Intensive General Chemistry Laboratory Spring 2005 Intensive General Chemistry Laboratory Spring...

IntensiveIntensiveGeneral ChemistryGeneral Chemistry

LaboratoryLaboratorySpring 2005Spring 2005

IntensiveIntensiveGeneral ChemistryGeneral Chemistry

LaboratoryLaboratorySpring 2005Spring 2005

Collaborative: 2 or more students work out jointly a single solution to a problem

Cooperative: Each group member completes a part of a greater task

Tutored: One student helps another gain expertise in a given topic or technique

Fosters cognitive skills

Promotes social skills

Imparts workplace skills

Ability to solve complex problems

Ability to understand experimental results

Ability to Make Decisions

Respect for others

Reliance in others for assistance

Sensitivity to group expectations

Team work

Leader or follower according to situation

Learn norms and practices of a group

Deal with difficult associates

Individual Accountability

Face-to-Face Promotive Interaction

Group Processing

Appropriate Use of Collaborative Skills

Positive InterdependencePositive Interdependence

A group of people working toward a common goal

The Leader or Coordinator

The Examiner

The Recorder

The Skeptic

Be professional

Moderate Differences

Coordinate the actions of the team

Motivate the members

Be professional

Work the best of their abilities

Put aside any differences

Accept decisions once they are made

A team is created under the premise that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

A team allows pooling of skills

Trust

Respect

Support

Teams of highly talented individuals producing unexpectedly poor results

Dr. Meredith Belbin“Management Teams”, 1981

Destructive debate, petty bickering

Lack of coherence in decisions made

Lack of group coordination

Overcompensation

What do we want to do?

What are the obstacles in our way?

How can we overcome them?

What is the best choice?

Act

So What is C2507?

Introduction to practices and techniques of general chemistry in a

contextual, collaborative learning environment

SCHEDULE

Section Day - Time Room Activity

All Thursday - 1:10-2:00 p.m. 7th Floor Lounge Mentoring Session

Friday Friday - 1:00– 6:00 p.m. 302-222 Hav Laboratory Session

Monday Monday - 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. 302 –222 Hav Laboratory Session

Course material

Laboratory manualLaboratory notebook (to purchase)Webpage http://www.columbia.edu/itc/chemistry/chem-c2507/

LEARNING BLOCK DESCRIPTION

Workplace skillsI

Wet Techniques (Calibrating Glassware, Acid-Base Titration)

Chlorophyll Extraction (Partition Equilibrium, TLC, Column)

Chlorophyll Photophysics (Visible, Fluorescence, and Laser spectroscopy)

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, FTIR

Chromatography (HPLC/GC)

Laser properties

Flame Atomic Absorption (Coral Tank chemistry)

II

Electrochemistry (Coral Tank chemistry)

Case Study, PBL project, three weeksIII

Undergraduate Poster Session

AssessmentGroup grade 50%Assessment form Total pointsPlan of action (E2 through E9) 160Group reports (E1, E2, E8/E9) 60Case Study plan of action 30Case Study poster and presentation 30Total Group Grade 280 pts.

Individual grade 50%Assessment form Total points3 Individual laboratory reports (E3/E4, E6, E7) 120In-class FT-IR assessment (E5) 30Preparation for lab 30Laboratory notebook 40Peer Assessment 30Safety, techniques and procedure grade 30

Total Individual Grade 280 pts.

E1 - Workplace Skills

Check inGroup assignmentSafety and discipline in a laboratoryLaboratory facilitiesInstrumentation and equipmentPoster and presentationJoint report

Before the first lab..

•Take a laboratory manual

•Read the General Information section

•Read E1: Workplace Skills