Chemistry 1a Fall 2007  Sections 1

Lecturer

Dr. Garza

Professor of Chemistry

Seaver North Room 114, extension 1-8453

E-mail: rgarza@pomona.edu

Office Hours: Open Door Policy and by appointment

 

Laboratory Coordinator

Professor Yu

Seaver North Room 109, extension 7-4252

E-mail: anne.yu@pomona.edu

Office Hours: Open Door Policy and by appointment

 

Stockroom Manager

Ms. Jo Grodsky

Seaver North Room 107, extension 1-8449

E-mail: jgrodsky@pomona.edu

 

Department Secretary

Ms. Lauri Bell

Seaver North Room 103, extension 1-8448

E-mail: lauri.bell@pomona.edu

 

Lecture Schedule

Monday, Wednesday and Friday:  9:00 – 9:50 a.m. (section 1)

Review sessions will be held as needed . 

 

Laboratory

The laboratory work begins Wednesday, Sep 5. If you want to change your lab section, see Prof. Yu prior to making any changes. Please contact her for all questions dealing with the administration of the lab. Additional information may be found on the Chem 1a laboratory website.

 

Course Description

Chemistry 1a is the first of a two-course sequence in introductory chemistry designed for

students interested in taking a survey of molecular science and for those planning to concentrate in the laboratory sciences.  This course covers basic chemical principles,

chemical calculations and laboratory technique with an emphasis on quantitative analysis

and the statistical analysis of data.

 

SYLLABUS

 

LAB PRESENTATION

 

HOW DO I PREPARE FOR THE FIRST EXAM THIS FRIDAY?

 

A)  Work examples and homework problems and do so under a time constraint.

B)  Go over definitions, lecture notes.

C)  Learn how to  use your calculator.  Specially how to calculate an average and standard deviation, the rest you can do using formulas learned in lab/lecture

         for statistics.

D)  For naming...memorize tables and rules in chp. 3 .  Make certain you understand the examples given.

E)   Review statistics and sig. fig.

F)   Try review sessions problems or review  material:

 

         1)  REVIEW/MENTOR SESSION 1

         2)  REVIEW/MENTOR SESSION 2

         3)  REVIEW/MENTOR SESSION 3

 

G)  Try the following previous exam.  NOTE In this exam I didn't cover much about VSEPR or naming, but would give you an idea about my exams

TAKE IT UNDER TIME CONSTRAINS.  GIVE YOURSELF 55 MINUTES.  WORK UNDER PRESSURE!!!

PRACTICE EXAM

 

KEY TO PRACTICE EXAM  (FOR YOUR BENEFIT, ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE EXAM BEFORE YOU SEE THE SOLUTIONS)

 

HOMEWORK # 7  ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS (NOT TO TURN IN).  I GAVE A COPY OF THIS IN CLASS THIS MORNING.

 

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MATERIAL FOR THE SECOND EXAM

 

1)  TOPICS FOR THE SECOND EXAM

2)  LIST OF THINGS TO MEMORIZE FOR THIS EXAM

3)  REVIEW/MENTOR SESSION 5

4)  PRACTICE EXAM 2 

 

KEY TO PRACTICE EXAM 2 

(FOR YOUR BENEFIT, ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE EXAM BEFORE YOU SEE THE SOLUTIONS)

 

MATERIAL FOR FINAL EXAM.

 

1)  REVIEW SESSION FOR CHP. 11

 

2)  REVIEW SESSION FOR CHP. 12

 

3)  REVIEW SESSION FOR CHP. 13.  problems 3,4,6,10,14,18,20

page 1.

page 2.

4)  FINAL REVIEW POWERPOINT.