Updates and Reminders for week 5

Unit 1 is complete and I hope you are off to a good start in completing Unit 2.  Listed below is some iformation about the completed Unit 1 exam and some updates and reminders for the next week of class.

Unit 1 Exam

I have returned a graded copy (as a pdf file) to each of you via email to both your LCC student email address and by D2L email.  I know some of you prefer to use a personal email address or a non-LCC address (an MSU email address, for example).  Please know that LCC prohibits me from sending grade info to a non-LCC email address, so you’ll need to look for your returned exam at either your LCC student email address or D2L mail.

The exam average was 64 and the high score was 100.  I would be happy to answer any questions you have about how to do any of the questions you struggled on or about the grading – just contact me and we can do so.

Extra credit opportunity associated with returned exam 1

In order to encourage and incentivize students to take advantage of the help and tutoring opportunities available at LCC, the following bonus point opportunity is available for exam 1 only:

    • You can earn 5 bonus points by going over each incorrect question in your Unit 1 exam with either one of the Learning Commons Chemistry Tutors or with your instructor.  The deadline for doing this is September 30, 2024.
    • To complete the bonus assignment with a Learning Commons Tutor (either in-person or on Webex)
      • Complete the session with one of the tutors (either in person or remotely): Learning Commons Chemistry Tutoring Schedule
      • Give the tutor your name and instructor name (Bruce Farris)
      • Complete by Sept 30.
      • On Oct 1, the tutors will let me know you completed the assignment and I will credit you.
    • To complete the bonus assignment with your instructor
      • Contact me and we will schedule a time to go over your exam.  Contact Info for Prof. Bruce Farris
      • We can go over your exam either in-person or on WebEx.
      • There is no option to complete this assignment by sending email questions and answers.
      • Complete by Sept 30 (note – if you wish to go over the exam with me, don’t wait to the last minute to schedule.  I will not be able to accomodate an unlimited number of people on Sept 30)

Updates and reminders for week 5

week 5 :

Hope you have a good week and please contact me with any questions!

Updates and Reminders for week 4 (including Unit 1 exam)

I hope you had a good weekend! I know some of you have completed your Unit 1 exam and I hope it went well.  Remember, the Unit 1 exam deadline for completion is Monday, Sept 16 at an LCC Testing Center or location you arranged earlier through LCC Testing Services.  There is more information about the exam at the end of this message.

Here are some brief updates and reminders for the fourth week of class:

week 4:

  • Unit 1 Exam (paper and pencil, proctored at testing center) due
  • Finish all Unit 1 Online Homework (Essential Ideas, Atoms, Molecules and Ions, and Stoichiometry) due
  • Finish Unit 1 Honors option if pursuing due
After completing the exam, to stay on track you should begin Unit 2

I will pick up the completed exams and begin grading them on Tuesday, Sept 17, and will post the grades in the D2L gradebook as soon as they are completed.  I will return a pdf copy of your graded exams via email by the end of the week, and will be happy to discuss any questions you have about the exam at that time.

More info about the Unit 1 exam is listed directly below.  Have a good week and please contact me with any questions or concerns related to the class!

Unit 1 Exam

Exam Information

The exam is a proctored, pen/pencil and paper exam.  It is not offered online on D2L.  It will be available during open Testing Center Days and Hours beginning Thursday Sept 12 and ending Monday Sept 16.

The exam will cover:

Testing hours and locations are at this link

There is detailed information about the exams at this link.  Please read it carefully – it contains the answers to many frequently asked questions.  Let me know if you have additional questions after reading it.

For this exam, you will be provided a copy of the Periodic Table for Units 1-3.  A copy of the periodic table you will receive is at this link.

Tutoring and Help Opportunities from the Learning Commons

The link to the Learning Commons Chemistry regular tutoring schedule and special exam prep schedule is here (and on the right sidebar of this website)

Learning Commons Chemistry Tutoring Schedule

CHEM 151 Exam Prep sessions hosted by LCC tutoring

Additional Study Resources

Don’t forget to look at the Unit 1 – additional study resourcespage on this Website.  It contains many resources to help you prepare for the exam.  Please take a look at them.  One of those resources is a practice exam.  Please read more about the practice exam below:

Practice Exam
What the practice exam is:

This practice exam will be similar in length, number of questions, types of questions (multiple choice, short answer, numerical problems, etc) to your exam.  The practice exam will be useful as a general review and will help you see how prepared you are.  If the practice exam (without looking at your notes) is easy for you, the actual exam probably will be.  If it is difficult, the actual exam probably will be.

What the practice exam is NOT:

The actual exam will NOT be the same as the practice exam with only a few numbers changed.  Do NOT think that if you only study and memorize the questions on the practice exam that you will be ready for the exam because the questions will be the same.

Updates and Reminders for week 3 (including Unit 1 exam)

I hope you had a good weekend and your study of the Unit 1 topics is going well!  Here are some brief updates and reminders for the third week of class:

week 3:

  • Continue Study Chemical Formulas and Nomenclature
  • Study the third topic:  Stoichiometry
  • Online Homework: Stoichiometry due
  • Complete Quiz 3 on D2L due
  • Finish all Unit 1 Online Homework (Essential Ideas, Atoms, Molecules and Ions, and Stoichiometry) due
  • Unit 1 Exam (paper and pencil, proctored at testing center). Available due — more on the Unit exam is below
  • Finish Unit 1 Honors option if pursuing due

Again, more info about the Unit 1 exam is listed directly below.  Have a good week and please contact me with any questions or concerns related to the class!

Unit 1 Exam

Exam Information

The exam is a proctored, pen/pencil and paper exam.  It is not offered online on D2L.  It will be available during open Testing Center Days and Hours beginning Thursday Sept 12 and ending Monday Sept 16.

The exam will cover:

Testing hours and locations are at this link

There is detailed information about the exams at this link.  Please read it carefully – it contains the answers to many frequently asked questions.  Let me know if you have additional questions after reading it.

For this exam, you will be provided a copy of the Periodic Table for Units 1-3.  A copy of the periodic table you will receive is at this link.

Tutoring and Help Opportunities from the Learning Commons

The link to the Learning Commons Chemistry regular tutoring schedule and special exam prep schedule is here (and on the right sidebar of this website)

Learning Commons Chemistry Tutoring Schedule

CHEM 151 Exam Prep sessions hosted by LCC tutoring

Additional Study Resources

Don’t forget to look at the Unit 1 – additional study resourcespage on this Website.  It contains many resources to help you prepare for the exam.  Please take a look at them.  One of those resources is a practice exam.  Please read more about the practice exam below:

Practice Exam
What the practice exam is:

This practice exam will be similar in length, number of questions, types of questions (multiple choice, short answer, numerical problems, etc) to your exam.  The practice exam will be useful as a general review and will help you see how prepared you are.  If the practice exam (without looking at your notes) is easy for you, the actual exam probably will be.  If it is difficult, the actual exam probably will be.

What the practice exam is NOT:

The actual exam will NOT be the same as the practice exam with only a few numbers changed.  Do NOT think that if you only study and memorize the questions on the practice exam that you will be ready for the exam because the questions will be the same.

Updates and Reminders for week 2

I hope you had a good Labor Day weekend!  Here are some brief updates and reminders for the second week of class:

week 2:

Grades so far

At this point, I have read your introductory surveys that you submitted and returned them to the email address you sent them from with any comments.  Thanks for sending them in!  nYou received 10 points for completing the survey and submitting it.

Also, your grade for Quiz 1 (taken on D2L) should be in the D2L grade book.  Since the lowest three quiz grades will be dropped and the D2L gradebook is already set up to do that, it will say at this time that the quiz is dropped — please don’t worry about that.  The gradebook is working correctly and will keep your highest nine quiz grades at the end of the semester.

Finally, I received several questions about the quiz on Questions 9 and 11:

  • For Question 9, please note that for numbers between 0 and 1, it is considered incorrect form to start with a decimal point (for example 0.5 is correct, .5 is incorrect).   As we often use numbers like .5 in everyday life, I did not penalize you for that, rather I credited everyone an extra 0.5 points to make up for that question.
  • For Question 11 (convert 400. K to degrees F), many of you did the calculation correctly and entered 260.33.  However, since 400.K has three significant figures, following the significant figure rules the answer should have three as well.  Therefore, 260. was correct (261 was also accepted).  There was an errot in the quiz and 260. was initially considered incorrect, but if you answered that I’ve fixed it and credited you for that.

Please let me know if you have any questions about accessing material or assignments, the course as a whole or how the course works, or about the course material.  Have a good week!

Updates and Reminders for week 1

I hope you are off to a good start in this course and any additional courses you are taking this semester!  Here are some brief updates and reminders for the first week of class:

Many of you have already turned in your Class Participation Assignment/Intro Quiz.I will be reading them, answering questions, and returning them to you by email over the next few days.  I will credit your work in the gradebook as I return them.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions about accessing material or assignments, the course as a whole or how the course works, or about the course material.  Have a good weekend and first week!

Reminder – Final Exam Window closes Saturday, May 4

Final Exam

Reminder – The window for taking the CHEM 151 final exam ends Saturday, May 4

Detailed information for the final exam is listed at this link:Final Exam. Please read it carefully.  There are three major differences from the unit exams for the final exam:

  1. It is longer.  Please allocate 100 minutes to take it in the testing center.
  2. You are allowed to take a 3″ by 5″ index card with anything you wish to write on it (2 sides, handwritten)
  3. The window for taking it ends on a Saturday ( available Tuesday 4/30 through Saturday 5/4), not Monday as the unit exams were.. If this provides undue difficulty for you, please contact me as soon as possible so we can make arrangements for you to take it Monday.  Any extensions beyond Monday 5/6 will require extenuating circumstances and will require that you receive an Incomplete grade for the course.

Updates and reminders for week of April 29

Hi Online CHEM 151 Students,

The last week of the semester is here!

Some final  updates and reminders for the upcoming week (and the rest of the semester)  are listed below:

Unit 5 Due Dates

  • Both Unit 5 Online Homework assignments will be due today –  Monday, April 29.
  • Quiz/Class Participation Assignment 13 is due today Monday, April 29.
  • The Unit 4 exam window is April 26-April 30, so the last day to take it is Tuesday, April 30.

Online Homework Grade

On Thursday, May 2, I will remove login access to the online homework site and post your homework grades to the D2L gradebook, so you will know your homework totals going into the Final Exam.  After I have removed login access, you will still be able to access the homework for practice if you wish but your work will not be recorded or credited.

Final Exam

Detailed information for the final exam is listed at this link:Final Exam. Please read it carefully.  There are three major differences from the unit exams for the final exam:

  1. It is longer.  Please allocate 100 minutes to take it in the testing center.
  2. You are allowed to take a 3″ by 5″ index card with anything you wish to write on it (2 sides, handwritten)
  3. The window for taking it ends on a Saturday ( available Tuesday 4/30 through Saturday 5/4), not Monday as the unit exams were.. If this provides undue difficulty for you, please contact me as soon as possible so we can make arrangements for you to take it Monday.  Any extensions beyond Monday 5/6 will require extenuating circumstances and will require that you receive an Incomplete grade for the course.

Updates and reminders for week of April 22

Hi Online CHEM 151 Students,

Spring is here and the end of the semester is approaching quickly!  The semester will end in just a couple weeks — hang in there and finish strong!  Hopefully you are progressing in your study of Intermolecular Forces, Liquids, and Solids in unit 5.  The topic for the upcoming week (and last topic) is Properties of Solutions.

Some updates and reminders for the upcoming week (and the rest of the semester)  are listed below:

Graded Unit 4 Materials

The Unit 4 exams have been graded and grades posted in the D2L gradebook.  I will complete grading and return Quiz/Class participation 11 and return copies of your graded Unit 4 exams by the end of the weekend.  Please contact me with any questions about the grading or how to answer the questions themselves if you are struggling with any of the concepts.

Unit 5 Due Dates

Homework Grading

On Thursday, May 2, I will remove login access to the online homework site and post your homework grades to the D2L gradebook, so you will know your homework totals going into the Final Exam.  After I have removed login access, you will still be able to access the homework for practice if you wish but your work will not be recorded or credited.

Unit 5 Exam Info

Exam Information

The exam is a proctored, pen/pencil and paper exam.  It is not offered online on D2L.  It will be available during open Testing Center Days and Hours beginning April 26 and ending April 30.

The exam will cover:

Testing hours and locations are at this link

There is detailed information about the exams at this link.  Please read it carefully – it contains the answers to many frequently asked questions.  Let me know if you have additional questions after reading it.

For this exam, you will be provided a copy of the Periodic Table for Units 4-5.  A copy of the periodic table you will receive is at this link.

Tutoring and Help Opportunities from the Learning Commons

The link to the Learning Commons Chemistry regular tutoring schedule and special exam prep schedule is here (and on the right sidebar of this website)

Learning Commons Chemistry Tutoring Schedule

CHEM 151 Exam Prep sessions hosted by LCC tutoring

Additional Study Resources

Don’t forget to look at the Unit 5 – additional study resources page on this Website.  It contains many resources to help you prepare for the exam.  Please take a look at them.  One of those resources is a practice exam.  Please read more about the practice exam below:

Practice Exam
What the practice exam is:

This practice exam will be similar in length, number of questions, types of questions (multiple choice, short answer, numerical problems, etc) to your exam.  The practice exam will be useful as a general review and will help you see how prepared you are.  If the practice exam (without looking at your notes) is easy for you, the actual exam probably will be.  If it is difficult, the actual exam probably will be.

What the practice exam is NOT:

The actual exam will NOT be the same as the practice exam with only a few numbers changed.  Do NOT think that if you only study and memorize the questions on the practice exam that you will be ready for the exam because the questions will be the same. 

Final Exam

Detailed information for the final exam is listed at this link:Final Exam. Please read it carefully.  There are three major differences from the unit exams for the final exam:

  1. It is longer.  Please allocate 100 minutes to take it in the testing center.
  2. You are allowed to take a 3″ by 5″ index card with anything yoiu wish to write on it (2 sides, handwritten)
  3. The window for taking it ends on a Saturday ( available Tuesday 4/30 through Saturday 5/4), not Monday as the unit exams were.. If this provides undue difficulty for you, please contact me as soon as possible so we can make arrangements for you to take it Monday.  Any extensions beyond Monday 5/6 will require extenuating circumstances and will require that you receive an Incomplete grade for the course.

Updates and reminders for week of April 15 – including Unit 4 Exam

Hi Online CHEM 151 Students,

I hope your study of Chemical Equilibrium in Unit 4 went well and your study of Acids and Bases is off to a good start.  Some updates and reminders for the upcoming week are listed below:

End of Unit 4

  • Both Unit 4 Online Homework assignments will be due Monday, April 15.
  • Quiz/Class Participation Assignment 11 is due Monday, April 15.
  • The Unit 4 exam window is April 12 – April 16, so the last day to take it is Tuesday, April 16.

Unit 5

Unit 5 is the shortest unit of the course and our last unit — it covers two topics ( Intermolecular Forces, Liquids, and Solids and Properties of Solutions ).  You should plan to allocate about one week to each topic.  Due dates for Unit 5 are in the Online Course Schedule.

Last Day to drop LCC Courses with a Record of W

The last day to drop any 16 week Spring 2024 Semester LCC Course with a record of W (including this course) is Monday April 22.

Unit 4 Exam Info

The exam is a proctored, pen/pencil and paper exam.  It is not offered online on D2L.  It will be available during open Testing Center Days and Hours beginning Friday April 12 and Tuesday April 16.

The exam will cover:

Testing hours and locations are at this link

There is detailed information about the exams at this link.  Please read it carefully – it contains the answers to many frequently asked questions.  Let me know if you have additional questions after reading it.

For this exam, you will be provided a copy of the Periodic Table for Units 4-5.  A copy of the periodic table you will receive is at this link.

Tutoring and Help Opportunities from the Learning Commons

The link to the Learning Commons Chemistry regular tutoring schedule and special exam prep schedule is here (and on the right sidebar of this website)

Learning Commons Chemistry Tutoring Schedule

CHEM 151 Exam Prep sessions hosted by LCC tutoring

Additional Study Resources

Don’t forget to look at the Unit 4 – additional study resources page on this Website.  It contains many resources to help you prepare for the exam.  Please take a look at them.  One of those resources is a practice exam.  Please read more about the practice exam below:

Practice Exam
What the practice exam is:

This practice exam will be similar in length, number of questions, types of questions (multiple choice, short answer, numerical problems, etc) to your exam.  The practice exam will be useful as a general review and will help you see how prepared you are.  If the practice exam (without looking at your notes) is easy for you, the actual exam probably will be.  If it is difficult, the actual exam probably will be.

What the practice exam is NOT:

The actual exam will NOT be the same as the practice exam with only a few numbers changed.  Do NOT think that if you only study and memorize the questions on the practice exam that you will be ready for the exam because the questions will be the same. 

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