For Week 4 Math:

• Read 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.
  • Skim 1.2 and 1.4. If you’re rusty with exponentials and logarithms, review these sections with more attention.
• Access Reading Response via WileyPLUS. See Guidelines.
• Learning Objectives
  0. (continuing objectives) I: Be able to work in and switch between verbal, numerical/tabular, graphical, and algebraic/symbolic representations. II: Connect and apply concepts and methods of calculus to other disciplines, particularly physics and chemistry.
  1. Use the derivative of a constant multiple rule, the derivative of a sum and difference rule, and the power rule to find derivatives of power and polynomial functions.
  2. Find derivatives of the exponential functions e^x and a^x.
  3. Use the product rule and the quotient rule to find derivatives of functions multiplied together or divided together.
  4. Interpret and solve increasingly complicated questions involving derivatives.

Chemistry Problem Set 4:

• Chapter 4: 76, 77, 79, 86, 88, 91, 99, 104, 122
• Chapter 5: 25, 32, 33, 45, 52, 58, 61, 64, 70, 115 

Solutions to Chemistry Problem Set 3 can be found here.

For Week 4 Chemistry:

• Read 4.10 through 5.6.
• Access Reading Response form here. See Guidelines.
• Learning Objectives:
  1. Use the localized electron bonding model, the octet rule, and the concept of formal charge to draw Lewis structures of compounds and polyatomic ions.
  2. Apply Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory to predict the shape and polarity of molecules.
  3. State the deficiencies of the localized electron bonding model and explain the need for a more sophisticated model.
  4. Draw Molecular Orbital diagrams for diatomic molecules.
  5. Apply Molecular Orbital theory and bond order calculations to predict bond length and bond strength.

As indicated in the program Syllabus, in week 4 we have our first seminar. The seminar will start at 9 am on Thursday October 22 in Lab 2 2238 Sem 2 C3105, in lieu of chemistry lab.

We will read and discuss Cronon’s Only Connect as an entry point into a conversation about a liberal arts education in general and your education in particular. Our discussion will support your work on your Academic Statement.

Copies of the essay are outside Riley’s office if you want to pick it up when dropping off your chemistry homework. We’ll bring paper copies to class on Monday as well. We’ve also posted it here. We will provide some writing prompts to help you engage with the essay soon.

Chemistry Lab 3 including Pre-lab, Experiment Procedure, and Post-lab is available here. The Pre-lab should be completed in your chemistry lab notebook and checked off at the beginning of Lab at 9 am on Thursday, Oct. 15th. Please read through the entire lab, including the Post-lab, before Thursday morning.

• 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. 17.

The week 3 Physics Reading Response is available at MasteringPhysics. Learning objectives have been added to the corresponding posts below.

• 2.4: 4, 19, 23, 25, 32, 34, 35
• 2.5: 1, 2, 5, 7, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 28, 30, 31, 33, 34
• 2.6: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18

• 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. 16.
• Feel free to use Desmos or equivalent or other online tools and what you developed in previous Math Labs for exploration and reinforcement. Note that you don’t have access to Desmos for quizzes and exams, though.

You can find the solutions to Calculus Problem Set #2 and Physics Problem Set #2 here.

For Week 3 Physics:

• Read Ch. 4 (skip 4.4 & 4.7), Ch. 5
• Access Reading Response via MasteringPhysics. See Guidelines.
• Chapter 4 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 an object’s path in space (a motion diagram, position component vs. time graphs, or position vs. time equation in unit vector notation) in two or three dimensions, use vector methods or calculus to determine its velocity and acceleration at various locations and times.
  2. Given an object’s velocity and acceleration vectors, show how the acceleration vector is connected to the change in the velocity vector’s magnitude (its speed) and its direction.
  3. Use the independence of perpendicular components of motion to separate a motion problem in two or three dimensions into linked problems in one dimension.
  4. Analyze uniform circular motion by relating period, velocity, radius, angular velocity, and centripetal acceleration, including the directional properties of velocity and acceleration.
  5. Continue developing a robust problem-solving strategy in the context of solving quantitative kinematics problems using graphing and algebraic methods, and interpreting the results.
• Chapter 5 Learning Objectives
  0. (continuing objectives): See above
  1. Characterize, catalog, identify, and use the properties of various types of forces.
  2. Explain the connection between force and motion as described in the law of inertia (Newton’s First Law) and the connection between net force acting on a mass and its acceleration (Newton’s Second Law).
  3. Given several forces acting on a single object, use Newton’s Second Law to determine the object’s acceleration; or given the motion, determine an unknown force.
  4. Construct free-body diagrams for various scenarios.