The solutions to the Week 4 Chemistry Problem Set are available here.

The chemistry exam topics are summarized in our Weekly Learning Objectives available here. An alternative and more detailed topics list is available here, courtesy of Dr. Rebecca Sunderman.

For study material, you may want to refer to past quizzes: Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3. You will also want to be familiar with the topics covered in Problem Sets, Workshops, and Labs.

During the Exam, you will be allowed a calculator but no notecard. You will be provided with an equations/constants sheet, periodic table, and table of electronegativities. Please look over the sheet and let Krishna and Riley know if important equations or constants are missing. You will be expected to know the common polyatomic ions (see Table 3.5, pg. 129 of your Chemistry text).

Here is a blank version of Calculus Quiz 2.

• Attempt all problems before Thursday Problem Session.
• Include solutions to ALL TEXT PROBLEMS in your Problem Set Notebook; Workbook problems can stay in the Workbook.
• Submit bold underlined problems via MasteringPhysics by 9pm Sat. Oct. 24.

• Attempt all problems before Thursday Problem Session.
• Include solutions to ALL PROBLEMS in your Problem Set Notebook.
• Submit bold underlined problems via WileyPLUS by 9pm Fri. Oct. 23

• Information about our Week 4 Seminar is available at this post.
• We start promptly at 9 am Thu. Oct. 22 in Sem 2 D3105.
  • This meeting is in lieu of chemistry lab this week (and so there is no chemistry pre-lab assignment to prepare).
  • The whole class attends this meeting.
• Below are some writing prompts that we hope will help you engage with the text and prepare for Seminar.
  • Please type up responses to the questions below (short responses are fine, but take the space you need).
  • Bring 2 (two) copies with you to Seminar: one to submit and one to keep for the discussion and to include in your portfolio.
  • Make sure your name is at the top of the one you submit.

Writing Prompts:

0. What (English) words or phrases that Cronon uses did you need to look up? Even after looking them up and re-reading, what words or phrases would be helpful for you to hear discussed?
1. What is Cronon actually saying? What are his main points? What are his arguments?
2. What was most persuasive or powerful about the essay?
3. What questions do you have about what Cronon is saying that you would like to discuss in seminar?
   • (Note that while questions whose answers are yes/no or matters of fact that can be looked up can certainly be important questions for you, they tend not to be questions that invite discussion.)
4. In what ways did you respond positively to what Cronon wrote – in other words, what resonated well for you in the essay?
5. In what ways did the essay ring hollow for you, leaving you dissatisfied or looking for more? How might those moments be addressed to strengthen the essay?
   • (Note that the predominant discourse mode in traditional academia is one that starts by looking at flaws/weaknesses in another’s statement and tearing it down. The trajectory of questions here asks you to start by looking at the best of what this essay offers in order to learn the most from it first before criticizing it).

You can find the solutions to Physics Problem Set #3 (Week 3) here.

Student solutions to Week 3 Chemistry workshop are available:

• Solutions to even problems (2 versions) here and here.
• Solutions to odd problems here.

The original Chemistry Workshop 3 worksheet is here.

For Week 4 Physics:

• Read Ch. 6, Ch. 7
• Access Reading Response via MasteringPhysics. See Guidelines.
• Chapter 6 & 7 Learning Objectives
  0. (continuing objectives) I: Be able to work in and switch between verbal, pictorial, graphical, and algebraic/symbolic representations. II: Connect and apply concepts and methods of physics to other disciplines, particularly math and chemistry.
  1. Given a physical situation, apply Newton’s Second and Third Laws by:
     1. drawing a sketch (including selecting an object or objects of interest and identifying forces),
     2. constructing a free-body (force) diagram for each object of interest (separately),
     3. determining the (vector) forces acting on each object in terms of knowns and unknowns, and
     4. applying Newton’s Second Law in component form to solve for unknowns.
  2. Apply the various properties of weight forces, normal forces, tension forces, spring forces, friction forces, and drag forces in analyzing problems.

You can find the solutions to Calculus Problem Set #3 (Week 3) here.