CHEM 1314 Fall 2007 Annoucements

Last modified: Wed 12/31/1969 06:00:00 pm

I have posted today's PowerPoint on your Assignment Page for today's class. We will be starting Chapter 5 today. I have posted PS#7 on your Personal Page. This problem set covers the first part of the Chapter 5 stuff.
6-weeks grades have been posted to your SIS page. I have also posted lastest grades from your TA on your Personal Page. If you look at the Course Percentage at the bottom of your Course Grades, you can determine your letter grade, based on the Course distibution provided on the General Information link on the CHEM 1314 Web Site. If you have any questions please see me, or send an e-mail. Remember if you do not agree with any posted grades see your TA. You are welcome to talk to me also, but I will wait to hear from your TA before I make a change. Be sure to have your PS, LAB or Exam with you when you talk to your TA. It is possible that you have some grades that are not posted on your Grades Page. The most like explanation is your TA has not given me those updated grades. Do not worry, I will re-post when I receive new grades. The class average is 65% right now, which is exactly where I would like the average to be...fantastic.
Laboratory for the week of October 1, 2007 is Heat Content on page 187 of your During Class Invention and Laboratory Activities Workbook (check your Assignment Page on your Personal Page). The pre-lab for this experiment is on-line. You can access the on-line pre-lab from your Personal Page or from your Assignment Page (Week 7). YOU MUST COMPLETE THE PRE-LAB QUESTIONS before you go to lab on Monday, October 1, 2007 if you are in sections 14, 15 or 16. ALL OTHER STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THE PRE-LAB before lecture on Tuesday, October 2, 2007.
ACA#12 and PLE#12 are now available.
To help you with PS#5, writing equations, review the podcast for Tuesday's class. The animation showing the hydration of the Na⁺ and Cl^- ions is available here. There maybe other resources on the BLB web site (Chapter 4) that you may find useful. Checkout the link from the CHEM 1314 web base, and select the Chapter, and then click on Student Activities.
PS#5 and PS#6 are now available on your Personal Page.
I have reviewed some of the questions on ACA#10. Check the Review My ACA link on your Personal Page and click on ACA #10. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see my comments on how you did the calculations in ACA#10.
I am doing work on providing some feedback on your responses to ACA#8. If you click on the Review My ACAs link on your Personal Page, then click on ACA#8 and scoll to the bottom of the Expert's Response page, you will see my comments. If you had trouble with this ACA the comments may be useful. Let me know if they help.
I have some interesting data on exam averages and number of PLEs and ACAs completed. For the first exam period you did 6 PLEs and 6 ACAs. Look at the table below to see the connection between number of PLEs and ACAs completed and exam average. Remember the class average on Exam I was 60. I have even more interesting correlations between questions on specific ACAs and exam questions, that I am working on right now.

Number of PLEs and ACAs	Exam I Average	Number of Students
11 - 12	63.7	145
9 - 10	53.2	32
4 - 8	42.0	20

The average for Exam I is 60. The high score was a 98. Two students received that score. These students will receive some swag tomorrow at the beginning of class. Congratulation, this is a great average for the first exam. You all worked hard and it shows!! Grades are posted. If anything appears strange when you access your grades you should e-mail me your concerns. Most important!! If you are concerned about your performance in this class I would be more than happy to talk to you about your grades. Please wait until you get your exam so we have it to look at when we meet.

There have been some minor changes in the Chemistry graduate student Tutoring schedule in PS105. Check the link on the CHEM 1314 web page (not your Personal Page) titled Free Tutoring for a copy of the new Tutoring Schedule.

Podcasts for the first two weeks of lecture are available. Also check the podcasts for sample exams and help on problem sets. If you need information on how to access the podcasts check this link.
Still having some issues with significant figures and conversions? There are two podcasts where I go over in great detail problems similar to those on the problem set #1. Check it out! Check out the Description to see which podcast discusses which concepts.
Here are some questions that were posted on ACA#1 from students and my responses. I'll try to answer more and post them here. Have more questions? Ask away.
If you are in Section 18 and have a conflict with the 8:30 - 10:20 am time please send me an e-mail with the number of the lab section (14 - 21) that works best with your schedule.
Welcome to CHEM 1314 Fall, 2007. I hope everyone is as excited about the beginning of the semester as the teaching assistants and I.
The first thing you need to do to access materials for this class is to complete the Secret Identification (SID) form. Click on the SID#/Name link in the left frame and complete the form. You will receive an e-mail from Dr. G. indicating your SID has been accepted. Once you have entered an SID, fill out the additional form for some extra credit, and then you can go to your Personal page. On your Personal Page check out the Assignment Page (what is happening in class), and get your personal Problem Set #1. Do not worry about the PLE or ACA, I'll discuss those in class on Tuesday. Here is a QuickTime movie of the login procedure, if you would like to watch that (NOTE: this example is from CHEM 1515, so just be aware of that difference).
Remember laboratory meets this week. By the 3rd week of classes you will be expected to wear safety goggles all the time you are in laboratory. A graduate student will visit your laboratory to sell inexpensive safety googles during the 2nd week of classes.
Do you have iTunes (version 7)? Are you downloading any podcasts? (Note you do not need a video iPod or a Mac to subscribe to the video podcasts.) Inquiring minds want to know...actually I do. If you do not have iTunes (which you need to subscribe to a podcast) on your computer checkout the Apple iTunes download web site. To access the General Chemistry Fall 2007 Podcast click on the podcast information link in the left frame. Check out the videos on problem solving, they may help on your Problem Sets and Exams. I also have a sample exam discussion on the podcast.

Your TA's e-mail address is below.

Lab Sections

Lab Section #	Lab Day	Time	TA	Lab Room	e-mail
14	Monday	8:30 am - 10:20 am	Abhijit Paul	PS258	abhijit.paul@okstate.edu
15	Monday	8:30 am - 10:20 am	Beth Hilburn	PS255	beth.hilburn@okstate.edu
16	Monday	1:30 pm - 3:20 pm	Qing Zhu	PS259	qing.zhu@okstate.edu
17	Tuesday	6:30 pm - 8:20 pm	Qing Zhu	PS260	qing.zhu@okstate.edu
18	Wednesday	8:30 am - 10:20 am	Beth Hilburn	PS257	beth.hilburn@okstate.edu
19	Wednesday	1:30 pm - 3:20 pm	Abhijit Paul	PS257	abhijit.paul@okstate.edu
20	Wednesday	1:30 pm - 3:20 pm	Beth Hilburn	PS259	beth.hilburn@okstate.edu
21	Friday	8:30 am - 10:20 am	Abhijit Paul	PS258	abhijit.paul@okstate.edu

Number of PLEs and ACAs

Exam I Average

Number of Students

11 - 12

63.7

145

9 - 10

53.2

32

4 - 8

42.0

20

Lab Sections

Lab Section #

Lab Day

Time

TA

Lab Room

e-mail

14

Monday

8:30 am - 10:20 am

Abhijit Paul

PS258

abhijit.paul@okstate.edu

15

Monday

8:30 am - 10:20 am

Beth Hilburn

PS255

beth.hilburn@okstate.edu

16

Monday

1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Qing Zhu

PS259

qing.zhu@okstate.edu

17

Tuesday

6:30 pm - 8:20 pm

Qing Zhu

PS260

qing.zhu@okstate.edu

18

Wednesday

8:30 am - 10:20 am

Beth Hilburn

PS257

beth.hilburn@okstate.edu

19

Wednesday

1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Abhijit Paul

PS257

abhijit.paul@okstate.edu

20

Wednesday

1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Beth Hilburn

PS259

beth.hilburn@okstate.edu

21

Friday

8:30 am - 10:20 am

Abhijit Paul

PS258

abhijit.paul@okstate.edu