Chemistry and Society Spring 2012  TR  Rafael Diaz-Balart 1100

TEXT:Hill and Kolb “Chemistry for Changing Times (custom edition for FIU) or the full tenth edition edition).  Additional Materials can be found in the website: http://www.fiu.edu/~lopezdel. When accessing this website please make sure that everything after the tilde (~) is in lower case, or you will not be able to get there.

There will be four examinations counting 100 points each.  I do drop the lowest of the four examinations.  If an exam is missed for any reason, it will count as your lowest grade and will be dropped. I DO NOT GIVE MAKEUP EXAMINATIONS. All examinations are given in the multiple choice format. 

Office No. CP 329 348-3086

Office Hours:  T 12:30 – 1:30 pm W 10:00 am – 11:00 am.  You can also ask me questions via e-mail (lopezdel@fiu.edu).

 Pertinent Dates

January 9  (Monday)

Semester begins

January 10 (Tuesday)

First session for this class

January 16 (Monday)

Martin Luther King Holiday (University Closed)

February 2  (Thursday)

First Examination

March 1 (Thursday)

Second Examination

March 12-17

Spring Break (University Closed)

April 5 (Thursday)  

Third Examination

 April 26 (Thursday)

Final (Comprehensive) note time 9:45 am

Approximate Grade Scale (A 90-100), (B 75-89), (C 60-74), (D 50-59), (F 0-49)

This grading scale is approximate. It will not get any worse than this; it may get somewhat better.

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Tuesday

Thursday

Comments

January 10

Classes Begin

Chapter 1 notes

web site practice problems chapter 1

 

January 12

 

 

 

January 17

 

 

 

January 19

Chapter 2 notes

web site practice problems chapter 2

 

Chapter 1 Page 31 no. 33, 34, 37, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 59, 61

 

January 24

   chapter 3 notes

web site practice problems chapter 3

January 26

Suggested Problems

Chapter 2 page 50 no. 4,5,8, 11, 12, 18 21, 33, 35, 37

 

January 31

practice exam

practice exam

practice exam

we will review these exam today

 

 

 

February 2

chapter 4 notes

Web site practice problems chapter 4

 

 

chapter 3, page 78 no. 5, 7, 31, 33, 35, 41, 45, 47, 49, 53, 55, 61, 67, 68

 

February 7

 

Actual exam 1

form 1  form 2   form 3

     form 4   form 5

February 9

Grades thus far

 

 

 

Chapter 4 practice problems no. 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 47,

 

 

February 14

Chapter 5 notes

 

Web site practice problems chapter 5

 

February 16

 

 

 

 

 Chapter 5 practice problems  no. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 40, 41, 49, 51, 57, 58, 62, 68, 73, 79, 83, 93, 99

 

 

February 21

chapter 6 notes

Practice problems chapter 6

February 23

 Chapter 7 notes

Chapter 7 practice problems

 

 

 

 

 

 Chapter 6 assigned problems  page 186 Problem #'s 19, 21, 23, 25, 29, 37, 39, 45, 51, 53,  59

 

Problem set chapter 7 page 207 Problem #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 13,  19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 33, 34, 41, 43, 45, 49, 51

February 28

Practice exam 2

another practice exam 2

another exam 2 with answers

March 1

Exam 2

Form 1   form 2   form 3  

 

 

 

Problem set chapter 8 page 232 Problem #'s 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 35, 37, 39, 40

 

March 6

Chapter 8 notes

Sample questions chapter 8

 

March 8

 

 

March 13

Spring Break

March 15

Spring Break

 

 

March 20

Chapter 9 notes

Sample questions chapter 9

March 22

Chapter 10 notes

Sample questions chapter 10

 

 

 

March 27

Chapter 12 notes

Sample questions chapter 12

 

March 29

Chapter 13 notes

Sample questions chapter 13

 

April 3

Chapter 14 notes

 

Sample questions chapter 14

April 5

Third Examination

form 1   form 2    form 3

 Practice exam 1

Practice exam 2

 

April 10

April 12

 

April 17

April 19

 

 

April 24

April 26

Final Examination 9:45 am