http://docott.com/141 Official Blog for General Chemistry I at Jackson Community College Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:11:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Model LabPrevious labs:P in plant food Chemical formula determinationColor in Soda Emmision Spectra Sugar in sodaPenny Measurements http://docott.com/141/2010/03/03/lab-for-119/ Molecules SlideshareView more presentations from docott. http://docott.com/141/2010/02/11/molecules-slideshare/ 1. takes notes 2. study every day in small bites 3. screencasts before, after class 4. problem set (do all problems) 5. come to class 6. use your peers 7. blog check every day 8. tweener room 9. ask questions, in person or email 10. lug lecture notes everywhere 11. be on time 12. do pre-lab 13. use the expensive text 14. Use ... http://docott.com/141/2010/01/12/how-to-be-successful-in-cem-141-according-to-you/ Problem set Atoms.SlideshareView more presentations from docott. http://docott.com/141/2010/01/07/phase-i-stuff/ In no particular order: - Quick look over every entry in this blog - Sign up for an appointment time with Dr. Ott (sign up sheet outside of lab room, JM 235) - Read the syllabus (and print it out?) and complete your first homework assignment - Start looking at the screencasts, especially ... http://docott.com/141/2010/01/07/stuff-to-do-day-1/ Here is your first homework set, due by 10 pm 1/14/10. It is worth 10 points and covers the syllabus and course blog. I would read the entire syllabus first before you even look at these questions. This is NOT to be done as a group work exercise. You must ... http://docott.com/141/2010/01/06/homework-for-819/ As they crop up on people doing the homework (question #6) Q:Is it true that we do not have a cumulative exam? A: No final exam per se, but there will be a couple of 'larger than usual' Monday quizzes, like 40ish points. Q:Each week do you want us to have the lab ... http://docott.com/141/2010/01/01/some-questions-answered/ From this moment forward, if you do not include units in the intermediate portions of calculations, you will lose points. I don't care if you get the right answer and the final units are given correctly. You don't have the units 'during' the calc, points will be lost. This stands for ... http://docott.com/141/2009/11/17/units-units-units/ Here is the link to all the first draft screencasts for the course, broken down by chapter. You will have to 'hunt' for phase 3 content. http://www.docott.com/files.141/screencasts/ http://docott.com/141/2009/11/01/first-draft-screencasts/ For those of you still struggling with unit conversion (also known as dimensional analysis) I have prepared this worksheet that might help you. Dimensional Analysis Worksheet http://docott.com/141/2009/08/29/unit-conversion-worksheet-2/