News

• Nov 26, 2007:
  • Exp. 8 continues this week. Reports will be due next week
• Revised instructions for performing calculations in Exp. 8

• Nov 12, 2007:
  • Begin Exp. 8 this Week
• Solution Key to Exam 2 is available.

• Nov 3, 2007:
  • Download Practice Exam #2
    • Solutions to Practice Exam #2

• Nov 2, 2007:
  • ALL LABS CANCELED FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5th
    • Turn in Worksheet for Exp 7 (Leaf Pigments) on the day you would have lab to your faculty lab instructor's mailbox (Monday and Tuesday labs due on Wednesday this week).
  • Exam #2 on Monday
    • Look for a practice exam to be posted by Saturday evening. Use this as a final preparation tool in your studying!
    • Don't forget to bring a calculator!

• Oct 29, 2007:
• Reviewing for the Exam:
  • Click here to download the Exam Review Sheet
  • Experiment #6 Worksheet due this week. Post answers to Q10 on 101 Moodle page.
  • Bring green/red leaves for Experiment #7
  • Practice Problems on Organic Structures and Solutions
  • Handout with amino acid structures
  • Handout with organic functional groups
• Conference this week: Organic Structures (meet in Chem 203)

• Oct 8, 2007:
  • Handout: Introduction to the Greenhouse Effect
  • New reading assignments posted for Week 7
  • Lab this week: Experiment 5
    • Please prepare your lab notebooks before lab (Title, purpose, procedure)
    • Bring 4 plots for Experiment 4 to pre-lab lecture
    • Bring leaves to set-up Leaf Decay Lab (Exp 6) - see pg 5.5 in Lab Manual
    • Lab Reports for Exp 3 - Vanadium Half-Life - Due this week in your lab section. Turn in to your faculty lab instructor.
  • Vote on the Moodle on the timing of Exam #2 before the end of the day on Friday.

• Oct 1, 2007:

• Handout: Global Warming Module Overview
• New reading assignments posted for Week 6
• Lab this week: Experiment 4 (Parts B and C)
  • Please prepare your lab notebooks before lab (Title, purpose, procedure)
  • Data Analysis for Exp 3: Check Lab Manual (pg. 3.4-3.5 for what you need to do BEFORE your pre-lab this week!

• Sept 24, 2007:
• Reviewing for the Exam:
  • Click here to download the Exam Review Sheet
  • Click here to download the Practice Exam#1
  • Click here to download the Solutions to Practice Exam #1
• Conference this week: Mini Review Sessions for the Exam
  • Please visit the Exam Topics Review Forum to post specific topics and types of problems that you would like to see reviewed in your conference.
• Check out the NASA pages on Stellar Evolution and Death

• Sept 21, 2007:

• Reminder: Star Module Culminating Projects Due Monday in lecture. Turn in both your individual analysis and your group analysis questions. Please indicate your conference instructor's name on your group analysis questions.
• Problem Set #2 has been returned to your Chem 101 mailbox. We have one paper with no name! If you do not get yours back and you turned one in, please claim the paper in Kathy Kennedy's office (Chem 303).

• Sept 19, 2007:

• Problem Set #4: Due Wednesday (9/26) by 11 am
• Lecture Handouts: Isthmus of Stability and Table of Isotope Masses
• Handout: The Birth of the Elements

• Sept 17, 2007:
• Star Module Culminating Project: Complete your individual analyses BEFORE your conference meets this week. In conference, you will discuss your results with your group and answer the group analysis questions.
• EXAM #1 will be one week from Friday (9/28) in class at 11 am. If you have a documented learning disability and are entitled to extra time on exams, I strongly encourage you to see Sarah Parshley in Student Services and then contact Maggie BEFORE the exam.
• New reading assignments posted for Week 4

• Sept 14, 2007:

• Star Module Culminating Project Assignment handed out in Conference. For more info and a link to download the Excel files for the stellar spectra see Conference webpage.
• Reminder: Problem Set #3 Due Wednesday (9/19) by 11 am!

Last updated: 3 November, 2007