One of the TA's visited me this morning expressing concern about Problem Set #2 which he had completed grading. He asked what he was to do with a student who had copied the answers from another student and turned in the paper. I indicated copying and submitting with your name is a caser of academic misconduct and to give BOTH students a zero on the Problem Set. Please...you are encouraged to work together, but write your own answers to the problem on the problem sets. If anyone has questions about this policy please see me.
PS#4 is available.
For most students preparing for our exam by reviewing the problem set problems will not be enough. I've listed some additional problems at the end of each chapter which you should consider doing to further help you learn the material. Remember our HELP Session tonight!
I have a sample first hour exam posted now. Check the Exams link. Do you know which room you are to report to for the exam?
HELP Session! Monday, September 14, 1998 at 8:00 p.m. in PS141. This will be the HELP Session which preceeds our first exam.
Remember Exam I is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept.16th, 5:30 p.m.
In lecture I had the superscript and subscript confused when using the isotopic symbol for an element. The atomic number should be subscripted and the atomic mass superscripted. The symbols are correct in the problem set. Sorry about that.
In PS3.8 be sure to indicate the atomic number and the mass number for each of the elements in the Symbol column. I did it for the first isotope, you need to do it for the others.
I've got the Free Tutoring schedule linked. Check it out for times during the day/week when chemistry teaching assistants will be able to answer questions in B023 of the Physical Sciences building.
For information to help solve Problem 2.1 try using the Merck Index which is available in my office and in the Library. I've placed the Library's copy on Reserve. It should be available to checkout for no more than 2-hours beginning late Saturday or early Sunday. The Merck Index provides useful information arranged alphabetically by compound name. Each compound listing has information like physical properties, solubility and reactivity. Some of the information provided for each substance uses abbreviations. Check the front of the Index for a listing of the abbreviations.
I just talked with Barbara Miller in the Library and she indicates that the Internet computers in the Library should have the Shockwave plugin so that you will be able to run the animations which I run in class. However, students can not print from these computers. The PETE computers do not have the plugin for the animations. The best time to use the Library's Internet computers is before 10 a.m. or after 11 p.m.
Remember laboratories are meeting this week. If you missed laboratory last week you will need to view the safety videotape this week. This week is Check-in...do not lose your locker key!
I've got our second exam date changed to Wednesday, October 7, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. Please make a note of this.
Print your own copy of the CHEM 1215 Syllabus and General Information.
Need a periodic table link? Check this one out. Oh...BTW please memorize the spelling of the first twenty elements in the periodic table, plus some of the common elements with atomic numbers greater than 20.
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Problem Sets
Here are pdf versions of the problem sets. You will need a version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader to read/print these files.
Problem Set #1 (Due Wednesday, August 26, 1998)
Problem Set #2 (Due Friday, September 4, 1998)
Problem Set #3 (Due Friday, September 11, 1998)
Exams
Here are sample exams from a previous CHEM 1215 I taught.
- Exam I
- Exam II
- Exam III