Grades have been posted

...on your transcript. Enjoy the holidays!

Review sessions, office hours, etc

Info about the final exam, including the review sessions, is here: http://web.uvic.ca/~chem101/Chem101PreExamInfofall2011.pdf

Friday's class will be mostly review material.

Dr Burford's review session is Friday December 2, 3:30-5:00pm - ECS 123
My review session is Saturday December 3, 10:00am to Noon – Sci B150.
Dr Briggs' review session is Monday December 5, 10:00am to 11:30am – Mac A144.

Any other review sessions advertised are NOT affiliated with the Department of Chemistry.

My office hours this week are Tue, Wed and Thur 2:30 - 4:30 pm.

Chapter 7

Any questions on Chapter 7 material? Ask them here.

In class problem solving

The midterm exam we went over in class, with answers: http://web.uvic.ca/~mcindoe/101/2007midterm2.pdf

Additional reading

For chapter 5. Don't forget about trying the MasteringChemistry assignments for practice!
Chapter 5 tutorials: Intermolecular forces | Hydrogen bonding in water

Chapter 6

Any questions on Chapter 6 material? Ask them here.

Chapter 5

Any questions on Chapter 5 material? Ask them here.

Additional reading

For chapters 2, 3 and 4. Don't forget about trying the MasteringChemistry assignments for practice!
Chapter 2. Two good sites dealing with the Periodic Table are WebElements and Visual Elements. Tutorial: The Periodic Table. Physic2000's take on the Periodic Table.
Chapter 3. Tutorials: Bonding | Lewis Dot Structures | Resonance.
Chapter 4. Tutorials: VSEPR | Expanded Valence | Hybridization | Bond Dipoles.

Chapter 4

Any questions on Chapter 4 material? Ask them here.

In class problem solving

Midterm from today's class, with short answers: http://web.uvic.ca/~mcindoe/101/2006midterm1.pdf

Chapter 3

Any questions on Chapter 3 material? Ask them here.

Chapter 2

Any questions on Chapter 2 material? Ask them here.

Revision topics for labs

Some tutorials to help you brush up on the basics for your labs:

Significant Figures | Scientific Notation | Dimensional Analysis | Avogadro’s number | Balancing equations | Limiting Reactant | Molarity | Dilutions

The FULL ebook - the one you access through MasteringChemistry - also covers all this background, mostly in Chapters 1-4.

Tutorials that may help you with specific labs:

Lab #2: Strong acid and strong base titrations | Titrations of weak acids

Lab #5: VSEPR model | Hybridization | Chiral Centers | Chirality

Lab #6: Phase Diagrams

The drop-in center on the Elliott landing is a good place to go for help with labs. 

Additional reading

Here are some links you might find useful. In particular, the animated tutorials are a good learning aid; they come from a textbook called Chemistry - the Science in Context by Gilbert, Kirss and Davies and published by WW Norton.
- Nobelprize.org has a great online resource called The Quantised World (you'll recognize some of the figures from the lecture book).
- Tutorials: Electromagnetic Radiation | Light Emission and Absorption | Bohr Model | De Broglie Wavelength | Quantum Numbers | Electron Configuration
- an excellent, if somewhat long, tutorial from Physics2000, on the Quantum Atom. It goes on to Beyond the Hydrogen Atom.
- Check out the Orbitron, a gallery of atomic orbitals and molecular orbitals.
- Brainiac's treatment of the Alkali Metals
- Army of Darkness
- Chemistry.com
- Modern materials in the iPhone4

Chapter 1

Any questions on Chapter 1 material? Ask them here.

Welcome to the 2011 class!

This blog simply serves as a means by which students in my section (A02, TWF 0930) can ask anonymous questions related to the course material. I may also add the occasional interesting(?) link. 
How do you ask a question? It's easy - just click on "comments" and leave a note. It should appear on the blog promptly, and I'll generally answer within 24 hours. As the course goes on, I'll invite questions on the different chapters we cover.