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<b>I</b><b>TEM </b><b>ONE.</b><br>
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Since I want you all to do exceptionally well on your test on
Tuesday, and I know that you will need to focus on that on Monday
night, I am going to postpone the lab due date to Wednesday. You
still need to prepare for lab on Tuesday (the concentration
kinetics lab) but you can have an additional day to get your lab
reports (and graphs) ready for turnin. I am picky about graphs
and will talk about what I expect tomorrow in class.<br>
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<b>ITEM TWO.</b><br>
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I am also going to move the deadline for the Sapling work due
tonight to tomorrow night (Monday) at 11 pm (that gives some of
you one additional day to get it done). It also allows some of
you time to knock out some of the book problems and additional
problems.<br>
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</font><font face="serif"><font face="serif"><b>ITEM T</b><b>HREE</b><b>.<br>
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</b></font> Since we moved the test to Tuesday, and the lab due
date has been extended, we will also move the "ask questions
about the lab report" time we talked about to immediately after
the test. I have designed the test to take about an hour. If you
have questions about the lab then please exit the room and then
come back in once the last person has completed the exam. We can
then have an "open forum" on how to complete the lab writeup.<br>
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<b></b></font><font face="serif"><font face="serif"><b>ITEM</b><b>
FOUR</b><b>.<br>
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In order to get through Kinetics this week we will have to start
those lectures tomorrow. I have placed the lecture slides online
in the reference section of the class webpage for you to view, and
if you like, download.<br>
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<b>ITEM</b><b> FIVE</b><b>.</b><br>
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While we will start Kinetics tomorrow I also promised some of you
that I would show you how to do problems where you convert between
different types of concentration units. I intend to do that first
thing in the morning. If, while you are working through problems
from Sapling, Burdge, or my Additional problems, come across
problems tonight that you simply cannot get (even with the online
solutions provided) then please send me those problem numbers
tonight and I will try to work through as many as I can tomorrow
on the board before we dive into our first lecture on Kinetics.
It also REALLY helps me if you can tell me what is confusing you
so we can try and address any misconceptions about the science.<br>
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If you do come to my office hours (1-3 tomorrow) be prepared to
show me your work and be ready to attempt the problem on the white
board in my office. As a theoretician, the whiteboard is often
where am able to track down mistakes in understanding.<br>
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As always, I will try to answer any questions I can via e-mail --
until 11 pm on Monday night.<br>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj">http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj</a>
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