Course Title: Prepare working solutions

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2013

Course Code: BIOL5218C

Course Title: Prepare working solutions

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4327 - Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation

Course Contact: Namrita Kaul

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4309

Course Contact Email: namrita.kaul@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

 

 

 

Nominal Hours: 50

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

 This unit of competency covers the ability to prepare working solutions and to check that existing stocks are suitable for use. Calculations of quantities, choice of reagent grades and required dilutions will be specified by the supervisor.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

MSL973002A Prepare working solutions

Element:

1. Safely use laboratorychemicals glassware and equipment

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Apply appropriate safety precautions for use of laboratory
equipment and hazardous chemical materials
1.2 Use appropriate laboratory glassware and measuring
equipment
1.3 Clean and store glassware and equipment in accordance
with enterprise procedures

Element:

2.Make up working solutions

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Identify the relevant standard methods for solution
preparation
2.2 Assemble specified laboratory equipment
2.3 Select and prepare materials and solvent of specified
purity
2.4 Measure appropriate quantities of reagents for solution
preparation and record data
2.5 Prepare labels and log solution details in laboratory
register
2.6 Transfer solutions to appropriately labelled containers

Element:

3. Check existing stock of solutions

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Monitor shelf life of working solutions according to
laboratory procedures
3.2 Replace out-of-date or reject solutions according to
laboratory procedures
3.3 Conduct routine titrimetric analyses, if appropriate, to
determine if solutions are fit for purpose


Learning Outcomes


      


Details of Learning Activities

 Classroom Instruction, Demonstration, Practicals, Internet & Library Searches, Skill Development Exercises


Teaching Schedule

Week Date of Class Topic   Assessment  Assessment & Due Date
1 8 July

 Intro to Course.

Laboratory Safety & OHS

SI units

 

1. Safety Worksheet

Blackboard Exercise

 Safety Worksheet due

Wed 17 July

2 15 July

 Atoms, Molecules, Ions, Moles, Molar Mass, n=m/M

c=n/V

 2. Codes of practise Assignment

  Codes of practise Assignment

due 22 Jul

3  22 July

 c=n/V for made-up solution.

c1V1=c2V2

Acid-Base reactions

 3. Prac: MSDS, Glassware id & use, Standard Solution prepararion

 Lab Report due

July 29

4  29 July  More on Acid Base Reactions  4. Prac: Phthalate titration against NaOH part 1  
5 5 Aug  Monitoring Solution Quality
Solution Shelf Life
 
 Prac: Phthalate titration against NaOH
Part 2
 
 Write-up Due 11 Aug
6  12 Aug  More Titrations  5. Prac: Monitoring solutions titrimetry prac  
7  19 Aug  Monitoring Storage, Stock Control & Records for Stored Solutions  6. Manifest & Storage of Solutions Exercise  Due 25 Aug
8  26 Aug   7.  Individual Skills test  
9

2

Sept

Revision of all topics    
10

9

Sept

Exam    


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

There are no set texts but suitable reading materials will be made available in class


References

There will be a number of closely targetted references to the content covered in class and laboratory woprk given out through the course


Other Resources

Weblinks & Blackboard

The following web link is a good primer for looking at dilutions, with a further look at laboratory safety

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryquickreview/a/dilutionmath.htm

A weblink will also be set up through the Prepare Solutions shell in My RMIT Studies (Blackboard) for specific RMIT Library resources

for this course

Monitor your My RMIT studies (Blackboard) site for this, Course Announcements & other Course-Related material

 

The RMIT Study & Learning Centre

As many students in this course have typically returned to study after a considerable break and there are often a diverse

range of study backgrounds, the The RMIT Study & Learning Centre is highly recommended as a way of getting extra help

to succeed in this course. It is situated near the HUB, ground level, Building 14 and provides chemistry-related help as well as individual appointments and a drop-in centre. You can go there in person to check availability of individual help and/or carefully look at their web page (www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=vaatmxwjav8k (unresolved) )

Get in early,  if you need assistance!


Overview of Assessment

 

The assessment tasks for this course may include assignments, practical reports and written tests.

 

 

          


Assessment Tasks

1. Laboratory Safety & Codes of Practice Assignment                                     2%           set on 15 July, due 22 July

2. Practical 1: MSDS, Glassware Use & Standard Solution Preparation          8%          22 July, Due 29 July 

3. Practical 2: Acid-base Titration                                                                    15%         29 July & 5 Aug, due 12th August

 4. Practical 3: Monitoring Solution Quality - Titrimetry                                    15%        12th August,   due 19th August  

5. Manifest & storage of solutions exercise                                                       5%        19th August    due 26th August   

6. Individual Laboratory Skill & Oral Test                                                         10%        26th August  

7. Exam                                                                                                            45%        9th September

 

                                                                                                             


Assessment Matrix

Element Safely use laboratory chemicals, glassware and equipment Make up working solutions Check existing stock of solutions
Assessment 1  X    
 Assessment 2  X    

 Assessment 3

   X  
Assessment 4    X  X
 Assessment 5      X
 Assessment 6  X  X  X
Assessment 7 X X X

Other Information

Laboratory Safety

All students are expected to work safely in the lab. This includes arriving to class on time to hear & receive all safety information and be properly coordinated in practical work groups.

All students should wear closed shoes, and have hair tied back in laboratory practicals.

Safety glasses and laboratory coats must be worn at all time during practical work.

No eating or drinking is permitted in laboratories

 

 

Pathways
 

Note: This course will contribute to your grade average result in the Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation (Science) qualification. Please note that you must achieve a CREDIT average across the program to be granted a guaranteed pathway in the following programs. Diploma of Nursing (subject to passing the VETASSESS)  Diploma of Laboratory Technology (Biotechnology)  Diploma of Technology (Pathology Testing)  Diploma of Conservation and Land Management Diploma of Dental Technology.

 

The 50 nominal hours allocated to this course comprise:

15h   class attendance (Learning & Teaching in underpinning knowledge)

15h    laboratory work

8h     laboratory report writing

4h       web & library research

8h    assignment and task completion 

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