Assessment 1 - Online Quiz, has been designed to assess your understanding of Topics 1-7 (weeks 1 & 2 lectures and tutorials) presented in this unit. This assessment requires you to apply concepts presented in lectures and tutorials to determine the answers for a series of multiple-choice questions.

The quiz is not timed, and you are allowed two attempts. The highest score of the two attempts will be recorded.

Note: Quiz questions are generated randomly, and you will receive different questions on subsequent attempts.

Gen AI use:  All quiz responses must be your own. Collusion with others or the use of Gen AI to produce any part of the answers to this assessment is not permitted. You may be required to provide further information to demonstrate that the answers provided are your own and that you understand the concepts being assessed.

All questions are of equal weighting. One mark will be awarded for each correct response.

Assessment 2 - Calculations and Short Answer Questions, has been designed to assess your understanding of Topics 8-16 (weeks 3-7 lectures and tutorials) presented in this unit. This assessment requires you to demonstrate comprehension of concepts presented in the unit, and to apply those concepts to answer a series of questions.

All workings must be provided for answers to calculation questions. Inclusion of correct units and chemical notation is required. Short answer questions may require you to explain, reason, describe, analyse, or evaluate information, and to provide an appropriately detailed written response. Written responses must be appropriately referenced.

Gen AI use: With the exception of in-built MS-Word grammar, punctuation and syntax checking tools, Gen AI tools should not be used to complete this assessment. All written responses, calculations, workings and other details presented in your assessment submission must be your own work. It is a requirement that you include detailed workings and that they clearly demonstrate your understanding of the unit content. Collusion with others or the use of Gen AI to produce any part of the answers to this assessment is not permitted. You may be required to provide further information to demonstrate that the answers provided are your own and that you understand the concepts being assessed.

Maximum marks available for each question will be indicated in the Assessment 2 - Questions Document, which will become available on the CHEM11043 Moodle site during week 5. Marks will be awarded for each question or partial question as indicated on the Questions Document. No marks will be given for incorrect answers, formulas, incorrect units, or explanations.

Assessment 3 - Laboratory Competency and Quizzes, consists of a series of practical competencies (assessed during the laboratory sessions at the residential school) and two (2) associated laboratory theory and calculation quizzes (completed online).

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Assessment 3, has been designed to introduce and assess essential skills in chemistry laboratory work, including the associated chemical calculations. The laboratory sessions will be undertaken in a four-day residential school. The techniques and experiments conducted during these sessions have been designed to develop excellence in laboratory practices and to provide a solid foundation for future laboratory work. These skills scaffold into 2nd and 3rd year chemistry units, and into the workplace.

Laboratory Competency: During the laboratory sessions, you will develop skills in working safely in the laboratory; correctly using top pan and analytical balances; sample preparation including quantitative transfers; correctly using pipettes and volumetric flasks; preparing dilution series for spectroscopic analysis; using a spectrophotometer; graphing techniques with consideration of interpolation and extrapolation; performing relevant calculations to process data from spectroscopic analysis; correctly using a burette; calibrating a pH meter; choosing an appropriate indicator for a neutralisation reaction titration; conducting titrations with good technique and accuracy; performing relevant calculations to process titration data; maintaining data records.

Laboratory Quizzes: The quizzes will be available on the Moodle site for you to access during and after your respective residential school sessions. The topics of the quizzes are:

• Laboratory Quiz 1 - Laboratory Introduction, Safety, and Spectroscopy
• Laboratory Quiz 2 - pH and Titrations

Gen AI use:  Gen AI tools are not permitted to be used to complete this assessment. Work presented in your laboratory notebook and answers selected to quiz questions must be your own work. You may be required to provide further information to demonstrate that the answers provided are your own and that you understand the concepts being assessed.

All students are required to attend and participate in all laboratory sessions scheduled for the four-day residential school. The specific assessment criteria for components of this task are as follows:

1. Laboratory notebook must show records of laboratory data, calculations, and completion of discussion questions. Instructors will inspect notebooks randomly throughout the course of the residential school.
2. Demonstration of competency in specific laboratory skills is required. This includes the correct usage of burettes, volumetric flasks, pipettes, balances, and pH meters. Competency will be assessed by instructors during the laboratory sessions.
3. Two online practical laboratory quizzes must be completed by the due date. The quizzes will relate to associated theory and techniques (such as spectrophotometry and titration) that are used during the laboratory sessions.
4. To pass the overall assessment, you must achieve a minimum mark of 50% in each of the quizzes and a Pass grade for the practical competencies.

Assessment 4 - Timed Online Test, has been designed to assess your comprehension of concepts presented in this unit. This assessment relates to Topics 17-25 (weeks 8-11 lectures and tutorials). The test is timed. The maximum time to complete the test is 3 hours (180 minutes).

The Timed Online Test will be available on the unit Moodle site for a 24-hour period. You can complete the test at any time within the 24-hour period. The timer begins when you start the test.

The test may include multiple-choice questions, questions with drag and drop style answers, or questions requiring short written (typed) answers. You may be required to upload files to answer some questions. You must follow all instructions given on the Moodle site and within the test itself. Where indicated, you must show your working.

A practice test, to familiarise you with the online functionalities of Moodle quizzes, will be available prior to the real test.

Gen AI use:  Gen AI tools are not permitted to be used to complete this assessment. All answers to the Online Test must be your own. Collusion with others or the use of Gen AI to produce any part of the answers to this assessment is not permitted. You may be required to provide further information to demonstrate that the answers provided are your own and that you understand the concepts being assessed.

Maximum marks available for each question will be indicated in the Online Test. Marks will be awarded for each question or partial question as indicated on the Online Test. No marks will be given for incorrect answers, formulas, explanations, organic nomenclatures, or incorrect organic structures.