Course Title: Prepare working solutions
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
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
Nominal Hours: 50
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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: |
3.1. Monitor shelf life of working solutions according to laboratory procedures |
Element: |
3. Check existing stock of solutions |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Monitor shelf life of working solutions according to laboratory procedures
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Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Your primary learning mode will be face-to-face and will include a combination of lectures, classroom activities and practical demonstrations.
Teaching Schedule
| Date | Topic |
| 24/3 | Introduction to course. Laboratory safety/OHS and SI units. |
| 31/3 | Atoms, molecules, ions, moles, molar mass. |
| 14/4 | Relationship between mole and Avogadro’s number |
| 21/4 | Relationship between mole and molar volume. / Making a standard solution |
| 28/4 | Acid Base reactions. Monitoring solution quality and shelf life. |
| 5/5 | More titrations. Titration Practical |
| 12/5 | Monitoring Storage, stock, control and records for stored solutions. Man |
| 19/5 | Individual skills test. |
| 26/5 | Linking all concepts together |
| 2/6 | Revision |
| 9/6 | Exam |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks for this course may include assignments, practical reports and written tests.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1
Inventory Assignment:
This is an assignment to be worked on at home as an individual.
Group 1 Tuesday 14th April
Group 2 Wednesday 15th April
The assignment is worth 25% of the overall course grade.
Assessment 2
Titration Practical :
1) Your practical skills in this experiment will be evaluated as S or NYS on the day
Group 1 Tuesday 5th May
Group 2 Wednesday 6th May
2) A written report for the practical must be submitted to the Level 6 Office by 1.30pm
Group 1 Tuesday 19th May
Group 2 Wednesday 20th May
The report is worth 25% 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 Tuesday 19th May
Tuesday 31st March
Group 2 Wednesday 20th May Wednesday 1st April
The Laboratory skills test is worth 25% of the overall course grade
Assessment 4
Examination
This is a closed book examination covering all material in the course.
The examination is worth 25% of the overall course grade.
The exam will run in week 17
Assessment Matrix
Other 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.). 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).
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 (nancy.varughese@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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