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Course Syllabus Course Name: Integrated Science Laboratory First Year Available: Year 1 (Freshman) Course Code: SCNS180 Subject Area: Natural Science Class Style: Laboratory Number of Credits: 1 Term(s) Offered: Spring and Fall Semesters Prerequisites: Attending SCNS100 Instructor(s): Michael Wolfgang Lassalle Course Description The Integrated Science Laboratory accompanies and deepens the knowledge gained in the Integrated Science Lecture (SCNS 100) and applies concepts that have been taught in the Integrated Science Lecture to other phenomena. Experiments will include classical Physics (Force and Motion, Light and Color, Sound and Waves, Electrostatics, Magnetism, Electricity), Chemistry (Organic and Inorganic Chemistry) and Biological related experiments. The students will not follow a defined protocol. Instead, they should develop the skills for scientific thinking; making an observation, proposing a hypothesis, designing and performing of an experiment to prove the hypothesis, refine the hypothesis, and confirm the hypothesis to obtain a natural law. Course Objectives Upon completing of this course the students can follow laboratory safety rules, recognize hazardous situations and be able to carry out laboratory procedures correctly. Furthermore, it will be possible for the students to convert experimental data to a model, judge if the models “make sense” and learn how to communicate and record data correctly. These hands on experience will enable the student to gain trust into the natural laws, hypothesis and dogma that have been explained in the Integrated Science Lecture course. Grading Criteria Preparation for the experiment (25%); laboratory report and experiment (35%); laboratory notes (10%); activity in the laboratory (20%); final Group Poster Presentation of gained skills and knowledge (10%) Lab Groups will consist of three students. Each group has to submit the preparation notes (experimental design and procedure, theory for the experiment) a day before the laboratory class. Organization Classes will start with a 10‐minute discussion followed by the experiment. Required Materials and Textbooks Chemistry: The Practical Science Paul Kelter, Michael Mosher, Andrew Scott 2010 Cengage Learning An Introduction to Physical Science: 13th Edition James T. Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins Jr. 2012 Cengage Learning Other texts will be posted online or will be available as copy. Approximate teaching material costs incurred to each student Lab coat and goggles: 3000‐5000 yen. Miscellaneous materials used for experiments (tea bags, Aspirin, beverage can): 200‐400 yen. Rules Safety is mandatory and disregarding safety rules not an option. Therefore, safety rules have to be strictly obeyed. If a student uses spectroscopic equipment, or chemicals without receiving prior guidelines from the Instructor, or violates any other safety rules, he/she has will be dismissed from the laboratory and will obtain no credit for this course. Experiments and Readings WEEK 1 Safety in Laboratories Chemical Hazards, Accident Prevention, Safety Equipment, Emergency Procedures, Basic Laboratory Techniques • Reading: Excerpts from the Book Laboratory safety for chemistry students: Robert H. Hill, David Finster 2010 Wiley Excerpts from the homepage of the American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/governance/committees/chemicalsafety/safetypractices.htm
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afety‐in‐academic‐chemistry‐laboratories‐students.pdf WEEK 2 Force and Motion/ Sound and Waves (Physics 1) Experiments related to Force and Motion/ Sound and Waves • Reading: An Introduction to Physical Science: Chapter 2 Motion 26‐49; Chapter 3 Force and Motion 49‐78 An Introduction to Physical Science: Chapter 6 Waves 134‐157; Chapter 7 Optics and Wave Effects 158‐
191 WEEK 3 Electrostatics, Electricity and Magnetism (Physics 2) Experiments related to Electrostatics, Electricity and Magnetism • Reading: An Introduction to Physical Science: Chapter 8 Electricity and Magnetism 192‐226 WEEK 4 Chemical Equilibrium and Buffers (Inorganic Chemistry 1) An introduction into Buffers and Chemical Equilibrium • Reading: Chemistry: The Practical Science Chapter 16 Chemical Equilibrium 668‐708; Chapter 17 Acids and Bases 717‐769 WEEK 5 Recyling and Waste/ Electrochemistry and Fuel Cells (Inorganic Chemistry 2) Aluminium will be recycled from drinking cans. A Fuel Cell will be made, and the function will be measured. •Reading: Excerpts from the Report of the United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/Publications/MetalRecycling/tabid/106143/Default.aspx Chemistry: The Practical Science Chapter 19 Electrochemistry 823‐868 Excerpts from the Electrochemistry Encyclopedia http://electrochem.cwru.edu/encycl/ http://electrochem.cwru.edu/encycl/art‐f03‐fuel‐cells.htm WEEK 6 Photochemistry (Inorganic Chemistry 3 Organic Chemistry 1) Photochemical Image Formation •Reading: http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/virttxtjml/photchem.htm http://www.cheresources.com/content/articles/other‐topics/chemistry‐of‐photography WEEK 7 Natural compound Chemistry (Organic Chemistry 2) Extraction and Isolation of Caffeine from tea leaves •Reading: Butler M.S. (2004). The Role of Natural Product Chemistry in Drug Discovery 67, 2141‐2153. WEEK 8 Drug Synthesis (Organic Chemistry 3) Aspirin will be synthesized •Reading: Chemistry: The Practical Science Chapter 12 Carbon 493‐533 WEEK 9 Titration experiment (Organic Chemistry 4) The prepared Aspirin will be compared with Aspirin tablets bought in drug stores •Reading: Chemistry: The Practical Science Chapter 17 Acids and Bases 717‐769; Chapter 18 Application of Aqueous Equilibria 765‐817 WEEK 10 Thin‐layer chromatography and Disease (Organic Chemistry 5 Biochemistry 1) Introduction to Chromatography •Reading: http://academics.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/chem211lab/Orgo_Lab_Manual/Appendix/Techniques/TLC/t
hin_layer_chrom.html http://chem‐ilp.net/labTechniques/TLCAnimation.htm WEEK 11 Final test: Poster Presentation of gained skills