Cebu Doctors’ University

College of Arts and Sciences

Physical Sciences Department

CHEMISTRY LABORATORY ORIENTATION

Individual Requirements:

• Laboratory Gown
o It must be loose. The use of smock gown in lieu of the lab gown is discouraged.
o Students are expected to wear their laboratory gown as soon as they enter the laboratory.
• Googles
• Mask
• Gloves
• Hair net
• 2 pcs. Glass Droppers

Group Requirements:

• Padlock with triplicate keys

o As much as possible, each member must have a key.
• Liquid soap (for handwashing)
• Dishwashing liquid (for the apparatus)
• Sponge
• Big box of matchsticks
• 10 pcs. of rags
• Masking tape (½ inch)
• 1 pc. Long size folder with folder jacket and fastener
o The folder must have the color assigned for your class.
o The Rubric Sheets must be placed inside the folder.

Grading System:

• Lab Midterm Grade = 40% Performance (based on Rubrics) + 30% Quizzes + 30% Midterm Exam

• Lab Tentative Final Grade = 40% Performance (based on Rubrics) + 30% Quizzes + 30% Final Exam

• FINAL GRADE = 1/3 Midterm Grade + 2/3 Tentative Final Grade

• OVERAL CHEM 102M GRADE = 50% Lecture + 50% Laboratory

Basis for Performance:

1. Experiments, activities, and quizzes in the laboratory are scheduled. The schedules are posted on the
board or on the bulletin board of the laboratory. Students are expected to COPY THE SCHEDULE for
their own reference.

2. READ AHEAD and BE PREPARED for the scheduled experiments.

3. Evaluation of your performance in the laboratory will be based on the Rubrics (see attached). The total
points incurred by a student for the Midterm and the Final term would serve as his/her performance grade.

4. Students who arrive BEYOND THE FIRST 15 MINUTES of their laboratory time will be considered late.
Students who are late must approach their teacher for their attendance to be checked. Those who are
late for MORE THAN 30 MINUTES are considered absent.

Cleanliness and Waste Management in the Laboratory:

1. Cleanliness and orderliness must always be practiced in the laboratory. Before every experiment, make
sure that the working area as well as glass wares to be used are clean. Place all the common and
frequently used apparatus on your working area in an orderly manner. After every activity, see to it that
your group’s working area is clean and dry. Throw pieces of paper and matchsticks to the garbage can
and not on the sink or on the sand pail.

2. Obtain an adequate amount of reagent from the rack and place them in your group’s reagent bottle.
 3. Mixtures of HAZARDOUS AND TOXIC CHEMICALS like acids, bases, etc. must NOT BE THROWN
INTO THE SINK. Pour them into the containers which are labeled according to the type of waste.

Other Reminders During Experiment:

1. Procedures for the scheduled experiment are to be divided among the members. Leaders of each group
take the responsibility of dividing and assigning procedures to his/her members.

2. As soon as a student is done with his/her assigned procedure, the student must present his/her results
together with the laboratory manual to the teacher for INDIVIDUAL CHECKING. The students will be
asked to answer some questions about his/her performance of the procedure.

3. Members wo are done with their assigned procedures/individual checking must help the other members
of the group to finish their assigned procedure.

4. Group leaders should see to it that ALL PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED.

5. When all of the members of the group are done with all their assigned procedures and are done with
individual checking, the group must submit their laboratory manuals to the teacher for GROUP
CHECKING.

6. Group members are NOT ALLOWED to leave the laboratory unless each member is dine with individual
checking and group checking.