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Welcome!
Chemistry 1AA3
Introductory Chemistry II
Chemistry in the context
of health, energy, the
environment, materialsand chemical biology.
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1. Course Information Sheets
Please read these carefully!
The information will answer many of your
questions.
Also available in Avenue, with updates
shown in red.
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2. Instructional Team (p.1)
Dr. David [email protected]
Dr. Jeff Landry
[email protected]
Dr. Pippa Lock
[email protected]
Dr. Harald Stöver
[email protected]
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Instructional Team…cont’d
• Lab Coordinator:
Dr. Jeff Landry
[email protected] ABB 121
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3. Course Objectives (p.1)
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discuss chemical concepts, theories andexamples of fundamental
chemistry
• apply chemistry to current examples within the
themes of health, energy, the environment,materials and chemical
biology
• help develop skills needed to solve chemical
problems (tutorials, Mastering Chemistry)
• provide some experience in the experiment-
driven investigation of chemical questions (labs)
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4. Labs (p.2)
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Regular labs: begin the weeks of:Jan. 12 (Week
Even = even # lab section)
Jan. 19 (Week Odd = odd # lab section)
• Bring: Goggles
Lab manual
Student lab notebook
Labcoat is strongly recommended
Please be advised: Each lab bears a weight of 3% (onegrade
point). Missing a lab without a valid reason will
result in a mark of 0 on that lab. Missing more than one lab
will result in failing the course.
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Labs – Questions?
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If you!
do not have a lab section,
need to switch lab sections*, (*documentation!)
wish to be exempt from labs,
ever have any issue about a lab,
Contact Dr. Landry, [email protected]
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Lab Safety Video & Quiz
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If you completed Chem 1A03/1E03 before Fall 2014, then
before your first regular lab,watch the lab safety video (in
Avenue)
complete the safety video quiz (Avenue)
If you completed the lab safety quiz in Sept. 2014you do not
need to repeat it!
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5. Help Centre & Office Hours (p.2)
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Help centre: ABB 307 Mon-Fri, 3:30 – 5:20 p.m.*
* Additional hours TBA
Staffed by the tutorial leaders
• Instructor office hours:
You are encouraged to visit office hours withany 1AA3
instructor.
Office hours: full schedule to be posted shortlyon homepage in
Avenue.
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6. Tutorials (p.3)
• Tutorial is the place to work on your
problem-solving skills.
• Scheduled tutorials begin Jan. 12-16, in ABB
136 9:30 – 10:20 am Tuesday-Friday and
3:30 – 4:20 pm Monday-Friday
• Review tutorials will be held Jan. 8-9
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You are scheduled to attend tutorial in the time slot ofyour
lab, during weeks you do not have lab
– You are welcome to attend more frequently
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New question set every week! and!bonus features
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Tutorials…cont’d
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Tutorial style is small groups facilitated by TA
• Tutorials will focus ONLY on posted tutorialquestions,
and related concepts.
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Questions about labs, etc., may be addressedin the help centre
or office hours, and will notbe handled in the tutorial.
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Attending tutorial is strongly recommended! Wedon’t take
attendance, but students who aresuccessful in developing their
skills do attend.
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7. Avenue (p.3)
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In this online home for our course, you’ll finduseful things
including!
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Course notes
- Learning objectives & recommended questions
- Tutorial questions & solutions
- Sample tests & exams
- Important news announcements
- Online quizzes (Jan. 26-28, Mar. 2-4), and- a Discussion
board!
http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/
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Avenue Bulletin Board
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Please post messages to the appropriate folder (e.g.“Labs”,
“Quiz 1”); answer someone’s question if you can!
• Each class section has their own folder;
This is the preferred place to contact your instructor.
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If you need to contact your instructor about a privatematter
(not course content), please use their McMasteremail, and put
“1AA3” in the title.
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HOWEVER: Please post all questions about course
content in Avenue.
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We have an Avenue TA who will spend approx. 2
h/weekanswering questions in Avenue, in addition to
theinstructors.
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8. Classes
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Please attend your scheduled class. Allsections are full –
that means if you attend asection that is not yours, you are taking
the seatof someone who is scheduled to be there. !
• Classes will not operate with students sitting onthe
floor or the stairs.
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All instructors will be using the
same classpresentation notes. Skeleton notes (print &
bringto class) will be posted in advance of each topic;full
notes will be posted at the end of each topic.
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9. Course grade (p.5)
Will be calculated according to 4 weightings; you receive
the highest of the 4:
1 2 3 4
iClicker 2% 0% 2% 0%
Avenue quizzes 4 4 4 4Mastering Chem. 4 4 0 0
Labs 15 15 15 15Test 1 (Jan. 30) 15 15 15 15
Test 2 (Mar. 6) 20 20 20 20 Cumulative
Final Exam (Apr.) 40 42 44 46 Mandatory/Cumul.100 100 100
100
The Mastering homework and iClicker questions aretherefore
strongly recommended, but optional.
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10. Mastering Chemistry (p. 4)
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Tutorial-based online homework program.
• Access is included with new text packages, or
can
be purchased online from the Mastering
Chemistry website. Access is valid for 24 months!
• For details on registration, watch for updates in
Avenue.
• 6 homework assignments.
– we will use your best four grades from the six
Mastering homework assignments
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11. iClicker (p. 4)
• iClicker grades will be recorded only for students
attending in their registered section.
• Register your iClicker with your MACID!
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iClicker grades are awarded on a percentage basis, and
thus we will not administer exemptions for a missedclass, failed
battery, forgotten or lost iClicker, etc.:% of questions correctly
answered Grade out of 2
80-100 2
65-79 1.5
50-64 1
40-49 0.5< 40 0
• Students missing 3 or more consecutive classes with
avalid reason may apply for exemption of those classes
from their iClicker grade
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12. Course content (p. 6-8)
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Refer to sections given in course outline,which will be
supplemented with specific
theme material given in class.
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Themes: Health, Energy, the Environment,Materials and examples
from Chemical
Biology
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Looking ahead
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Assumed knowledge: – Fundamental skills review from
Chem
1A03/1E03, plus course material from Chem1A03/1E03, as
needed to support topics in
Chem 1AA3 (e.g. Ch 16).
– Please see this week’s special review
tutorial,which will focus on the most important topicsfrom assumed
knowledge.
– Review tutorials will be offered this week
onJan. 8 and 9, at 9:30 am and 3:30 pm in ABB136.
