Pampanga State Agricultural University

PAC Magalang, Pampanga

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

COURSE GUIDE in CHEMICAL BIOLOGY II – Analytical Methods for Biology

Revised First Half, First Semester, AY 2021-2022

I. COURSE DETAILS

Course Code and Title CHEMICAL BIOLOGY II – Analytical Methods for Biology
Course Description Analytical Methods for Biology is a ten-module course. The purpose of this course is to introduce basic
principles and techniques use in for solving chemical measurement problems and analysis. This course
aims to provide students with knowledge and to develop their skills in doing qualitative and quantitative
chemical analysis.

Number of Units/Hours 2 Units (Lecture) /4 hours per week

per Week +1 Unit (Laboratory) / 6 hours per week
3 Units / 10 hours per week

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Instructor/Contact Evelyn B. Cajucom Consultation Hours and M: 1:00 – 3:00 PM

Information 09978338315 Mode of Consultation TTh: 1:00 – 2:00 PM
evelyn_cajucom@psau.edu.ph W: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Consultation via email and chats

Course At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
Outcomes/Objectives 1. Knowledge
• Explain the dimensional analysis (factor label) approach in solving chemical measurements
and analysis
• Understand the chemical principles behind solving chemical measurements and analysis

2. Skills
• Discuss and illustrate the use of dimensional analysis (factor label) approach in solving
chemical measurements and analysis
• Integrate knowledge of chemical principles in solving chemical measurements and analysis
• Write chemical equations representing changes in chemical measurements and analysis

3. Values
• Develop an appreciation on the role of reliable chemical measurements and analysis in various
fields of sciences.

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II. COURSE OUTLINE

Schedule Topics Learning Experience Assessment Deadline

Tool
Week 1 PSAU VMGO Online Class Self- October 6, 2021
(October 4-7) Course Guide Orientation and Introduction
Learning Agreement Discussion via Zoom
Class Online Etiquettes
Open Camera Quiz (OCQ)
ZipGrade Enrollment
Diagnostic Test
Lectures and Activity Diagnostic October 7, 2021
Sheet via LMS Quiz via
Module 1: INTRODUCTION TO ZipGrade
ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY
1.1: WHAT IS ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY Supplementary Video Activity 1 October 7, 2021
1.2: THE ANALYTICAL and Webinars (FilSci
PERSPECTIVE Hub TV and Filipino
1.3: COMMON ANALYTICAL Science Hub)
PROBLEMS
1.4: PROBLEMS
1.5: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
1.6: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS

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Week 2 Module 2: BASIC TOOLS OF Online Class Activity 2 October 13, 2021
(October 11-14) ANALYTICAL Discussion on Activity 3
CHEMISTRY October via Zoom Activity 4
2.1: MEASUREMENTS IN Activity 5 October 14, 2021
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY Lectures via LMS
2.2: CONCENTRATION
2.3: STOICHIOMETRIC FilSciHub Chemistry
CALCULATIONS Tidbits Episode 1:
2.4: BASIC EQUIPMENT Basic Chemistry Lab
2.5: PREPARING SOLUTIONS Safety (9:19)
2.7: THE LABORATORY
NOTEBOOK FilSciHub Chemistry
2.8: PROBLEMS Tidbits Episode 2:
2.9: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Common Chem Lab
2.10: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND Apparatus &
KEY TERMS Equipment

FilSciHub Chemistry
Tidbits Episode 3:
Dimensional Analysis
& Unit Conversion in
Chemistry

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Week 3 Module 3: THE VOCABULARY Online Class Activity 6 October 20, 2021
(October 18-21) OF ANALYTICAL Discussion via Zoom Activity 7
CHEMISTRY Activity 8
Lectures via LMS Activity 9
3.1: ANALYSIS, Activity 10
DETERMINATION, AND Supplementary Video Activity 11
MEASUREMENT and Webinars (FilSci Activity 12
3.2: TECHNIQUES, METHODS, Hub TV and Filipino Activity 13
PROCEDURES, AND Science Hub) Activity 14
PROTOCOLS Activity 15
3.3: CLASSIFYING ANALYTICAL Classical vs Modern
TECHNIQUES Analytical Chemistry
3.4: SELECTING AN (20:52)
ANALYTICAL METHOD
3.5: DEVELOPING THE Test via October 21, 2020
PROCEDURE ZipGrade
3.6: PROTOCOLS
3.7: THE IMPORTANCE OF
ANALYTICAL Experiment 1
METHODOLOGY
3.8: PROBLEMS
3.9: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
3.10: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS

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Week 4 Module 4: EQUILIBRIUM Online Class Activity 16 October 28, 2021

(October 25-29) CHEMISTRY Discussion
Via Zoom
4.1: REVERSIBLE REACTIONS
AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA Lectures via LMS
4.2: THERMODYNAMICS AND
EQUILIBRIUM CHEMISTRY Supplementary Video
4.3: MANIPULATING and Webinars (FilSci October 29, 2021
EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS Hub TV and Filipino
4.4: EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS Science Hub)
FOR CHEMICAL REACTIONS
4.5: LE CHÂTELIER’S PRINCIPLE
4.6: LADDER DIAGRAMS
4.7: SOLVING EQUILIBRIUM
PROBLEMS
4.8: BUFFER SOLUTIONS
4.9: ACTIVITY EFFECTS
4.10: USING EXCEL AND R TO
SOLVE EQUILIBRIUM
PROBLEMS
4.11: SOME FINAL THOUGHTS
ON EQUILIBRIUM
CALCULATIONS
4.12: PROBLEMS
4.13: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
4.14: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS
Week 5 MIDTERM EXAMINATION November 4, 2021
(November 2-4)

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Week 6 Module 5: OBTAINING AND Online Class Activity 17 November 10, 2021
(November 8-11) PREPARING Discussion via Zoom Activity 18
SAMPLES FOR
ANALYSIS Lectures via LMS November 11, 2021

5.1: THE IMPORTANCE OF Supplementary Video

SAMPLING and Webinars (FilSci
5.2: DESIGNING A SAMPLING Hub TV and Filipino
PLAN Science Hub)
5.3: IMPLEMENTING THE
SAMPLING PLAN
5.4: SEPARATING THE ANALYTE
FROM INTERFERENTS
5.5: GENERAL THEORY OF
SEPARATION EFFIICIENCY
5.6: CLASSIFYING SEPARATION
TECHNIQUES
5.7: LIQUID-LIQUID
EXTRACTIONS
5.8: SEPARATION VERSUS
PRECONCENTRATION
5.9: PROBLEMS
5.10: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
5.11: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS

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Week 7 Module 6: GRAVIMETRIC Online Class Activity 19 November 17, 2021

(November 15-18) METHODS Discussion via Zoom
6.1: OVERVIEW OF
GRAVIMETRIC METHODS Lectures via LMS Experiment 2 November18, 2021
6.2: PRECIPITATION
GRAVIMETRY Supplementary Video
6.3: VOLATILIZATION and Webinars (FilSci
GRAVIMETRY Hub TV and Filipino
6.4: PARTICULATE Science Hub)
GRAVIMETRY
6.5: PROBLEMS
6.6: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
6.7: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS
Week 8 Module 7: TITRIMETRIC Online Class Activity 20 November 25, 2021
(November 23-26 METHODS Discussion via Zoom
7.1: OVERVIEW OF TITRIMETRY
7.2: ACID–BASE TITRATIONS Lectures via LMS Experiment 3 November 26, 2021
7.3: COMPLEXATION
TITRATIONS Supplementary Video
7.4: REDOX TITRATIONS and Webinars (FilSci
7.5: PRECIPITATION Hub TV and Filipino
TITRATIONS Science Hub)
7.6: PROBLEMS
7.7: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
7.8: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS

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Week 9 Module 8: OBTAINING AND Online Class Activity 21 December 1, 2021

(November 29- PREPARING Discussion on
December 2) SAMPLES FOR November 23, 2020 December 2, 2021
ANALYSIS via Zoom

8.1: THE IMPORTANCE OF Lectures via LMS

SAMPLING
8.2: DESIGNING A SAMPLING Supplementary Video
PLAN and Webinars (FilSci
8.3: IMPLEMENTING THE Hub TV and Filipino
SAMPLING PLAN Science Hub)
8.4: SEPARATING THE
ANALYTE FROM
INTERFERENTS
8.5: GENERAL THEORY OF
SEPARATION EFFIICIENCY
8.6: CLASSIFYING
SEPARATION TECHNIQUES
8.7: LIQUID-LIQUID
EXTRACTIONS
8.8: SEPARATION VERSUS
PRECONCENTRATION
8.9: PROBLEMS
8.10: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
8.11: CHAPTER SUMMARY AND
KEY TERMS
FINAL EXAMINATION December 4, 2021

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III. COURSE MATERIALS

The main reference materials for the course are the following:

Brown, T., LeMay, E., Bursten, B., Murphy, C., Woodward, P., Sloltztus, M., and Lufaso, M. (2015). Chemistry: The Central
Science. 14th ed. USA: Pearson Chemistry Education.

Filipino Science Hub | Facebook. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.facebook.com/FilSciHub

FilSciHub TV. https://www.youtube.com/c/FilSciHub/about

Flowers, P., Theopold, K., and Langley, R. (2015). Chemistry. Retrieved from: https://openstax.org/details/books/chemistry-
2e. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Harvey, D. (2020). Analytical Chemistry 2.1. Retrieved from : https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Analytical_Chemistry.

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Skoog, D. A., West, D. M., Hooler, F. J., and Crouch, S.R. (2004). Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. 8th ed. Thomson
Brooks/Cole

Stoker, S.H. (2013). General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry. (6th ed.). USA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

Timberlake, K. C. (2015). Chemistry: An introduction to General, Organic and Biological Chemistry. (12th ed.). London:
Pearson Education Limited.

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IV. ACTIVITY OUTPUTS, OPEN CAMERA QUIZ, PROJECT, AND FINAL ASSESSMENT/EXAMINATION:

1. All outputs must be handwritten in your CHEM BIO 2 Notebook. Write legibly the following on the starting page of every
activity using the following format in writing specified details: Surname, First Name, Middle Initial (Cajucom, Evelyn B),
Section (BSBIO-2ABC), Date (October 4, 2021), and Activity Number (Activity 1).

2. All outputs to be submitted must be in PDF file format and named accordingly as Surname, BSBIOSECTION, Activity
Number) (e.g., Cajucom_BSBIO2A_1.pdf). Installing a CamScanner app on your phone is recommended for this purpose.

3. If you opted to submit an activity with a partner or group, the surname of the collaborators must be arranged alphabetically
(e.g. Cajucom_Macapagal_ BSBIO2A_ 1. pdf or Barquez_Cajucom_Macapagal_BSBIO 2A_ 1.pdf).

4. Attendance to required webinars must be supported with screenshot of email receipt of a Certificate of Attendance,
screenshot of participation, and personal notes about learninsg from the said webinars (see example at the last page).

5. As Final Examination in the Laboratory: Critique a published journal article based on its merits regarding its chemical
measurements and analysis. Submission must include the published journal article being critiqued.

6. Final Assessment/Examination in the Lecture will be via ZipGrade.

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V. CRITERIA FOR GRADING

1. Studentship (Promptness of Submission of Requirements) - 10%

2. Class Standing (Webinar Certificates, Projects, Assignments, Open Camera Quiz) – 60%
3. Major Exams – (30%)

VI. Tips in Passing ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

✓ DO NOT MEMORIZE, ANALYZE. There are various types of analytical problems, analyze and practice solving
them.
✓ Do NOT PROCRASTINATE, PRACTICE. Skills in solving analytical problems take time, start by practicing to
solve them.
✓ DO NOT CRAM, SCHEDULE IT. Your learnings in 10 hours spread in a week are MUCH BETTER than that of
10 hours in a day.
✓ GEAR UP FOR THE COURSE. For this course, you will need at least the following: Notebook and pens,
Scientific Calculator, Books/ eBooks References, Cellphone/Laptop/ Tablet/PC, Self-Discipline, Good Time
Management, etc.…
✓ BE AN ACTIVE LEARNER. No one else will study or take an exam on your behalf. OWN IT

Prepared by:

Evelyn B. Cajucom, MChem

Assistant Professor II

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