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I am in Chem 105 which I need for my major. this class has me fucking lost,I'm a very picture thinking person and I have no idea how to like conceptualize the problems and equations for conversion factors and what not since I have literally no experience with chem from high school or anything. Anybody have chem tips to like picture this shit in my mind?
Ask the professor or the TAs? Or read your book. Presumably this is the spring semester and you took 104 prior to this no? I assume you're past balancing equations and such and on to acid/base equilibrium or redox or something of that nature? Or basic atomic structure?
If you don't like your textbook go to the library and check out a different one. But in my experience a lot of chemistry books are actually pretty good.
DrZoidbergAsk the professor or the TAs? Or read your book. Presumably this is the spring semester and you took 104 prior to this no? I assume you're past balancing equations and such and on to acid/base equilibrium or redox or something of that nature? Or basic atomic structure?
If you don't like your textbook go to the library and check out a different one. But in my experience a lot of chemistry books are actually pretty good.
^^ this for sure,, if youre not much of a reader, there are always people on youtube you can help you visualize through it
DrZoidbergAsk the professor or the TAs? Or read your book. Presumably this is the spring semester and you took 104 prior to this no? I assume you're past balancing equations and such and on to acid/base equilibrium or redox or something of that nature? Or basic atomic structure?
If you don't like your textbook go to the library and check out a different one. But in my experience a lot of chemistry books are actually pretty good.
Shit I didn’t even think of my textbook lmao, gotta have some good shit in there, I sent my prof an email to schedule some extra help, also just found out my homie is in the same lecture
If you're having issues with converting, the best way to write it out that's similar to a picture is ratio factoring. Basically, write every value and unit as a fraction and just start canceling shit out. Even if something isn't a fraction, just put it over 1 for conceptualizing. You can use as many conversion factors as you need to get to your final unit. I learned this in high school chem and used it all the way through undergrad for civil.
safety.thirdIf you're having issues with converting, the best way to write it out that's similar to a picture is ratio factoring. Basically, write every value and unit as a fraction and just start canceling shit out. Even if something isn't a fraction, just put it over 1 for conceptualizing. You can use as many conversion factors as you need to get to your final unit. I learned this in high school chem and used it all the way through undergrad for civil.
CrunnchyPissFartI'd agree, for somebody going into natural science and outdoor education I think chem is pretty important
Got a degree in forestry with a minor in plant biology. It is and it isn't. Intro chem classes are mostly just weeder classes. Generally speaking, intro chem classes are going to be way too broad, and only last a semester or two, so you never have time to get down into the mud and actually learn concepts to the point where you could use them.
Just make sure you understand the basics and pass the class. It get's a lot more fun down the road when things get more specific
PhlebotomistPart of the major because its important to learn, not to make people who have a hard time with it suffer and drop out
I bet if you quized uni seniors on the shit that they should have learned in their intro classes 80% of them would fail. What matters is what you use and intros are always way to broad and way to short to learn anything meaningful besides the basics. Hence why they are weeder courses. They're there to see if you can handle the college workload. Chem 101 at my university had a god awful pass rate and all those people where engineers
LonelyGot a degree in forestry with a minor in plant biology. It is and it isn't. Intro chem classes are mostly just weeder classes. Generally speaking, intro chem classes are going to be way too broad, and only last a semester or two, so you never have time to get down into the mud and actually learn concepts to the point where you could use them.
Just make sure you understand the basics and pass the class. It get's a lot more fun down the road when things get more specific
Stop murdering the forest u fucking environmental rapist.
LonelyGot a degree in forestry with a minor in plant biology. It is and it isn't. Intro chem classes are mostly just weeder classes. Generally speaking, intro chem classes are going to be way too broad, and only last a semester or two, so you never have time to get down into the mud and actually learn concepts to the point where you could use them.
Just make sure you understand the basics and pass the class. It get's a lot more fun down the road when things get more specific
LonelyI bet if you quized uni seniors on the shit that they should have learned in their intro classes 80% of them would fail. What matters is what you use and intros are always way to broad and way to short to learn anything meaningful besides the basics. Hence why they are weeder courses. They're there to see if you can handle the college workload. Chem 101 at my university had a god awful pass rate and all those people where engineers
LonelyI bet if you quized uni seniors on the shit that they should have learned in their intro classes 80% of them would fail. What matters is what you use and intros are always way to broad and way to short to learn anything meaningful besides the basics. Hence why they are weeder courses. They're there to see if you can handle the college workload. Chem 101 at my university had a god awful pass rate and all those people where engineers
Nah, it's also a good way to broaden students' interests. For example, I had a good friend switch from mech engineering to biomed because he took a general bio class, saw the similarities that he liked, and switched major. So some of those broad, entry level courses really have the main objective to introducing people to more specific fields or topics that they may want to focus their education or work on later.
Chem was like the only thing that came easy to me. I only took a couple 100 levels like you are in so I probably would have gotten owned in upper level but I was smart enough to not attempt.
CrunnchyPissFartI am in Chem 105 which I need for my major. this class has me fucking lost,I'm a very picture thinking person and I have no idea how to like conceptualize the problems and equations for conversion factors and what not since I have literally no experience with chem from high school or anything. Anybody have chem tips to like picture this shit in my mind?
