Course Title: Perform chemical tests and procedures
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: ONPS5658C
Course Title: Perform chemical tests and procedures
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5282 - Diploma of Laboratory Technology (Biotechnology)
Course Contact: Amber Mitton
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8053
Course Contact Email: amberlee.mitton@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Kirsten Balding - Teacher - Theory & Lab kirsten.balding@rmit.edu.au 9925 4283
Dinah van Ruyven - Lab Teacher dinah.vanruyven@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 100
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
There are no pre-requisites or co-requisites for this course
Course Description
This unit of competency covers the ability to interpret chemical test requirements, prepare samples, conduct pre-use and calibration checks on equipment and perform routine chemical tests/procedures. These tests will involve several measurement steps. The unit includes data processing and interpretation of results and tracking of obvious test malfunctions where the procedure is standardised. However, personnel are not required to analyse data, optimise tests/procedures for specific samples or troubleshoot equipment problems where the solution is not apparent
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
MSL974003A Perform chemical tests and procedures |
Element: |
1. Interpret and schedule test requirements |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1. Review test request to identify samples to be tested, test method and equipment/instruments involved |
Element: |
2. Receive and prepare samples |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Log samples using standard operating procedures (SOPs) |
Element: |
3. Check equipment before use |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Set up equipment/instruments in accordance with test method requirements |
Element: |
4. Test samples to determine chemical species or properties |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Operate equipment/instruments in accordance with test method requirements |
Element: |
5. Process and interpret data |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1. Record test data noting atypical observations |
Element: |
6. Maintain a safe work environment |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1. Use established safe work practices and personal protective equipment to ensure personal safety and that of other laboratory personnel |
Element: |
7. Maintain laboratory records |
Performance Criteria: |
7.1. Enter approved data into laboratory information management system |
Learning Outcomes
This is a competency based program
Details of Learning Activities
Theory classes
Lab classes
Projects
Worksheets
Groupwork
Tutorials
Presentations
Online quizzes
Exams
Assignments
Teaching Schedule
Term | Dates | ||||
Wk | Date (week of) | Theory (2hr) Tues am (BIO) Tues pm (PT) |
Prac (3hr) Mon (PT) Wed (Bio) |
Assessment Task | Value (%) |
1 | 9/2 | Outline of course Atomic theory, Safety |
Lab safety induction | ||
2 | 16/2 | Classification of matter, atomic theory, atomic number & atomic weight, electron structure & configuration | Lab safety Using balances |
Theory online quiz
Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes |
3 | 23/2 | Periodic table, Electron configuration of atoms - shells, subshells & orbitals, Ions | Laboratory glassware OHS: MSDS & Chem Labels |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
4 | 2/3 | Chemical bonds: ionic & covalent bonding, properties of ionic & covalent compounds, Lewis dot diagrams, naming compounds, bond angles& molecular shapes | Glass pipettes |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes must be satisfactory |
5 | 9/3 | Review bonds, Electronegativity, classifying bonds, shapes of molecules - Lewis structures, Polar/Non-Polar molecules, Types of solutions & solubility | no prac class (Labour day) |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes must be satisfactory
|
6 | 16/3 | Revision |
Prac Exam 1: Using pipettes/balances |
Prac Exam 1: Using pipettes/ balances |
must be satisfactory |
7 | 23/3 | Theory Exam 1 | No prac | Theory exam 1 | 30% |
8a | 30/3 | Formula weight, the mole, Avogadro’s number, Concentrations – Molarity & % solutions | Conductivity of aqueous solutions |
Prac report 1 - conductivity of aqueous solutions Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Prac Report: Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
Student Vacation 2nd Apr – 8th Apr | |||||
9 | 13/4 | Spectrophotometry Centrifuges |
Preparing solutions |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
10 | 20/4 | Chemical equations, balancing equations |
Spectrophotometry I | Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
11 | 27/4 | Stoichiometry | Spectrophotometry II |
Theory online quiz
Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes Report: 15%
|
12 | 4/5 |
Limiting & excess reagents,% yields, Ionic reactions & equations (net & ionic), Solubilities of ionic compounds Peer Review Report |
Micropipettes Using Centrifuges |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
13 | 11/5 |
Reaction rates, Reversible reactions, Chemical equilibrium, Le Chatalier’s principle, Equilibrium constants Reaction rates, Reversible reactions, Chemical equilibrium, Le Chatalier’s principle, Equilibrium constants |
Balanced chemical equations |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
14 | 18/5 | Serial Dilutions | Effect of concentration changes on equilibrium yields |
Theory online quiz Logbook & Labskills |
Total of 10% for all quizzes
|
15 | 25/5 | Revision | Prac Exam 2: Making solutions |
Prac Exam 2: Making solutions Logbook & Labskills |
must be satisfactory
must be satisfactory |
16 | 1/6 | Theory exam 2 | No prac | Theory exam 2 Submit Logbook & Labskills Checklist |
30% must be satisfactory |
17 | 8/6 | Alternative assessments (Special consideration only) |
Prac exam resits |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Bettelheim, Brown, Campbell, Farrell and Torres (2013) |
|
Chemistry Practical Manual semester 1 |
References
Other Resources
1. Students require a lab coat, safety goggles and gloves for Laboratory classes. Some safety goggles are available in the lab, but it is recommended that students buy their own for best comfort. These can be purchased from the bookshop.
2. An exercise book for the logbook.This should be a bound book, not spiral. 30 pages is sufficient.
3. A permanent marker pen, fine or medium, for labelling tubes etc.
Overview of Assessment
Assessments for this course typically consist of:
• Class activities
• Assignments
• Presentations
• Exams
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1.
Theory Online quizzes (Each week)
(Best 10 quiz scores count)
10% AND must get average pass for all quizzes
Assessment 2.
2 Theory Exams (end of terms 1 and 2)
30% + 30% = 60%
In week of 23/3/15 and week of 1/6/15
Assessment 3. Laboratory practice.
a. 2 Prac Reports
1: Conductivity of aqueous solutions (term 1) - done in lab class week of 30/3/15, report due 2 weeks later
2: Spectrophotometry (term 2) - done in lab class week of 27/4/15, report due 2 weeks later
15% + 15% = 30%
b. 2 Prac Exams
1: Balances & Glass pipettes (term 1) lab in week of 16/3/15
2: Making solutions (term 2) lab in week of 25/5/15
Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory
c. Logbook & Labskills:
Logbook and Labskills Checklist is to be signed off each week by teacher and submitted after lab 3 for a mid semester review and at end of semester. Finalise checklist in lab during week of 25/5/15
Students must write up their logbook for at least 80% of classes.
Only labs where the student was present will be signed off.
Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Assessment information
This course is graded in accordance with competency-based assessment, but which also utilises graded assessment. Grades are as follows:
- 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.). For example, if there are two tests you need to have an average of 50% to pass. You can’t make up marks from one type of assessment to another (e.g. pass the tests but fail the prac component).
• Attendance at practical classes is compulsory. A minimum of 80% attendance is required to pass this course. If you are sick you should submit a medical certificate to 6th floor office addressed to the Program Coordinator.
• 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 is lodged with the School Admin Office on Level 6, Bdg 51, or emailed to the Coordinator (amber.mitton@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.
Time Allowance for this course
The 100 nominal hours for this unit are allocated as follows:
Preparation for class/ Research work/ Report completion :16x 1hour/week= 16 hours
Theory Class:14 x 1 hour/week= 14 hours
Theory at home/Online Quiz/Revision: 14 x 1 hour/wk+ 2 x 2hr revision =18 hours
Laboratory Activities & Lab Skills Exams :16x3 hours= 48 hours
Theory Tests: 2 x 1.5 hours + 1 hour alternate assessment (if required) =4 hours
Total 100
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