Fall 08 CHM112 Course Completion Plan Name __________________
Date __________________
 
1. Mandatory on-campus labs:
(AN Campus CS 230)

This course requires attendance at lab experiments on the Annandale campus (CS 230) on three Saturdays:

9/27, Expt 21 (12:30-3:30 pm);
10/25, Expt 35 (12:30-3:30 pm);
12/6, Expt 30 (2:00-5:00 pm).

There are no make-up lab dates.

Lowest exam grade of exams 2-6 will be dropped. However, the exam 1 grade will not be dropped.

2. Mandatory Online ChemSkill Builder (CSB) Electronic Homework:

The login/password is included in the Textbook package in the NOVA AL Campus bookstore. However if you choose to purchase the textbook from any other source, you must purchase the Online ChemSkill Builder login/password on your own from the McGraw-Hill web-site at    www.mhhe.com/csb.

Registration and Log-in Instructions

  1. You must use your NOVA student  email (VCCS policy does NOT allow personal email to be used for all academic work) and go to www.mhhe.com/csb
  2. Follow the prompts for new student registration
  3. Make sure you select the following options:

     Northern Virginia Community College
     Annandale Campus
     Professor Savkar
    Course:  CHM112      Section : ELIFall08

4. Username: use the first letter of your first name and your full last name: ex: "Robert Smith"   will be  "rsmith"

5. Password:  use the full sequence of characters included in your software package. Do not change the password although the software may allow you to change it

Scores of 80% or higher on each assigned HW section will receive full credit.

3. All course videos are available on Video On Demand (VoD). In Blackboard, go to the Video folder in the Books, Materials, and Learning Tools folder in the Syllabus for instructions about accessing VoD.

Week  Enter
Dates
According
to Your
Start Date
Unit
Assignment 
Laboratory
Submit Take Quizzes, Tests and Exams Checkpoints
1
8/25 Unit 0   Post intro message in Discussion Board    
2
9/2 Unit 1
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

1. Watch Lab Safety video

2. Read Lab Guide pp. 1-2, and Lab Manual pp.1-40

Complete LSOT in Blackboard Assignments area by 9/5.

Take Lab Safety Quiz by 9/5. (May be repeated after a minimum two-hour study period.) Attendance Sign-In:
You must complete the attendance sign-in within two weeks of your enrollment date or you will be administratively deleted without a refund.
3
9/8 Unit 1
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)
 1. Watch Nomenclature video

2. Read and study the assigned Nomenclature material in the textbook, the Lab Guide and the Lab Manual
     
4
9/15 Unit 1
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

 

 

 

Take Nomenclature
Test by 9/19

 

 
5
9/22 Unit 1
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

9/27 Mandatory on-campus Lab:

1. Expt. 21 in CS230, Annandale Campus 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

2. Complete and bring to Lab expt. 21 Pre-Lab assignment from Lab Manual.

  Take Exam 1
(Score will not be dropped) by 9/29.
 
6
9/29 Unit 2
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

Complete CyberLab 11

Submit Cyber Lab 11 Report in Blackboard Assignments area by 10/3.   Inactive Students Dropped - Students who have not taken the Nomenclature Test and submitted cyberlab 11 before this date will be withdrawn without
tuition refund.
7
10/6 Unit 2
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)
Complete Expt 21 Post-Lab Report

Mail Expt. 21 Post-Lab Report to ELI by 10/6.

 

   
8
10/13 Unit 2
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

 

 

 

Take Exam 2 by 10/20.  
9
10/20 Unit 3
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

10/25 Mandatory on-campus Lab:

1. Expt.35 in CS230, Annandale Campus 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

2. Complete and bring to Lab expt. 35 Pre-Lab assignment from Lab Manual.

 

 

   
10
10/27 Unit 3
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

Complete Cyber Lab 13 on 3 separate unknown samples

 

Submit Cyber Lab 13 Report in Blackboard Assignments area by 10/29.

   
11
11/3 Unit 3
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

Complete Expt 35 Post-Lab Report

Mail Expt. 35 Post-Lab Report to ELI by 11/3.

Take Exam 3 by 11/10.

 

Last Withdrawal Date without F- Students who have not taken Nomenclature Test, Exams 1 and 2, and submitted Cyberlabs 11 and 13, attended mandatory on-campus labs and completed and submitted Lab Reports for on-campus lab expt 21 before this date will be withdrawn from the course without refund.
12
11/10 Unit 4
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

Complete Expt 26, Pre-Lab Q 1-7 and Post-Lab Q 2, 5, 6

 

Submit Expt. 26, Lab Questions Report in Blackboard Assignments area by 11/15.

   
13
11/17
 
Unit 4
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

 

 

 

 

Take Exam 4 by 11/25.

 

 
Thanksgiving Break 11/26 - 11/30
14
12/1 Unit 5
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

12/6 Mandatory on-campus Lab:

1. Expt.30 in CS 230, Annandale Campus 2:00 -5:00 p.m.

2. Complete and bring to Lab Expt 30 Pre-Lab assignment from lab manual.

 

 

   
15
12/8 Unit 5
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

1. Complete Cyber Lab 19 on 3 separate unknown samples

2. Complete Expt 30 Post-Lab Report

Submit Cyber Lab 19 Report in Blackboard Assignments area by 12/10.

Mail Expt. 30 Post-Lab Report to ELI by 12/10.

Take Exam 5 by 12/10.   
16 12/15 Unit 6
(Do Chem- SkillBuilder homework assignments)

Complete Cyber Lab 23 on 3 separate unknown samples

Submit Cyber Lab 23 Report in Blackboard Assignments area by 12/15.

Last date to take Exam 6 is Wednesday, 12/17.