Course Title: Prepare working solutions
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 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
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 |
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
Your primary learning mode will be face-to-face and will include a combination of lectures, classroom activities and practical experiments.
Teaching Schedule
| Date | Topic | Assessment |
17/8 |
Introduction to course. Laboratory safety/OHS and SI units. |
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| 24/8 | Atoms, molecules, ions, moles, molar mass. |
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| 31/8 | Mid-course vacation | |
| 7/9 |
Relationship between mole and Avogadro’s number
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In class assessment:
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| 14/9 | Relationship between mole and molar volume. / Making a standard solution | |
| 21/9 | Acid Base reactions. Monitoring solution quality and shelf life. | |
| 28/9 | Titrations. Titration Practical | |
| 5/10 | More titrations. | Titration Practical- in class |
| 12/5 | Individual skills test. | Individual skills test- in class |
| 19/5 | Linking all concepts together | |
| 26/5 | Revision | |
| 2/11 | Exam | Exam |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Prepare Working Solutions Laboratory Manual (BlackBoard)
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
9/9/15
Laboratory Practice:
a) poster done out of class & handed in and
b) role plays assessed in class.
The assignment is worth 20% of the overall course grade.
Assessment 2
7/10/15
Titration Practical :
Your practical skills in this experiment will be evaluated as Satisfactory (S) or Not Yet Satisfactory (NYS)
Your report will be graded and worth 30% of the overall course grade.
Assessment 3
14/10/15
Demonstration of Laboratory Skills
Your practical skills in this experiment will be evaluated as Satisfactory (S) or Not Yet Satisfactory (NYS)
Assessment 4
Week 17
Examination
This is a closed book examination covering all material in the course. You will be provided with a Periodic Table and a Formulae Sheet.
The examination is worth 50% of the overall course grade.
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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