CH 101: General Chemistry

Hi all,

for those of you who are in discussion B1 on Thursday afternoon, I said previously that this would be the only discussion scheduled for this week.

We don't have any new material to discuss, several of you joined alternative discussions last week and I will be busy grading your lab exams at that time. For this reasons, I am cancelling this last discussion as well.

If you have specific questions, I will be available on Friday afternoon 3-5 during regular office hours or on Monday during extra office hours (2-4pm in SCI 294).

For students who didn't fill out evaluation forms about discussion (ONLY ABOUT DISCUSSION) we will do this quickly at the end of the lab exam tomorrow afternoon.

Have a good day, I will see you tomorrow at 1pm for the lab exam,

Daniele.

Hi all,

to summarize all announcements I wrote in other posts and gave during discussion, here is the schedule for the last week of class.

- Monday - no practice session in SCI 512; review session for the lab exam in SCI 113 instead from 7 - 9pm. It includes an end of semester "demo"; some of you already guessed what that demo is....
- Tuesday - lecture as scheduled, quiz during lecture. Mini-quiz will NOT be accepted.
- Wednesday - labs are over, nothing on schedule.
- Thursday - Lab exam at 1pm in SCI 109; last lecture; no discussions. Mini-quiz due.
- Friday - study period starts, office hours 3-5pm in SCI 200B.
- Saturday - review session for the final exam, 9am-1pm in PHO 206

- Monday - I'll have extra office hours in the afternoon, 2-4pm in SCI 294 (this is the room where we had the post test about spectroscopy)
- Tuesday - Final exam, 6-8pm in SCI 109.

Daniele.

Hi again,

I just received confirmation of the room reservation for the review session for the final exam.

We will hold it in PHO 206 on Saturday 5/03 beginning at 9 am, expect it to last until about 1pm. Feel free to bring food. I'll provide coffee and else....

Daniele.

Hi all,

the review for the lab exam is scheduled for Monday 4/28 at 7pm in SCI 113. It should go no later than 9pm.

Daniele.

Hi all,

the last quiz of the semester which was scheduled for this week's discussions, is re-scheduled for next Tuesday, during lecture. This applies to everybody; so if we had made arrangements to make it up at a different time (due to holiday/Monday schedule/schedule conflicts/etc...), be aware that you don't need to come take it this week at a different time. It will be next week during lecture for everybody. Keyes and I think this will be logistically easier.

This change will give us time to review the material about enthalpy of chemical changes during discussion this week. As a reminder, Thursday has a Monday schedule, there will be no discussion B1 in the afternoon and no lecture. We will still have the evening discussion B2 in SCI 512 instead. So, it will cover up to section 8.16 included.

Daniele.

Hi all,

I need to make few changes to my availability and to some scheduled meetings over the next two weeks. Here is the schedule with the changes highlighted in bold:

Week of 4/14-20:

Monday: Practice as usual - I will hand out the new practice sheets

Tuesday: Lecture as usual - Mini-quiz due; B2 Discussion meets after lecture instead of Thursday (6.30-7.20) in LSE B01

Wednesday: Last Lab - Lab report on gas law due for Wednesday sessions

Thursday: Last Lab - Lab report on gas laws due for Thursday session; No pre-lab lecture; Discussion B1 and Lecture as scheduled; Discussion B2 cancelled.

Friday: Discussions as scheduled; Office hours reduced to only 3-4pm. Last lab; only one lab session, people who volunteered to move to the Wednesday ones, please remember to do so; those who are not moving will be all in SCI 268C with Jin Yu. Lab Report on gas laws due for Friday sessions

Week of 4/21-27:

Monday: Patriots Day, BU Holiday, all classes cancelled. No Practice.

Tuesday: Lecture as scheduled - Mini-quiz due.

Wednesday: Lab make-up at 5.30-8.30 in SCI 268 A - You will receive a separate e-mail about this about signing up for the make up.

Thursday: BU runs on a Monday schedule. No Labs, B1 Discussion or lecture. I will still have B2 session in room SCI 512. People from B1 are welcome to join any of the other discussions.

Friday: Discussion sessions as scheduled. Afternoon office hours cancelled.

NOTE: Your lab reports are due in your discussion session; whichever you will go to.

Daniele.

Good afternoon,

I hope you enjoyed a full week-end without any chemistry: no exam or quiz to study for, no lab reports to prepare, no WebAssign homework and no practice sheet to work on. You only have to do the mini-qiuz for tomorrow evening.

I'm writing only to remind that practice resumes tonight at 7pm in SCI 512; I will have copies of the new practice sheet (which I will pass out in discussion this week), and we can begin working on them.

There is no quiz this week, but there will be one next week about chapters 5 and 6, so you may want to start thinking about the material included in these two chapters.

Daniele.