Patrick J. Desrochers

(501) 450-5936 or 450-3152

Manion Hall, Rm 205

patrickd@uca.edu

Office hours (drop in times, Rm 205):
M 11a-12p, Tu 8-9a, Wed 9-10a 

Other times available by appointment.

Study session times (Rm 105) W 3-4p, Th 4-5p

Chem 1450, College Chemistry I

Daily Outline

Syllabus

Fall 2019

Lab downloads & prelabs

Practice exams

Grade calculation example

Required course materials

Lecture (LM 102): TTh 10:50am-12:05pm
Labs (LM 206, Mon’s) 8-1050 am Desrochers,
11am-150 pm Freeman, 2-450 pm Yousef

course description

Tutoring   Starts Sep
TuTh 5:30-7:30p Laney 103

Kahn Academy (online resources)

Education Portal

¨ Some interactive periodic table links

        ¨ www.webelements.com            

        ¨ NOVA “It’s Elemental”      ¨ www.radiochemistry.org

        ¨ Ptable - Wikipedia   

        ¨ Periodic Table of Videos (a real treat)

¨ Science and the educated person

¨ Nobel Prize E-Museum

¨ Marie Curie and radioactivity

¨ A tool to practice naming

· Very important relationships in chemistry

· Polyatomic ions

· Summary of reactions

Things to

know from

Chem 1450

HS Chem. Expectations

¨ Chemistry of how things work

¨ People and pets into diamond

¨ White, pink, and green gold

¨ Pocket water purification (Proctor & Gamble)

¨ Dental filling chemistry   Nicholson & Anstice J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1497

 

¨ Isotopes and monarch migration

 

¨ “A Boy and His Atom”

 

¨ Beautiful Chemistry (close-up videos of reactions)

 

FAQ’s from my students

Grade calculation tool