Students took up last night's homework and then began to work through the rest of the first note about molecular shapes and polarity. They also started to work through the rest of the second note on intermolecular forces and water. Please have the water table completed for homework. I've also posted the unit 1 application assignment that you will begin to work on tomorrow. I'd recommend that you read it over tonight and perhaps come to class tomorrow with an idea of what molecule you'd like to research.

Today we discussed the various types of learning styles that were identified yesterday through the Index of Learning Styles Questionaire that was completed. We also discussed some strategies types of learners should use when in the classroom or when studying at home.
We then went through the first biochem note. This was pretty much an overview of some basic chemistry with some new stuff too. You'll need to do the reading on this section, answer the radioisotope questions in the note and questions #1-5 listed after the radioisotope section of the note.

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During the first class, the course information sheet will be discussed. This sheet can be downloaded here. Students will also complete a learning styles questionaire and evaluate their own learning style in order to create an individual learning plan. This questionaire can be linked to here and a description of the various learning styles can be found under the "Class Notes" section. Be sure to download and print the biochem notes for Wednesday.