Location: computer science and engineering
Time: 13:30-14:30 Monday, May 12nd, 2008
Professor: Dennis V Stynes
In fact, I attended two lectures on the second week in this month. Both of them have the same topic which is Chemical Dynamics, and there are both presented by the same professor, Dennis V Stynes. As I said before, Stynes was around 40 and 50 years old. During his lecture, he used projector as his main tool for teaching students; also. He used blackboard sometimes to show the specific things. Stynes talked about the chemical equilibrium. In his lecture, the chemical equilibrium connects to the K which is number of solubility. If we can calculate the K, then we can know which direction the reaction is. The whole lecture was about calculation, especially for the K. As I mentioned before, some students were hard-working students, and some were not; however, unlike last one, this lecture seems to be more interesting because students were really active this time. There were lots of interaction between the professor and the students this time because students asked al lot of questions and the professor answered them patiently. I thought this was all about the basic chemistry, and the students, who attended this lecture, might have different major from chemistry.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Lecture: Chemical Dynamics
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Lecture: Chemical Dynamics time
Location: computer science and engineering
Time: 14:30-15:30 Friday, May 16th, 2008
Professor: Dennis V Stynes
On Friday, I attended a lecture about chemistry. The name of the lecture is Chemical Dynamics Time. It took 60 minutes. The lecture hall is huge is time, and it was full of students. More than half students are female. I thought that Canadian male do not like chemistry. The professor named Dennis V Stynes is around 40, 50 years old. He used projector as his main tool; also, he used blackboard some times. In his lecture, he just focused on the chemical element “nitrogen”. He talked about how nitrogen reacts with oxygen in different types. He also taught us how to calculate the equation. I had no idea about the names of the other chemical elements. When he talked about nitrogen react with some elements, I could not understand what he was talking about. The chemical vocabulary is difficult. Although I learnt chemistry well in my hometown, I still can not catch 100 percent about what the professor said. Suppose I thought the professor would talk about how nitrogen harm for the environment. Actually, he did not mention any about environment. His lecture was pretty boring. The students almost fell asleep (including me). Some students were talking to each other, and some students were playing computer games (Fifa); however, those students who sat in front of the professor were hard-working students. They took notes immediately after the professor changed slides. To attend a lecture is helping for my English listening skill and note-taking skill.
Time: 14:30-15:30 Friday, May 16th, 2008
Professor: Dennis V Stynes
On Friday, I attended a lecture about chemistry. The name of the lecture is Chemical Dynamics Time. It took 60 minutes. The lecture hall is huge is time, and it was full of students. More than half students are female. I thought that Canadian male do not like chemistry. The professor named Dennis V Stynes is around 40, 50 years old. He used projector as his main tool; also, he used blackboard some times. In his lecture, he just focused on the chemical element “nitrogen”. He talked about how nitrogen reacts with oxygen in different types. He also taught us how to calculate the equation. I had no idea about the names of the other chemical elements. When he talked about nitrogen react with some elements, I could not understand what he was talking about. The chemical vocabulary is difficult. Although I learnt chemistry well in my hometown, I still can not catch 100 percent about what the professor said. Suppose I thought the professor would talk about how nitrogen harm for the environment. Actually, he did not mention any about environment. His lecture was pretty boring. The students almost fell asleep (including me). Some students were talking to each other, and some students were playing computer games (Fifa); however, those students who sat in front of the professor were hard-working students. They took notes immediately after the professor changed slides. To attend a lecture is helping for my English listening skill and note-taking skill.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Lecture: Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences
Location: CLHA
Date: 14:00-16:00 Monday, May 12nd, 2008
Professor: A. Mohammed
On this Monday, I signed up a mathematic lecture. The reason I chose the lecture about math was that I like math so much; however, before I went to the lecture hall, I thought the lecture hall would be hot, and it would be appropriate sleeping in the lecture hall. After I went into the lecture hall, I felt a little bit cold. The lecture hall was smaller than other lecture halls I had ever seen before, but it was still full of students. The professor was not too old. I thought that he is a funny professor. In the lecture, the professor wanted to talk about the “function”. I decided not to sleep. Actually, he was the professor who has the worst English pronunciation that I had ever encountered. I thought his mother language is not English because of his name.
During his lecture, the only thing that he used was projector; therefore, I could just watch the screen. Some words were spoken frequently from the professor, and I could understand clearly, for example, domain, range, positive infinity and some numbers. Most of content that I could understand was from the screen and my imagination. I have been learning that math when I was studying in high school. That math is simple for me. I can understand most of them. In his lecture, he just talked about few exercise from the textbook. The whole lecture was about how to calculate the domain and the range for the functions, and compare with them.
As I could see, most students were seem to be interested in his lecture; however, some students were eating and chatting with their friends. Several students asked many questions after the professor finished one section.
After this lecture, I was afraid that I could not understand what they say if I attent these kinds of professor when I go to university. I felt nervous because I was afraid that a non-English native speaker would teach me later. I hoped I can adjust their style and accent
Date: 14:00-16:00 Monday, May 12nd, 2008
Professor: A. Mohammed
On this Monday, I signed up a mathematic lecture. The reason I chose the lecture about math was that I like math so much; however, before I went to the lecture hall, I thought the lecture hall would be hot, and it would be appropriate sleeping in the lecture hall. After I went into the lecture hall, I felt a little bit cold. The lecture hall was smaller than other lecture halls I had ever seen before, but it was still full of students. The professor was not too old. I thought that he is a funny professor. In the lecture, the professor wanted to talk about the “function”. I decided not to sleep. Actually, he was the professor who has the worst English pronunciation that I had ever encountered. I thought his mother language is not English because of his name.
During his lecture, the only thing that he used was projector; therefore, I could just watch the screen. Some words were spoken frequently from the professor, and I could understand clearly, for example, domain, range, positive infinity and some numbers. Most of content that I could understand was from the screen and my imagination. I have been learning that math when I was studying in high school. That math is simple for me. I can understand most of them. In his lecture, he just talked about few exercise from the textbook. The whole lecture was about how to calculate the domain and the range for the functions, and compare with them.
As I could see, most students were seem to be interested in his lecture; however, some students were eating and chatting with their friends. Several students asked many questions after the professor finished one section.
After this lecture, I was afraid that I could not understand what they say if I attent these kinds of professor when I go to university. I felt nervous because I was afraid that a non-English native speaker would teach me later. I hoped I can adjust their style and accent
Thursday, May 8, 2008
"Who needs nature? We do!" : David Suzuki's Earth Time: Essays
The earth maintains human; however, human hurt their motherland: the earth. With growing economy, we destroy the environment.
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