How to study and write for Chemistry


Academic Success Videos: Chemistry
9 strategies to enhance learning and succeed in chemistry. This video also includes the importance of Chem Lab. Note: requires Quick Time to play.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/videos/video_ch.html
Assignment Calculator
Having trouble getting long term assignments done? Try this out:Choose Chemistry from general to Polymers. The calculator will automatically begin with today's date. Then put in the date the assignment is due. CLICK and voila. All the interim pieces, what you have to do each week to get it done on time, are laid out for you. No more excuses!
http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/
Chemistry Study Strategies Inventory
Do you know the 11 strategies needed to excel in chemistry? Try this inventory. Score it and find out your predicted chemistry grade!
http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/cas.nsf/$Content/Chemistry+Study+Strategies+Inventory?OpenDocument
Study Techniques for Chemistry   PDF file PDF file
Common problems faced by all chemistry students! You're not alone! Plus study skills for chemistry.
http://gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/slac/Subject/Science/Chemistry/Study-Techniques-for-Chemistry/study Techniques for Chemistry.pdf
How to study chemistry
4 hours a week and I only get a D! What does it take to get an A and how do I get started. Find out here.
http://ice.chem.umbc.edu/Chem351/study.html
How to Make the Grade in Chemistry
6 chemistry tutors share their best tips for chemistry. All for free!
http://science.widener.edu/svb/essay/makegrade.html
How to Succeed in Chemistry
Includes how to prepare for labs!
http://faculty.sdmiramar.edu/faculty/sdccd/fgarces/ChemComon/Testphobia.htm#How%20to%20Succeed%20in%20Chemistry
Study Tips for Chemistry Students (What I wish they had told me as an undergraduate)
Study offensively. How do I do that?
http://people.cornellcollege.edu/cliberko/studytips.htm
Chemistry Study Skills
These effective study skill strategies were specifically designed for you to be successful in learning chemistry.
http://wc.pima.edu/~carem/CHEMSKIL.html
How to Survive Basic Chemistry
Is your chemistry course a "real spittin' cussin' nightmare?" Here's what to do.
http://www.chemtutor.com/heurist.htm#survive
mathematics Test - Chemistry
You don't need to know any chemistry to take this assessment. It will give you a preview of the kinds of math problems to expect in chemistry. Then it will recommend refresher math modules for you.
http://cstl.syr.edu/fipse/pretests/Chem/chemself.htm
How to Pass Chemistry
Does attitude have anything to do with it? What are the common traps?
http://www.heptune.com/passchem.html
How to Study Chemistry
Do you have a weird chemistry teacher?
http://ice.chem.umbc.edu/Chem351/study.html
10 Ways to Make Chemistry HARD
You probably know five of these already!
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/Making_Chemistry_Hard.html
How to Study Chemistry
Clear Checklist from the University of Utah includes questioning strategies as well as study habit tips.
http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/hjakubowski/classes/ch123/studychem.htm
Laboratory Tips for Organic Students
What to do went waiting for a chemical reaction. Make the best use of your time. Check it out here.
http://tigger.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/OrganicTips/organictips.html
Ten ways to pass your next chemistry exam
Only 10?
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/examtips.shtml
Chemistry Study Hints
What to do before, during and after the lecture.
http://web.chem.ucla.edu/%7eharding/study_hints.html
Report Writing
Four parts to the report: table samples, calculations, uncertainty analysis, discussion.
http://tigger.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/Report_Writing/report_writing.html
Writing in Chemistry Courses
Oh, no. I thought that I was finished writing in Freshman Comp! Now I've got lab reports and critical evaluations, whatever they are.
http://www.marquette.edu/wac/departmental/MarquetteUniversityWritinginChemistryCourses.shtml
Chemistry A few general charateristics of good writing in Chemistry
Get the list of characteristics of good writing in Chemistry. It's not Comp 101. "Do not start a sentence with a number unless it is part of a chemical name!"
http://www.lynchburg.edu/x2287.xml
How to keep a Notebook
Not your usual writing assignment, but still very important, especially in the sciences. See Dartmouth's directions on this.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/info/notebooks/how_to.html
Lab Reports for Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab
Get the general format, which includes points for procedures as well as results.
http://www.lynchburg.edu/x2288.xml
Sample Chem Lab Notebook
See a REAL example of a Chemistry Notebook. Look at the categories as a way to structure your own lab report.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/info/notebooks/sample.html
Short Lab Reports for Organic Chemistry Lab
I'm all for short, but sometimes these are harder to write! What do you mean, I forgot the abstract?
http://www.lynchburg.edu/x2291.xml