LARN 005 C2D1
Start the following in class:
1. Go to Cycle 1 Day 4 in Google Classroom and review safety precautions and the uses and appearances of various kinds of laboratory equipment.
2. There are guided laboratory inquiries written for most units of study; each one’s name starts with the designation of the unit of study with a capital U; for example, U01-1 is the beginning of the designation for an investigation entitled “U01-1 Explaining Observations Using the Concept of Particles“. Obtain the physical handout for the guided laboratory inquiry in room A235. If the print out is not available and you see a link to the hard copy of the inquiry document attached to this Classroom assignment, click on the above underlined link, download the document into Word or LibreOffice, and print off a copy. If the link does not work, the document can also be found by accessing your MNSD Google drive > Student Resources > Laboratory Activities > Honors Chemistry 4610 Required Laboratory Reports folder.
3. Fill in the heading on the document. Write in your hand-in number in the circle, your first and last names on the line segment, your laboratory partner’s name in parentheses if you are collecting data with a partner, your table number after the T, and your laboratory work station number after the LS.
4. Read the description of the stated Problem(s) and reflect on it (them). Read, reflect on, and respond to each of the Pre-laboratory Considerations (also known as Introductory) questions in full sentences. Express your understanding of each described situation in your own words. Do not put down someone else’s understanding since the activity is about developing thinking, not filling in spaces.
5. If there is a blank Methods section, read the description of what belongs there and follow those instructions.
6. Read the list of Materials to be used in the investigation and the proposed Procedural Steps. Reflect back on the problem and the types of things you are thinking about in answering the pre-laboratory questions and, if a hypothesis is not already stated, advance your own hypothesis by stating “If … (such and such procedural step is done), then … (such and such will happen) because … (the particles of matter, also known as “formula units” or “structural units”, would be doing such and such).
7. On the Observations sheet, plan out and record any data tables that you would like to use during the laboratory investigation.
8. Bring your completed pre-laboratory report into class and hand it and your Assignment Tally sheet to your current learning partner. Your learning partner then should first read it over, discuss his/her understanding of the pre-laboratory questions with you, and record specific feedback on your paper in dark purple ink. Then your learning partner should take your tally sheet, and record the reference designation for the assignment, an abbreviated description of the assignment, the current date, the status of your assignment (including 0 for incomplete or a check mark for complete), his/her initials signifying that the information recorded is accurate, and return your paper and the tally sheet to you.
9. Using your assigned computer, go to the description of the pre-laboratory assignment in Google Classroom and mark it as “Done”.