http://docott.com/141 Official Blog for General Chemistry I at Jackson Community College Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:03:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1. read what you are supposed to read 2. don't be afraid to ask questions 3. form study group 4. complete assignments 5. have study material at all times 6. active participation 7. study enough 8. be on time 9. good notes 10. small chunks 11. watch screencasts 12. no procrastination 13. use other resources available 14. understand your own notes 15. ... http://docott.com/141/2012/01/10/how-to-be-successful-in-cem-141-according-to-you/ Due wed 1/11 by 9 pm ET You must send an email to your instructor 141@docott.com. The subject line should contain ONLY 2 words, your first and last name, that's it. In the body of the email (not as some attachment) should be the answers (only) to the following ... http://docott.com/141/2012/01/02/homework-assignment-1/ In no particular order: - Quick look over every entry in this blog - >Sign up for an appointment time with Dr. Ott (sign up sheet on his office door, JM 234B) - Fill out student information form student information form - Read the syllabus (found here) and complete your first homework ... http://docott.com/141/2012/01/02/stuff-to-do-day-1/ I made nice film doing yet another (difficult) limiting reagent problem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGy_sOGQwvE http://docott.com/141/2011/10/28/limiting-reagent-problem/ If you want it, you have to technically 'apply' for it. Here is the link: http://www.jccmi.edu/StudentServices/Registration/docs/GraduationApplication.pdf http://docott.com/141/2010/11/16/pre-professional-sci-certificate/ As they crop up on people doing the homework (question #5 from your homework) Q: It says labs are taken late up to 72 hours after they are due. Do points starts being taken off immediately? A: 2 min late is late and points will be taken off, Depending on the size ... http://docott.com/141/2010/08/20/some-questions-answered/ YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE YOUR TEXT AT THE JCC BOOKSTORE. However, you must purchase _a_ textbook for this course, but you are given a lot of options.In fact, I will give you 9 choices, some of which (with a little bit of research) are dirt cheap. Chemistry, by John ... http://docott.com/141/2010/08/10/textbook-for-this-course/ You will learn soon enough my opinion on putting units on things. From this moment forward, if you do not include units in the intermediate portions of submitted calculations, you will lose points. I don't care if you get the right answer and the final units are given correctly. You ... 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/