COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LABORATORY PROJECTS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FMK 5013 LABORATORY PROJECTS IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Chemistry Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ŞENOL ALPAT

Offered to

Chemistry Teacher Education

Course Objective

After completing this course, the students will be able to design and implement experiments

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learn the application of scientific processes.
2   Learn the toxic properties of chemicals.
3   Have information about laboratory safety.
4   Understand scientific knowledge how it is made.
5   Analyze and synthesize a chemical substance.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Identify a research topic
2 Determination of the experiments
3 Searching the literature
4 Searching the literature
5 Searching the literature
6 Lab safety and first aid
7 Identification and investigation of the toxic effects of chemical substances
8 Midterm Exam
9 Identification and investigation of the toxic effects of chemical substances
10 The establishment of experimental setups
11 The establishment of experimental setups
12 Construction of the experiments
13 Construction of the experiments
14 Evaluation of results and their applicability
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

B. Arnowich, P. Suorunos, J. Tietjen, Fundemantal of Laboratory Chemistry, Pearson Custum Publishing, Boston,1996.
S. G. Bott, R. Geoanengel, General Chemistry Laboratories, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, 1998.
R. Christensen, L. Morrell, Chemical Principles Experiments, Simon&Scuster Custom Publishing, New Jersey,1998.
W. S. Burnham, General Chemistry Laboratory Studies, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, 1998.
D. L. Stevens, General Chemistry Laboratory Manual, Revised Printing, 1999
E. Ramsden, Key Science Chemistry Teacher s Guide, Nelson Thornes Publishers, Cheltenham, 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Experimental method, oral presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam points (30%), laboratory (10%) points and final exam points (60%)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to the course is important

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.sahin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday between 11.00-12.00 hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Laboratory application 6 15 90
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 210

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.14345
LO.244
LO.3444
LO.45452233
LO.55553455

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