Last updated on Friday, September 13, 2002 at 7:30 am

 

  • We sure to bring a calculator to class today!
  • PS#4 is now available. I'll distribute it in class on Friday.
  • PLE #9 is now ready.
  • Grades are posted on our Web site at the Grades link. If anyone is having problems accessing their grades, send an e-mail.
  • All sections entered and the average is 52 with the high score of 97. CONGRATULATIONS to Makiko Takigawa on earning the highest score! Makiko, you will receive some 'special' awards on Friday in class. See everyone there!
  • On Monday a student in our class left his CHEM 1314 textbook and his lab manual (in a green three-ring binder) on top of his pack in ES317. He was out of the room for a few minutes. When he returned his textbook and lab manual were gone. If anyone picked up the textbook by mistake, or saw anything please contact Dr. Gelder.
  • Grades are now posted. So go to the Grades link and try it out. Problems? Be sure to read the instructions. Remember your password is the SID #1 that you gave me earlier in the semester. This SID# has to be exactly as you enetered it. With capital, lowercase, spaces, numbers, whatever. If you have problems send an e-mail and I'll try to resolve as quickly as possible.
  • 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
  • Do you have a CHEM 1314 Lab Manual and having trouble locating one in the Bookstore? See Glenda in PS107 she can hook you up.
  • You can access some reactions of the alkali metals that might be helpful for PS2.1c on our web site at this link. Remember the username and password I gave you in class.
  • You need to memorize Tables 2.4 (p 58) and Table 2.5 (p 59) and the formulas in our lecture notes for Wednesday, September 6, 2002.
  • 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.
  • Check the database link for a periodic table that shows you the phase of every element.
  • 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.

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

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  • 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);
    Cory Pfeiffer(Sections 20, 22, 26, and 28);
    Shayne Cole(Section 21);
    Adrianna Morcada (Sections 23, 25 and 27):

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