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General Announcements

  • Topics this week (Nov. 1-5)-- Chapter 4--Light, Waves, Atoms, and Electrons
  • The Final Exam will be Self-Scheduled
  • Exam 3 will be ready later this week.
  • Conference #3 will be scheduled soon--you may 1) discuss your exams or 2) Present a HW problem (to get ready for Conference #4)
  • Want to improve your chemistry performance? Do some extra-credit HW, class summaries, or PLI sessions. Be sure to consult on-line solutions on Blackboard.
  • Didn't understand what happened in class today? Try to write a class summary or visit the next PLI or Office Hour session. Don't delay---chemisry is cumulative.
  • To earn credit, HW must be handed in on time! Write clearly and answer all assigned questions for full credit (and that includes the explain why and what do you observe parts)
  • Be sure to attend lab this week in 278-- Lab and Lab Sign-up

    Getting around the Park Science Building

  • PSB Made Easy and PSB Map

    Contacting Instructors

    ProfessorSusan White

    Room PSB 202

    		 Phone x5107
    Office HoursM 3-5, Tu 3-4, Th 2-4 swhite@brynmawr.edu
    Laboratory Instructor Professor Krynn Lukacsklukacs@brynmawr.edu
    Peer Led Instructor (PLI) Cara Blankenbickercblanken@brynmawr.edu

    Chemistry and Study Strategies

  • Need Help? Come to Office hours, PLI, or the Peer Mentoring Services in Collier and Canaday Libraries.
  • Collier Science Library has copies of textbook and personal tutor on reserve behind the front desk.
  • Peer Led Instruction
  • Chemistry 103 Peer-Led Instructors-- Cara Blankenbicker, Alison Kim, Hannah Wilhelm, Evie Kalmar, and Anna Merkle
  • General Chemistry is a Marathon--studying is best done by working every day. Challenge yourself to keep working hard.
  • Successful solitary stuggling and group strategies for success
  • Student to Student Advice
  • 8 Chemistry Commandments
  • Review your math skills.

    PLI Schedules

    Monday 8-9 PM Room 259 (Special Math SKills) Cara Blankenbicker (cblanken@brynmawr.edu)
    Tuesday 8-9 PM Room 259 Alison Kim (mkim@brynmawr.edu)
    Thursday 8-9 PM Room 259 Anna & Hannah (amerkle@brynmawr.edu & hwilhelm@brynmawr.edu)
    Sunday 8-9 PM Room 259 Evie Kalmar (ekalmar@brynmawr.edu)

    Learning these by heart will help

    1. Units for large and small quantities
    2. Ions
    3. Bonding and Lewis Structures

    Student Reactions to Lecture and PLI Sessions

    Solutions to HW Problems

    Solutions to OLD Exams

    These are taken from a very different textbook!

    1. Solutions to Exam 1.
    2. Solutions to Exam 2.
    3. Solutions to Exam 3.

    Useful Chemical Links

    Chemistry at Bryn Mawr

    Get a life!

    Everyone needs hobbies and distractions so when your coursework is done, go exploring. Aside from RNA, here are some of Professor White's hobbies.

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