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  • Wondering what to do over the Labor Day break....Study some chemistry!! Get PS#2 and start working on it...also you will have to memorize the common ions in Tables 2.4 (page 62) and 2.5 (page 64) in Chapter 2 of your textbook.



  • I'm getting several e-mail messages about Monday, September 4, 2006. That is Labor Day, an official University Holiday, so no classes (labs) are scheduled that day. All other laboratory classes meet that week. Check your Assignment Page for Week #3 to see what you are responsbile for in laboratory next week. For those attending laboratory there is an online Pre-lab that must be complete BEFORE you go to laboratory. You will need to have reviewed laboratory Experiment#1 and you will need a calculator for this pre-lab. Again, check your Assignment Page for that information.


  • ACA#4 and PLE#4 will not be posted until Friday morning. I have to be out of town this evening.


  • If you did not print PS#1 the first time you accessed your Problem Set page on your Personal Page, your PS1.10 will look a little funny in that a number between 1.00 and 9.99 is missing in the problem. The number is missing at the end of the first sentence 'contain x 10-9 grams of DDT.' Just make up a number and use it in the calculation.


  • OK NEW EXAM SCHEDULE FOR CHEM 1314 SECTION 16 - 23!!!
  • I have also posted Tuesday's lecture as a podcast. If you need some assistance on accessing the video podcasts for our class you can find a brief help file here. Check out the videos on problem solving, they may help on your Problem Sets and Exams. I also have sample exam discussion podcasts posted for each CHEM 1314 exam. Do you have an idea of a podcast that would help you in CHEM 1314? Let me know.

  • 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.



  • Remember laboratory does meet 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 6)? 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 Spring 2006 Podcast, open iTunes and select Advance Menu Option. Pick the Subscribe to Podcast and enter the address http://introchem.chem.okstate.edu/rssSP06.xml into the dialog box. This will subscribe you to the CHEM 1314 Video Podcast. You may select which videos you would like to download. 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. NOTE: The address for the Fall 2005 podcasts is http://introchem.chem.okstate.edu/rss.xml
  • Your TA's e-mail address is below.
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    Lab Sections

    Lab Section #

    Lab Day

    Time

    TA

    Lab Room

    e-mail

    16

    Monday

    8:30 am - 10:20 am

    Kerry Easton

    PS255

    kerry.easton@okstate.edu

    17

    Monday

    1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

    Qing Zhu

    PS259

    qing.zhu@okstate.edu

    18

    Tuesday

    6:30 pm - 8:20 pm

    Kim Pham

    PS260

    ktpham@okstate.edu

    19

    Wednesday

    1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

    Kim Pham

    PS257

    ktpham@okstate.edu

    20

    Wednesday

    1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

    Qing Zhu

    PS259

    qing.zhu@okstate.edu

    21

    Thursday

    8:30 am - 10:20 am

    Kim Pham

    PS260

    ktpham@okstate.edu

    22

    Friday

    8:30 am - 10:20 am

    Kerry Easton

    PS258

    kerry.easton@okstate.edu

    23

    Friday

    1:30 pm - 3:20 pm

    Qing Zhu

    PS259

    qing.zhu@okstate.edu

     

    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 Solving Center. When the Problem Center page is loaded 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.

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



  • WANT SOME ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS TO PRACTICE IN PREPARATION FOR EXAM I? Check out the Student Access Kit in the Media Pak that was shrink-wrapped with your textbook. Follow the instructions for registering that are provided in the Student Access Kit to logon to the Prentice Hall web site. When you are registered checkout the Practice Problems I and II. Also check out the a link to another 'older' web site for Brown, LeMay and Bursten which has even more problems to practice on. Click on the Jump to... dropdown menu list near the top of the web page. There are a set of more interesting problems at the second web site. HAVE FUN!!!

  • Remember for laboratory, no open-toed footwear, and no shorts. You will be expected to wear safety goggles all the time you are in laboratory.
  • Here are some quick responses to the last question on ACA#4 (If you could ask one question...).
  • Here are some quick responses to the last question on ACA#2 (If you could ask one question...).

  • If you have not yet purchased your textbook (and even if you have) you might consider whether you would prefer an electronic version of the textbook rather than a hard copy version. This option may work for some of you. The catch? It is priced approximately half of the cost of the hard copy version of the textbook. The electronic version of Brown, LeMay and Bursten is now available. You can also check the OSU Bookstore web site for details.

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