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Topics in General Chemistry for Engineering Students (59-110)

Winter 2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The official website for this course has now been moved to the CLEW platform, please click this link to access the login page.

Old Announcements:

Laboratory orientation sessions start on Monday, January 11 - attendance mandatory.

Lab coats and safety glasses are mandatory for participation in the laboratory. The Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students will be selling these items according to the schedule below:

Here are the dates and times we will be selling lab coats in the upcoming Winter semester.  Please go to: 173-2 Essex Hall, its the lab prep room.

Lab coats are $15 and safety glasses are $5. Cash only.

Thursday January 7th: 11:30-12:30 and 2:30-3:30 (after the lectures)

Monday January 11th, Wednesday January 12th, and Friday January 14th: 8:00-8:30, 11:00-11:30, 5:00-6:00 (MONDAY AND FRIDAY ONLY)

Tuesday January 12th and Thursday January 13th: 8:00-8:30, 11:00-12:00, 2:30-3:30.

As well, we will be available after the orientation of each of those labs briefly for students who wish to purchase them after orientation that week as they are not required that week.

These times are also applicable the following week (January 18-22).

INFORMATION:

General Information:

Section 1: Classes are from 1:00-2:20 on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Toldo Health Education Centre Room 202.

Section 2: Classes are from 10:00-11:20 on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Toldo Health Education Centre Room 100.

Tentative Office Hours: Tuesday and Thrusday 3PM-6PM

Please note that the Laboratory component for this class is required.  You must consult the Student Information Service (SIS) for information about your laboratory section.

Course Outline and Information - please note that the midterm date is tentative until after the 2nd week of the term.

Departmental Rules regarding examinations and assignments.  Make sure that you are familiar with these rules because ignorance is not an acceptable excuse for not following the guidelines.

If you are forced to miss something for which you will be receiving a grade for medical reasons, you must get the physician to complete the following form Departmental Medical Excuse Form regarding examinations and assignments.  Make sure that you are familiar with these rules because ignorance is not an acceptable excuse for not following the guidelines.

Mid-term date:

Saturday February 27th at 1:00 pm (Erie Hall 1120 and 2123).

Final Exam:

Friday April 16th at 8:30 (exam slot 17).

Resources that you might find useful:

WebElements contains information about the elements in the periodic table and links that may help you in your study of Chemistry.

The Periodic Table of Videos, as the name suggests, has videos and information about the elements in the periodic table.

The companion website to the Silberberg textbook.  This site contains a variety of extra information and includes interactive multiple choice questions to help make sure that you understand the material.

The LON-CAPA web resource that you must use to complete the assignments in the course and a link to a tutorial on the use of the system.

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) website about the use of TurningPoint RF wireless response devices: "Clickers"

Current Suggested Reading:

The text book for the class is "Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change, 5th Edition" by M. Silberberg (MS).  You can also use previous editions of the textbook if you have purchased them.

Read chapters 1 and 2.

Sections from the textbook you should have already examined:

TBA

Problems from Silberberg 5th Edition:

Chapter 1: TBA.