Learning Outcomes for Advanced Integrated Laboratory (revised for Fall 2007)

Outcomes marked with X will be assessed each lab period.

During the course of the Advanced Integrated Laboratory you are required to have mastered all of the starred outcomes shown below. Generally, outcomes must be mastered once during the AIL sequence. However, outcomes marked with X must be mastered in at least three different semesters.

The student is responsible for selecting projects that allow the mastery of all required outcomes. An outcome is only considered mastered with instructor approval.

At the end of the AIL sequence, you will be able to:

Category: Lab Behavior

*LB1 *Demonstrate appropriate laboratory behavior X X

• Safe behavior
• Lab cleanliness
• Clean glassware, both general and specialized
• Labeling of chemicals
• Laboratory organization
• Use of log books
• Correct use of storage/safety cabinets
• Handling of chemicals (return to bottles)
• Appropriate clothing and hygiene choices

Category: Professionalism

*P1. *Demonstrate professional behavior XX

• Display integrity, honesty, dependability, ability to respond to ethical dilemmas
• Work well as part of a team
• Work well on a project individually
• Work efficiently, demonstrating time management skills
• Maintain a record of excellent attendance and promptness
• Find, develop and use available resources; display resourcefulness
• Self-critique (included in portfolio: strengths and weaknesses)

Category: General Laboratory Techniques

• *GT1. *Prepare adequately before lab sessions X
• GT2. Properly use and care for syringes
• GT3. Polish electrodes
• GT4. Operate a gas tank
• *GT5. *Quickly prepare solutions of specified concentrations
• GT6. Use preparative flash chromatography
• GT7. Use investigative TLC as an adjunct to column (flash) chromatography, for colorless compounds.
• *GT8. *Use column/ion exchange chromatography
• *GT9. *Use Schlenk techniques (inert gas and vacuum line)
• GT10. Perform vacuum distillation
• GT11. Synthesize organic compounds using a literature procedure
• *GT12. *Synthesize and characterize an inorganic coordination compound; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions
• *GT13. *Synthesize and characterize a main group element compound OR solid state compound; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions
• *GT14. *Synthesize and characterize an organotransition metal compound ; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions
• *GT15. *Synthesize and characterize a bioinorganic compound ; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions

Category: I nstrumentation usage skills

• I1. Independently use HPLC
• I2. Independently use NMR
• I3. Obtain NMR spectra in at least two different solvents.
• I4. Compare and analyze NMR spectra taken at two different field strengths.
• I5. Interpret an NMR spectrum (complicated coupling patterns, 2D)
• I6. Independently use GCMS
• I7. Thoughtfully evaluate library compound identifications in GC-MS
• I8. Independently use the fluorometer
• I9. Use AA to solve a problem
• I10. Develop an analysis method using GC
• I11. Use the Spec-20 to solve a problem
• I12. Analyze features in a scanning UV-Vis spectrum
• I13. Use FTIR to solve a problem
• I14. Thoughtfully use blanks, standards, spikes and standard addition.

Category: Content

• C1. Perform an experiment involving nanotechnology
• C2. Perform standard biochemistry techniques
• *C3. *Measure and analyze reaction kinetics (including temperature dependence, complex reactions, and/or complex experimental setup or data analysis)
• *C4. *Measure and analyze enzyme kinetics
• *C5. *Measure thermodynamic quantities (e.g., fluorescence measurements of binding constants for cyclodextrin inclusion complexes)
• *C6. *Measure enthalpies of reaction (e.g. solution or bomb calorimetry)
• *C7. *Prepare and present a demonstration of colligative properties or activity effects on an equilibrium
• *C8 *Measure and analyze spectroscopic parameters I (e.g. quantum mechanical analysis of electronic spectra using conjugated polyene dyes)
• *C9. *Measure and analyze spectroscopic parameters II (e.g. quantum mechanical analysis of rotational spectra for molecules found in space using radio telescopes; visit Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
• C10. Qualitative analysis: Identify a pure unknown compound
• C11. Qualitative analysis: Identify components of a solution
• *C12. *Measure and analyze a cyclic voltammogram using kinetic theory (e.g. The Oxidation of Ferrocene by David Van Dyke, in Physical Chemistry: Developing a Dynamic Curriculum, edited by Richard Schwenz and Robert Moore)

Category: Tools

• *T1. *Use molecular-modeling software
• *T2. *Use computational chemistry to calculate and analyze molecular orbitals and properties of molecules (e.g. Spartan analysis and/or comparison of molecular systems OR comparison of Spartan calculations with experimental measurements)
• *T3. *Use molecular dynamics software (e.g. analyze thermodynamic properties using the Virtual Substance program)
• *T4. *Use mathematics in science (error analysis, data processing)
• *Perform literature research/Use hardcopy library resources
• *T5. *Use Mathcad to model and predict observed chemical phenomena (e.g. estimating flame temperatures, modeling stratospheric ozone kinetics, etc.)

Category: Experimental Design

• *ED1. *Follow detailed instructions from a paper or previous student work (e.g. JCE experiment).
• ED2. Reproduce a literature procedure from the original literature, not JCE.
• *ED3. *Design an experiment to answer a question/solve a problem.
• *ED4. *Given a literature procedure, make decisions about what kind of variations would be safe and/or effective. (partially: use knowledge from descriptive chemistry outcomes)
• ED5. Explain the theory and application of laboratory techniques (concepts behind steps in a procedure; connections between theory and application) (partially: use knowledge from descriptive chemistry outcomes)
• ED6. Evaluate a procedure with respect to principles of green chemistry and propose changes that would make it more compliant. (partially: use knowledge from descriptive chemistry outcomes)
• *ED7. *Suggest what the next group working on a project should do differently.
• ED8. Thoughtfully analyze data from use of blanks, standards, spikes and standard addition.

Category: Error Analysis

• *EA1. *Complete a straightforward error analysis.(see rubric)
• *EA2. *Complete a sophisticated error analysis. (see rubric)

Category: Scientific Writing

• *SW1. *Complete acceptable notebook entries for every experiment. (when applicable) If it isn’t in your notebook, you didn’t do it. X X
• *SW2. *Write an acceptable, complete (as specified by rubric) lab report for every experiment. (when applicable) (Electronic submission) X
• SW3. Update and submit a lab report in progress after every week in lab. (when applicable) (Electronic submission) X
• SW4. *Complete an acceptable plan of procedure for every experiment. (when applicable) (Electronic submission) X
• *SW5. *Maintain a portfolio X
• SW6. Write a book review of a Chemistry or Forensic Science book in our library. (Electronic submission)

Category: Scientific Presentation

• *SP1. *Present your work in an informal group meeting-type session.
• SP2. Present your work in a poster format, demonstrating a detailed understanding of the work