Chem 160 Agenda for Day 1 Instructor: Ken Marr 1.Before sitting down, pick up from the front table:  Chem 160 course syllabus  Lab 1 Handout 2.Introduction to Course and Chem 160 Website 3.Form Groups Groups will work together daily for the entire quarter 4.Intro to Lab 1. lIndependent Group Research Project: Iodine Clock Reaction— an Introduction to Reaction Kinetics

Topics covered in Chem 160 Chapters in Chemistry by Silberberg  Much of the material will draw on concepts learned in Chemistry 140 and Basic organic chemistry (Ch15) 2. Chemical kinetics (Ch 16) 3. Chemical equilibrium (Ch 17) 4. Acid-base Equilibria (Ch 18) 5. Ionic and Solubility Equilibria (Ch 19) 6. Thermodynamics (Ch 20) 7. Electrochemistry (Ch 21)

From data collected at the National Training Laboratories (NTL) Bethel, Maine, USA

Why will Collaborative and Active Learning rather than lecture be the primary means of instruction in Chem 160? l “You don’t really understand something until you can explain it to your grandmother” (Albert Einstein) l “Much as we would like think that we as teachers can tell students what we have learned… the evidence shows that we cannot transfer our knowledge ready-made into students’ minds. Students have to do the actual work of learning by actively making connections and organizing learning into meaningful concepts. When students are interacting with other students to clarify, explain, and understand, they are actively building their own minds.” (from Collaborative Learning 101 by Patricia Cross) l This class is structured such that you as students can teach and learn from others.

Group 1 DO HAU D 1 CAMPBELL NICOLE J 1 TRAN NGAN NGOC KIM 1 KENT KRAIG A Group 2 LE KHOA NGUYEN 2 LESTARI GABRIELLA A 2 NGUYEN ELIZABETH A 2 PHAN PEACE Group 3 PATTERSON TIFFANY L 3 HUNSBERGER MATTHEW D 5 GONCE RYAN T 3 CROPP DARCY G Group 4 REED ROBERT B 4 DOW MICHAELA KA 4 LEIGH PORTIA R 4 SLATER MARTIN ERIK Group 5 TAHIR SAMAN A 5 GINARTO ARIES 5 CAO LONG KIM HOANG Group 6 WATKINS ROBERT L 6 NGUYEN HIEU TRUNG 6 ZIETZKE DANIEL J Groups will work together daily for the entire quarter

Lab 1 l Intro to lab 1

Group Activity 1. Say hello and introduce yourselves. 2. Discuss Lab 1 strategies