CHEM 1000

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Welcome

• CHEM 1000
• General Chemistry
• Sections A and V
• 2009/2010

Carleton University
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Instructor Bob Burk

• 203 SC
• Tel [phone]
• robert_burk_at_carleton.ca

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Prerequisites

• 4U Chemistry
• and
• 4U Calculus
• dont have them?
• come and see me!

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Grading

• Lab 30
• 4 Midterm tests 20
• Midyear Exam 15
• Final Exam 35

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To Pass or not to Pass

• Pass 50
• 49.9 F
• Laboratory component must be complete

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Midterm Exams

• - 2 in each term
• - Friday evenings from 730 to 900PM
• Oct 23, Nov 20, Feb and Mar
• Missed 5 marks added to value of mid-year or
  final exam
• missing a test VERY DUMB IDEA

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Problem Assignments

• - Assigned regularly from the text
• - Not handed in or marked
• - Solutions on web-CT
• - Do them

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Three factors will determine most of your grade

• Did you attend lectures and tutorials?
• How many of the assigned problems did you
  attempt?
• How often did you communicate with me?

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Tutorials

• - informal, problem solving, clarification
• - Fridays, 1200 100 PM, Th B
• - first one September 18, 2009

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Laboratory

• - Mandatory incomplete F in course
• - Labs start September 16 or 23, 2009(see
  Website next week for your start date)
• - Buy the following before your first lab period
  from Science Stores (118 SC)
• Lab Coat, Lab Glasses
• Lab Manual, Lab Notebook,
• Lab Fee

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Lab Problems?

• see Mastaneh Azad
• 207A SC
• 520-2600 ext 3833
• mastaneh_azad_at_carleton.ca

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Safety in the Lab

• Training is Mandatory for all in
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
  (WHMIS)
• See link on the course website complete before
  your first lab period

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Textbook

• 5th Edition

Comes with a periodic table and a book on how
to avoid procrastination
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Use the Textbook!

• I will suggest what to read periodically
• Do not fall behind in your readings!
• Problems will be assigned from the text

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Watching Lectures and Tutorials

• 1. Attend in Theatre B (recommended)
• 2. Tune in to CUTV on Saturdays, 100 430 PM,
  Cable 240 record the lectures
• 3. Watch CUTV live on your computer (see
  www.carleton.ca/cutv for details)
• 4. Borrow the DVDs from the library
• 5. Register for VOD (50 per term)

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The Connect System

• - You all have Connect accounts
• email, personal schedule, connection to all your
  courses, etc.
• Connect is an official communication channel
  between you and Carleton
• Computer labs in many locations
• Go to portal.carleton.ca

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Awesome Web Site

• www.carleton.ca/rburk/chem1000/
• 1. Lectures download .ppt files
• 2. Tutorials download whiteboard images
• 3. Assignment solutions
• 4. On-line tutorials, practice tests
• 5. Test and exam solutions
• 6. Lots of other stuff

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The P.A.S.S. Program

• Facilitator Zach Robinson

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Problems?

• 1. Come and see me
• 2. Email me at robert_burk_at_carleton.ca
• 3. MSN often, but especially just before tests
  and exams (use rburk_at_ccs.carleton.ca to find me
  on MSN)
• 4. Talk to your TA
• 5. Visit the course website, and Web-CT
• The first, and probably the biggest, mistake I
  made was not asking for help.