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CHEM 1405 Workshop #1: Significant Figures and Scientific Notation

Description: A crash course in all things related to significant figures, including identifying sig figs, measuring with correct sig figs, and calculating with sig figs. Expect an active session!

Workshop Materials: For those of you who attend the workshop (or are unable to attend) and want to check out the PowerPoint presentation or the notes outline later on, they are provided below.

Significant Figures Workshop PowerPoint
Significant Figures Workshop Outline

CHEM 1405 Workshop #2: Conversion Factors

Description: This review will explain what conversion factors are, how they are used, and various tips for making it easier and clearer. There will be plenty of practice with metric conversions, pharmacological conversions, and other complex conversion problems.

Workshop Materials: For those of you who have attended the workshop (or were unable to attend) and wanted to check out the PowerPoint presentation or the notes outline, they are provided below.

Conversion Factors Workshop Practice Problems
Conversion Factors Workshop Practice Problems Answer Key

CHEM 1405 Workshop #3: Atomic Structure and Electron Configuration

Description: This review will explain the structure of atoms, isotopes and their symbols, and how to write electron configuration for various atoms and ions.

Workshop Materials: For those of you who have attended the workshop (or were unable to attend) and wanted to check out the PowerPoint presentation or the notes outline, they are provided below.

Isotope Notation Practice (Answer Key)
The Periodic Table for Electron Configuration
Electron Configuration Practice Problems (Answer Key)

CHEM 1405 Workshop #4: Ionic & Covalent Bonding and Nomenclature

Description: A comprehensive breakdown of the differences between ionic and covalent compounds that includes explanations about how to write formulas for and name compounds in chemistry.

Workshop Materials: For those of you who have attended the workshop (or were unable to attend) and wanted to check out the PowerPoint presentation or the notes outline, they are provided below.

Ionic and Covalent Formulas and Nomenclature Workshop PowerPoint
Ionic and Covalent Formulas and Nomenclature Workshop Outline

CHEM 1405 Workshop #5: Lewis Structures and Molecular Geometry

Description: This review will explain how to draw Lewis structures for both ionic and covalent compounds, how to calculate formal charges, and how to determine molecular geometry from these Lewis structures.

Workshop Materials: For those of you who attend the workshop (or are unable to attend) and want to check out the workshop materials, they are provided below.

*Lewis Dot Structures in Ionic Compounds (Answer Key)
*Lewis Dot Structures in Covalent Compounds, Formal Charges, and Resonance (Answer Key)