Chemistry 162 Class Announcements

Winter 2014-  Instructor: Ken Marr

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Lab Activities/Handouts

 

Lab Notebook Policy and Lab Report Format

 

Active Learning Exercises

 

Exam Study Guides

 

Chemistry Tutorials, Practice Problems, Animations, & other Resources  

 

Chem 162 textbook website

 

GRCC Future Chemists Club

 

Ken Marr's Home Page

 

 

Welcome to Chem 162!! Below are a few due dates and other useful information.!

Here's a Great Volunteer Opportunity I Received via email on 3/19/2014....

Dear Green River Professors,

 

My name is Noreen Johnson-LaTour and I am the judge coordinator for the Lake Youngs Elementary PTSA Science Fair.  We would like  to invite you and some of your students to come an judge this year's fair.

 

Lake Youngs Elementary is located in the Fairwood neighborhood of Renton, and is part of the Kent School District.  Each year our science fair has between 150 and 190 experiments, all in need to be judged.  We try to find people who are engaged in science and math-related fields, who can share their love and interest with elementary school children.

 

This year's science fair is going to be held on Friday, March 28.  We request that judges arrive around 8:30 in the morning and their day is usually over between 1:00 and 2:00.  We provide a light breakfast and a lunch for all of our volunteers.

 

Please feel free to share this request with your students and colleagues, and to call or email me with further questions or telling me your interest in volunteering.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

Sincerely,

 

Noreen Johnson-LaTour

Lake Youngs Science Fair Judge Coordinator latour@seanet.com

253-653-7967

Posted Tuesday March 11, 2014

  • Tentative due Dates for the rest of the quarter!!!

    1. Wednesday March 12, 2014:  ALE 25 is due

    2. Thursday March 13, 2014:  Prelab assignment for Lab 9, Online Colligative Properties Lab is due

      • The Lab 9 report is due Monday March 17, 2014

    3. Friday March 14 and/or Monday March 17, 2014:  Be prepared for a comprehensive group quiz that focuses on topics/concepts covered since exam #2 (i.e. on material in ALE's 17 - 25 which correspond to topics in Chapters 12 and 13 in your textbook.)

    4. Chem 162 Final Exam:  9 - 11 a.m. Thursday March 20, 2014 in SC-323

      • Click here for the Chem 162 Final Exam Study Guide and practice problems

      • Portfolio #3 is due at the start of the final exam

      • Final Exam Review Session (attendance optional): 8 - 10 a.m. on Study Day, Tuesday March 18, 2014 in SC-323

        • Come with questions and topics that you would like discussed/reviewed!

    5. Having difficulties? Please don't hesitate to seek extra help!!

Posted Monday March 10, 2014

April 14th Tour of the Univeristy of Washington School of Medicine:

We the Students of the GRCC Pre-health Club would like you to notify students who are interested in the medical field about  our future visit to the UW school of medicine.We are planning to have a brief tour of the school and also give students who share an interest in the medical science  a chance to speak with a panel of medical students. This visit will be likely during the week of April 14th. If interested please let me know your interest by this week so I can arrange transportation.

 For additional information please contact: Krobinson31@greenriver.edu

 Regards,

Keino Robinson

“Wherever the art of medicine is loved there is also a love of humanity”

~Hippocrates

Posted Friday February 28, 2014

Tentative due Dates for the next couple of weeks!! Please note that some of them have been updated from those posted on 2/19/14

    1. Monday March 3:  ALE 19 is due

    2. Tuesday March 4:  ALE 20 is due

    3. Wednesday March 5:  ALE 21 is due

    4. Thursday March 6:  Lab 8 (Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions)

      • Lab 8 Prelab Assignment is due today!

      • The Lab 8 report is due Tuesday March 11

    5. Friday March 7:  ALE 22 is due

    6. Monday March 10:  ALE 23 is due

    7. Due Tuesday March 11:  

    8. Wednesday March 12:  ALE 25 is due (the last ALE of the quarter )

Posted Wednesday February 19, 2014

Tentative due Dates for the next couple of weeks!!

    1. Thursday Feb. 20:  Lab 7 (Geometric Isomers)

    2. Monday Feb. 24:  ALE 17 is due

    3. Due Tuesday Feb. 25: 

    4. Wednesday Feb. 26:  In preparation for tomorrow's exam, be prepared for a group quiz covering exam 2 material

    5. Thursday, February 27, 2014:  Exam 2 in SC-323 classroom. Take a peak at the Study Guide, Practice Exam and the practice Questions: quiz questions for chapters 9-11 from the Silberberg Online Learning Center: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072396814/student_view0/index.html . These questions are intended to give you an idea of the kind of questions to expect. The actual exam will be a combination of multiple choice questions and short answer/essay questions. Questions given WILL differ slightly from the practice questions! Bring a Scantron card, number 2 pencil and a good eraser to the exam!!).

    6. Turn in Portfolio #2 at the start of Exam 2.  Portfolio #2 should contain the following in this order: 

    7. Friday Feb. 28:  ALE 19 is due

    8. Monday March 3:  ALE 20 is due

    9. Tuesday March 4:  ALE 21 is due

    10. Wednesday March 5:  ALE 22 is due

    11. Thursday March 6:  Lab 8 (Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions)

      • Lab 8 Prelab Assignment is due today!

      • The Lab 8 report is due Tuesday March 11

    12. Friday March 7:  ALE 23 is due

    13. Monday March 10:  ALE 24 is due

    14. Due Tuesday March 11:  

Posted Tuesday February 4, 2014

Somewhat Tentative due Dates for the next couple of weeks!!

    1. Wednesday Feb. 5:  ALE 10 is due

    2. Thursday Feb. 6:

    3.  Friday Feb. 7:  ALE 11 is due

    4. Monday Feb. 10:  ALE 12 is due

    5. Tuesday Feb. 11:  ALE 13 is due

    6. Wednesday Feb. 12:  ALE 14 is dueNo ALE due today other than making sure that all parts of ALE 13 are complete.

    7. Lab 6 (Use of VSEPR to Predict Molecular Structure and IR Spectroscopy):

    8. Friday Feb. 14:  ALE 15 is due ALE 14 is due   My Valentine's present to you!

    9. Monday Feb. 17:  President's Day:  Campus Closed !!

    10. Tuesday Feb. 18: 

    11. Wednesday Feb. 19:  ALE 17 is due ALE 16 is due

    12. Thursday Feb. 20:  Lab 7 (Geometric Isomers)

    13.  Friday February 21:   ALE 18 is due ALE 17 is due

Posted Monday January 27, 2014on Wednesday 01/29/2014

  1. Use the answer keys to ALE's 6 and 7 posted on the "ALE page" of the class website to check your answers and make corrections to your work!

  2. Tuesday Jan. 28

    • Lab 3 Report due today

    • As a tune up for Exam 1, there will be a group quiz. It will cover the major concepts on ALE's 1 - 7 and chapters 7 and 8. Be sure to review the rules for assigning the four quantum numbers. For example: can you write the four quantum numbers of the electron(s) that would be gained when a fluorine atom becomes a fluoride ion or when a sulfur atom becomes a sulfide ion? How about the four quantum numbers for the electron(s) lost when a potassium atom becomes an ion or a strontium atom becomes an ion?

  3. Wednesday Jan. 29:  See the 2nd bullet below under Thursday Jan. 30

  4. Thursday Jan. 30:  Prelab Assignment for Lab 4 (Vitamin C Analysis)

    • We will start lab 4 on Thursday Jan. 30 and, if necessary, complete it on Tuesday Feb. 4.

    • Although the Prelab questions for lab 4 are due on Thursday Jan. 30, it is strongly suggested that you attempt and complete as much of it as possible before coming to class on Wednesday Jan. 29 so that you will better understand Wednesday's prelab discussion of lab 4.

    • The Lab 4 report is due on Thursday Feb. 6

  5. Friday Jan. 31: ALE 8 is due

    • ALE 8 is a little different than the others: you should scan over the questions on the ALE then read carefully all parts of  sections 9.1 and 9.2 in your textbook before answering the ALE questions.

  6. Monday Feb. 3: 

  7. Tuesday Feb. 4:  Meet in lab today to complete Lab 4, Vitamin C Analysis

  8. Wednesday Feb. 5:  ALE 10 is due

  9. Thursday Feb. 6:

  10. See the announcements (especially about exam 1) posted below on Jan. 16.

Posted Thursday January 16, 2014

  1. Monday Jan. 20:  MLK Holiday (campus closed)

  2. Tuesday January 21: Meet in lab to finish Lab 2 (Allura Red Lab).

  3. Tentative Due Dates

  4. Exam #1 is rapidly approaching! It will be administered in GRCC Testing Center (bring your GRCC ID) on the dates below (your choice). Give yourself about two hours to finish the exam--some of you may need less time, some of you more.

    • Friday January 31, 2014 (Testing Center Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) OR

    • Saturday February 1, 2014 (Testing Center Hours: 8 a.m. to Noon.) 

    Take a peak at the Study Guide and the practice exam. NOTE:  The practice exam is intended to give you an idea of the kind of questions to expect. The actual exam given WILL differ from this one. For example, concentrate on understanding and applying the concepts discovered by the famous physicists/chemists mentioned on the practice exam, rather than memorizing the individuals responsible for discovering each concept/principle.

    • Turn in Portfolio #1 on Monday 02/03/14 See the Chem 162 syllabus or click here for the portfolio policy.  

      • Click here for the Portfolio #1 Contents Sheet.

      • Be sure to make corrections to all questions on ALE's 1-7 before turning in your portfolio and before taking exam #1! Place a "check" next to all correct answers on each  ALE and make corrections as needed, either on separate paper attached to each ALE, or clearly highlighted in another color of pen or pencil directly on each ALE---do not copy answers from the answer key: this is plagiarism, moreover, no learning will occur. Get help with those questions you don't understand. Sources of help include:

Posted Wednesday January 8, 2014 on Tuesday 01/14/2014

  1. If you have not done so already, please print the Following Handouts. (Print them double-sided! Most printers on campus print double-sided by default.)

  2. Tentative ALE Due Dates

    • ALE 2:  Start of class on Friday 01/10/2014

    • ALE 3:  Start of Class on Monday 01/13/2014.

    • ALE 4: Start of Class on Wednesday 01/15/2014   End of Class on Tuesday 01/14/2014.

    • ALE 5: Start of Class on Friday 01/17/2014  T.B.A.

    • ALE 6: Start of Class on Tuesday 01/21/2014 or Wednesday 01/22/2014  (Date TBA)

      • Campus Closed on Monday 01/20/2014: MLK Holiday!)

  3. Lab Due Dates

    • Lab 1 Report:  Tuesday 01/14/2014 (due at the start of class)

    • Prelab Assignment for Lab 2: Thursday 01/16/2014

      • For Wednesday Jan. 15:  Read the Lab 2 Introduction on pages 1 -5 and attempt all prelab questions  (We will discuss the lab in class on Wednesday, hence working on the prelab questions before class will help get you prepared for class.)

      • Lab 2 Report: Due date TBA, but turn in your unknown analysis submission form A.S.A.P.

Announcements for Winter Quarter 2014

Welcome to Chem 162! I hope you had an enjoyable winter break and are recharged for a quarter of success and fun! I'm looking forward to seeing each of you and getting to know you! Please pay careful attention to the announcements below.

  1. Please skim through the Winter 2014 Chem 162 class syllabus to learn about class expectations, policies, etc. See the quarterly schedule on the last page to find exam dates, assigned readings, the lab schedule and more.

  2. Due Tuesday January 7, 2014:  ALE 1

  3. Due Thursday Jan. 9, 2014: Do the Prelab Preparation for our first lab activity, Lab 1, Atomic Spectrum of Hydrogen. Turn in the Prelab questions at the start of lab and complete in your lab notebook the following sections of the report for this lab exercise before coming to lab: Title, Introduction, Materials/Methods and Data Tables. See the Lab Notebook Policy and the guidelines for writing lab report. The report for Lab 1 is due Tuesday Jan 14, 2014.

    • Take note that all lab work will be recorded in the following lab notebook: Student Lab Notebook with Spiral Binding: 100 Carbonless Duplicate Sets. Hayden-McNeil publishers . (purchase at the GRCC bookstore!!). If you have enough pages for another report or two, then feel free to use your notebook from Chem 161.

  4. Due Friday January 10, 2014 Wednesday January 8, 2014:  ALE 2

  5.  ALE 3:  Due Monday Jan. 13, 2014 Due date T.B.A. (either Friday Jan. 10 or Monday Jan. 13, 2014) 

  6. You will get much more out of each class if you read the material in your text before we discuss it in class. Be an active learner and ask questions if something doesn't make sense to you. Stay current with your reading, ALE's and lab work! To reward those students that keep current, pop quizzes may be given at any time! Seek help as soon as possible if you are having difficult time learning the material.

© Kenneth R. Marr 2001     

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