Hi, I'm Arnold Mendez the Gen Chem Lab Instructor and Coordinator at Texas A&M University. I want to welcome you to the General Chemistry Lab Program Website.
On this website you will find information to compliment the material you will be recieving during your general chemistry 1 and 2 labs (CHEM 1111 & CHEM 1112). Some of this information will include downloads, handouts, articles, and various other materials you will need to complete the lab course.
We wish you the best and look forward to seeing you in lab class.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me at arnold.mendez@tamucc.edu
Course Material
Fall Semester 2008-Important Notice about the Fall Semester Gen Chem labs
Although classes begin on Wednesday Aug 27th the Gen Chem 1 & 2 Labs will not begin until Monday September 8th. Since Monday September 1 (Labor Day) is a campus holiday there will be no Gen Chem labs that week. Therefore the labs will begin on the 8th.
When you come to your first lab please bring a lab coat, goggles, lab manual, lab notebook and come properly dressed. Please link to the syllabus below for complete details.
Online Lab Safety Course-SMTE 0091 Please bring a copy of the lab safety grade (should be 100%)and the Safety Info Survey Form with you to your first lab. If you do not have a copy of the lab safety grade by the second lab you will not be allowed to continue in lab and you will be asked to leave. Although you will be readmitted with the graded safety course test, any labs missed will not be made up and will be the student's responsibility. To take the online safety course go to the TAMU-CC website homepage and click on the "Island Online" link and follow the instructions. Your instructor can not administer the test, it must be completed online.
Class Syllabus This is the syllabus for both Gen Chem 1 & 2 Labs. It contains information on how the labs will operate and important information for the students. Also included in the syllabus is a course lab/experiment schedule showing dates for each particular lab/experiment. Please have a syllabus with you when you attend lab as it will be referred to often. Please note that the link to the honors lab is below. Fall Semester 2008 Syllabus
Schedule of Gen Chem 1 & 2 Labs This schedule shows times of labs, room numbers, and instructors. Fall Semester 2008 Lab Schedule
Periodic Table Please print out this Periodic Table and have it available when you come to lab. Periodic Table of the elements
Instructor Contact Information This contains contact information about the Lab Instructors. Included are phone numbers and email address. Use this information to contact your specific lab instructor directly. Fall Semester 2008 Contact Info
Safety Information and Proper Lab Dress Guidelines This link will allow you to print out the lab safety material. You are responsible for following these guidelines while you are in lab. Please become familiar with this material. It includes information on the dress requirements for lab. At the beginning of the semester you will be given this information, because of its importance it is being posted here. Safety Regulations
Lab Supplements This link contains supplementary lab information. Including information on the lab notebook. Lab Supplements
Experiment Supplements This link contains supplementary material for various experiments including The modified Scientific Observations Lab. Experiment Supplements
Honors Chemistry Lab This link contains material for those students enrolled in the CHEM 1111.H51 Honors chem lab that meets during the spring semester. Honors lab link
Lab Announcements
The gen chem lab instructors will often have to communicate changes and other information to their specific labs for various reasons. Also, a general message may have to be communicated to all the gen chem lab students in all labs, bear in mind that some semesters we may have more than 600 students meeting in more than 25 lab sections each week. These messages may be as simple as small changes in your lab to important information about the campus closing because of inclement weather. Your gen chem lab instructor will communicate with you in three primary ways. First, important information will be announced in lab. Secondly, messages will be sent out via the email list server (see next section) and finally messages will be posted on this web site. It is your responsibility to keep track of what is going on in your labs. It is highly recommended that you check the announcement section of this website several times a week to see if there are any new messages.
Posted Lab/List Server Announcements For recent lab announcements and information click on the dated links below.
Email List Server This link contains information about how to log on and off of the gen chem email list server. The listserver is a group email box which allows the instructors to communicate with the lab students via email. The list server requires students to log on to the list server at the beginning of the semester. You will then be able to receive timely email messages. Important messages will not only be sent out via the email listserver they will also be posted on this website. It is required that you not only log on to the list server so that you may receive these emails but also you frequently check for messages posted above. Logging on to the List Server-Instructions
Gen Chem Lab - Adjunct Instructors
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| Ioan Nicolau | Marilyn Lawson | Ray Symons | Yves Coeckelenbergh |
Chula Vista The General Chemistry Lab Program has adopted Chula Vista Academy of Fine Arts as our Adopt-A-School partner. Chula Vista AFA is an elementary school in the Corpus Christi ISD. The Academy provides opportunities for students to increase their talents and skills in the visual and performing arts, in addition to maintaining a strong academic curriculum. Some of the fine arts classes offered include; orchestra, piano, creative writing, theater arts, and photography. This link highlights some of the activities supported by the TAMUCC General Chemistry Lab Program through the Adopt-A-School Program. Chula Vista Adopt A School