or clarify its invalidity.