Course Title: Prepare working solutions
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2016
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
Rahel Leivenzon
rahel.leivenzon@rmit.edu.au
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 |
Element: |
2.Make up working solutions |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Identify the relevant standard methods for solution preparation |
Element: |
3. Check existing stock of solutions |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Monitor shelf life of working solutions according to laboratory procedures |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
theory classes
laboratory exercises
worksheets
research activities
calculations
Teaching Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
| 7 | 21/3 | Introduction to course. Laboratory safety/OHS and SI units. |
| 8 | 4/4 | Atoms, molecules, ions, moles, molar mass. |
| 9 | 11/4 | Relationship between mole and Avogadro’s number
This is contains a formal assessment. Attendance is mandatory Laboratory Practise Assignment: Role plays in class today. Laboratory Practise Assignment: Poster due |
| 10 | 18/4 | Relationship between mole and molar volume. Making a standard solution |
| 11 | 25/4 | Acid Base reactions. Monitoring solution quality and shelf life. |
| 12 | 2/5 | Titrations. Titration Practical (This is a good preparation for the formal assessment next week) |
| 13 | 9/5 | More titrations. Titration Practical This is a formal assessment. Attendance is mandatory |
| 14 | 16/5 | Individual skills test. This is a formal assessment. Attendance is mandatory |
| 15 | 23/5 | Linking all concepts together. |
| 16 | 30/5 | revision |
| 17 | 6/6 | exam |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
There is no prescribed textbook for this course.
PowerPoint presentations for each topic are available at MyRMIT
www.bozemanscience.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSyAehMdpyI&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPHzzYuWy6fYEaX9mQQ8oGr
(Search John and Hank Green chemistry on YouTube)
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks for this course may include assignments, practical reports and written tests.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1 : Laboratory Practise
This assignment has two sections, a poster that will be done at home and submitted via Turnitin by 11.59pm on the due date and role plays that will be done in class.
Group 1 (Monday) 11/4/2016
Group2 (Wednesday) 13/4/2016
The assignment is worth 20% of the overall course grade.
Assessment 2 Titration Practical :
Your practical skills in this experiment will be evaluated as S or NYS on the day and so attendance is mandatory. You must then submit a written report via Turnitin by 11.59pm on due date.
Prac dates- group 1 (Monday) 9/5/2016
Group 2 (Wednesday) 11/5/2016
Report submission dates- Group 1 (Monday) 23/5/2016
Group 2 (Wednesday) 25/5/2016
The Practical Report is worth 30% of the overall course grade.
Assessment 3 Demonstration of Laboratory Skills:
Your practical skills will be evaluated under test conditions on the day.
Group 1 (Monday) 16/5/2016
Group 2 (Wednesday) 18/5/2016
The Laboratory skills test will be evaluated as S or NYS on the day and so attendance is mandatory. You cannot pass the course without a pass in this demonstration.
Assessment 4: Written Exam
Week 17
The examination is worth 50% of the overall course grade.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Assessment information
This course is graded in accordance with competency-based assessment, but which also utilises graded assessment
CHD Competent with High Distinction (80 – 100%)
CDI Competent with Distinction (60 – 79%)
CC Competent with Credit (50 – 59%)
CAG Competency Achieved – Graded (0 – 49%)
NYC Not Yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit for assessment
All assessment types must be passed (exams, prac, and assignments etc.). You can’t make up marks from one type of assessment to another (e.g. pass the tests but fail the prac component).
Late work that is submitted without an application for an extension will not be corrected.
APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSESSABLE WORK- A student may apply for an extension of up to 7 days from the original due date. They must lodge the application form (available online http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension) at least 24 hours before the due date. The application should be emailed to the Coordinator (melanie.kyle@rmit.edu.au).
Students requiring extensions longer than 7 days must apply for Special Consideration (see the ‘Help me’ link in blackboard, via myRMIT studies or http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration) For missed assessments such as exams - you (& your doctor if you are sick) must fill out a special consideration form. This form must be lodged online with supporting evidence (e.g. medical certificate), prior to, or within, 48 hours of the scheduled time of examination.
If you miss an assessment task due to unavoidable circumstances, you need to follow the procedure of special consideration and apply within the allowed time frame.
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