CHM 110 01/02 and CHM 111 students.  I caught some sort of illness over the weekend and I’m still trying to recover from it.  As a result, I won’t be in on Tuesday 1/22.  I plan to be back on Wednesday 1/23 if possible.

Here’s how my absence will affect your classes:

CHM 110 01/02:  We’ll pick up where we left off at our Thursday meeting.  Your homework assignment that was originally due on 1/22 is now due on Thursday.  Start reading Chapter 2 if you haven’t done so already.  Since CHM 110 lab wasn’t meeting this week anyway, there will be no change in the lab schedule.

CHM 111:  We’ll pick up where we left off in Chapter 11 on Thursday.  We’ll do the IR lab (and finish up experiment 9B) during next week’s lab period.  It won’t hurt your 9B products to sit and dry for a few more days.  I’ll post an updated lab schedule here on the site when I get a chance.

If you have any questions, leave a comment here.

For CHM 110 students:

Monday is a holiday, so section 3 students (M/W)won’t be coming to chemistry class until Wednesday.  Since section 3’s laboratory is on Monday, no sections  of CHM 110 will have lab the week of January 21-January 25.  This will ensure that all the laboratory sections of 110 will be doing the same experiment each week.  Lecture classes for sections 1/2 are unaffected and will meet on Tuesday and Thursday.

Your second homework assignment (the first one was to bring back the syllabus signature page) has been posted.  Scroll down, find your assignment, print it out, work it, and bring it with you to our next class meeting.  Sections 1 and 2 – that’s Tuesday.  Section 3 – that’s Wednesday due to the holiday.  A few things about the homework:

1. Work the right assignment!  Make sure that if you’re in the Monday/Wednesday lecture, you wonk the Monday/Wednesday assignment – and if you’re in the Tuesday/Thursday lecture you work the Tuesday/Thursday assignment.  You won’t get credit for turning in the wrong assignment.
2. Print out the sheets, and turn in those sheets when you complete them!  I won’t take homework done on notebook paper or other things than the printed homework forms.  I return homework to you the next class period, and it takes much less time to grade the homework if it’s uniform – in other words, if it’s all done on the printed pages!
3. Answers to the homework will be posted on this web site after class on the day the homework is due!  In other words, I don’t accept late homework because the answers will already be available here for you to download.
4. When you start preparing for the test, I encourage you to look at the other section’s homework as an extra set of practice problems.  The homework assignments for section 3 and sections 1/2 generally cover the same or similar material, but the questions on each set are different.  Use that to your advantage when studying.

For CHM 111 students:

The holiday on Monday doesn’t affect us.  Lecture and lab will meet next week as scheduled.

Tutoring is now available:

For anyone who missed Karen Herbert’s comment yesterday, we have tutors available for CHM 110 and CHM 111 in the success center:

Reminder – chemistry tutors are available in the Success Center. [Karen Herbert is] there Wednesday/Thursday/Friday mornings. Matthew Collier is here in the afternoons (off Fridays) and on Sundays 2-6pm.

I encourage you to take advantage of this free service if you need a little extra help in CHM 110 or CHM 111.

For CHM 110 students:

Remember to bring your syllabus signature page to the next class period (if you haven’t done so already), as it counts as your first homework grade this semester.

Also, CHM 110 labs are starting.  We will be doing an introductory experiment (which you can read about by looking at the CHM 110 handouts link on the right side of the page) and going over lab policies and safety information during the lab period.  If you’ve not had the chance to buy a lab manual or notebook yet, don’t worry about it – neither are required for the introductory experiment.

For CHM 111 students:

Remember to bring your syllabus signature page to the next class period (if you haven’t done so already).  If you bring it on time, you will get a few bonus points on your first test.

During Tuesday’s laboratory period, we’ll perform experiment 9B.  You will need to bring both your laboratory notebook and laboratory manual to the lab.  If you want to use your own pair of safety glasses in lab instead of borrowing a pair of goggles, you should make sure to purchase them and bring them to lab with you.