CHEM 1314 Fall 2002 Annoucements

Last updated on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 at 5:00 pm

Andy's and Adrianna's student still take their exam III in ES317.

Here are the Useful Information pages for Exam III.

No PLE for today's class.

Answers to PS12 are up.

At the Help Session on Monday evening I was asked about calculators for this exam and whether graphing calculators would be OK. Since several graphing calculators have periodic tables with electron configurations I have to ban graphing calculators for Exam III. Sorry about that, but in the interest of equity that is what I have done.

PS12.1 - 12.4, and 12.8 are due at 5:00 pm in PS155 on Tuesday, November 12, 2002.

The laboratory for this week was distributed in class on Friday, November 8, 2002. It is also posted at the Laboratory link. Be sure to get your copy. It is slightly different from the experiment in the CHEM 1314 laboratory manual.

Remember Tuesday is my project day and Dr. Abraham will be visiting here. I'll be available to answer questions before 9:30 am and after 5:00 pm.

In PS12.4 do not worry about identifying whether the molecule is polar or nonpolar. We need more time, and more information before we can really answer that question. Just draw the Lewis structures in PS12.4.

Current grades are now posted.

Not any major changes as a few new problem sets and labs have been added.

I've not yet completed the grading of the online labs so no scores for those two experiments.

Most TA's have graded up to PS9, some have PS10 completed. ICE6 was the InClass activity we did on Wednesday during homecoming week.

Remember if there are any discrepancies between your records and these grades, speak to your TA. The TA tells me what grades to report.

Friday, November 8, 2002 is the last day to withdraw from a class with a 'W' on your transcript. After Friday it is nearly impossible to withdraw from a class so be sure you make any important decisions by Friday! Check with the University Catalog on page 17, or the Fall schedule on page 74, or your adviser if you have questions about the OSU drop policy. Ignorance of the policy is not an acceptable excuse for not following the policy! WATCH OUT!

Curious about the chemistry associated with the colors of leaves this time of year? Check out Dr. Shakhashiri's 'Chemical of the Week' web site.

The current class average is 62.6%. This is very good. The best class average is 65%.

Average for Exam II was 55. You have improved! The high was a 98 by Yuri Narimatsu...CONGRATULATION Yuri!! She'll get all kinds of swag in class Friday!

IMPORTANT: Here are the room assignments for the hour exams. The first hour exam is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, 2002. The exam begins at 5:30 pm and ends at 6:25 pm.

Exam Room	Lab Sections	TA
ES317	19, 24, 29	Andy Wang
ES317	23, 25, 27	Adrianna Moncada
EN108	20, 22, 26, 28	Cory Pfeifer
PS103	21	Shayne Cole

Check out the link to the web site for our textbook (BLB). The link is near the top of the left frame on our web site. Clicking on the link will take you to a page with an image of our textbook. Near the top of the page is a dropdown menu listing the Chapters in the text. Select a chapter and a page will be loaded for that chapter that contains links to resources. If you would like some practice problems try the Problem Soving Center. When the Problem Center page is load scroll down to the red button under flexible questions. Select the Homework link. This will generate a set of questions from the chapter. You will need a calculator.

I've added a link to the Brown/LeMay/Bursten Web Site run by Prentice-Hall. There are multiple choice 'quizzes' there that you can take to see how well you understand many of the concepts we have covered in Chapter 1. You should also not that at least one of the movies we viewed in class on Wednesday was from this site. That movie (the reaction of iron and sulfur) is also located on the CD that came in your textbook. There are some additional resources at the web site and on the CD that you may find useful.

So our first lecture down. As you can see I did not cover everything in class that were in the lecture notes. That is likely to continue to happen. I will still hold you responsible for the material in the lecture notes. If you have questions over content covered in the lecture notes that I did not (or you think I'd not) cover during lecture you are welcome to drop by and visit me or send an e-mail. Sometimes I will discuss the missed material in the next lecture, sometimes I'll simply tell you to review the material in the notes and the textbook and see me if you have questions.

I've set my office hours for this semester for 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm M, W and F. Also, if my door is open you are welcome to walk in and ask a question. I will also make appointments.

Here is a very nice Periodic Table that contains lots of physical properties and chemical properties for the elements.

In order to post grade information (scores on problem sets, laboratory's and exams) I need your permission. Go the SID#/Name link and enter a number, name or combination unique to you. I will post grade information using your SID# or SIDName. You do not HAVE to have an SID#/Name if you do not want to. There are some additional questions that I would like you to answer for some EXTRA CREDIT.

Be sure to bring your textbook and a calculator to laboratory this week! Yes! Labs are meeting this week.

Start memorizing..avoid the rush!

Things to memorize;

names and symbols of the first 20 elements and 20 common elements;
the formula and phase of all of the elements in the periodic table;
the common prefixes for SI units;

Our TAs for this semester (as of Monday, August 19, 2002) are;

Section 3:

Andy Wang (Sections 19, 24 and 29) awang@okstate.edu;
Cory Pfeiffer(Sections 20, 22, 26, and 28) umarmen@msn.edu;
Shayne Cole(Section 21) shaynecole@email.com;
Adrianna Morcada (Sections 23, 25 and 27) amoncad@okstate.edu:

----Previous Announcements----

Last updated on Wednesday, November 13, 2002 at 5:00 pm

Exam Room

Lab Sections

TA

ES317

19, 24, 29

Andy Wang

ES317

23, 25, 27

Adrianna Moncada

EN108

20, 22, 26, 28

Cory Pfeifer

PS103

21

Shayne Cole

Our TAs for this semester (as of Monday, August 19, 2002) are;

Section 3:

Andy Wang (Sections 19, 24 and 29) awang@okstate.edu; Cory Pfeiffer(Sections 20, 22, 26, and 28) umarmen@msn.edu; Shayne Cole(Section 21) shaynecole@email.com; Adrianna Morcada (Sections 23, 25 and 27) amoncad@okstate.edu:

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 (Its Mole Day!)

Andy Wang (Sections 19, 24 and 29) awang@okstate.edu;
Cory Pfeiffer(Sections 20, 22, 26, and 28) umarmen@msn.edu;
Shayne Cole(Section 21) shaynecole@email.com;
Adrianna Morcada (Sections 23, 25 and 27) amoncad@okstate.edu: