Jeff Canfield's Georgia Perimeter College Web Page

Jeff has a Ph.D. in Physics and has taught Physics at GPC and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Jeff has taught General Chemistry at the Ohio State University.
Jeff knows most General Chemistry, some Organic Chemistry, and some Biochemistry.
Jeff knows Matlab, C, Basic, UNIX, Excel, and MS-Word very well.
Jeff knows Mathematica, MS-DOS, html, Fortran, Smalltalk, and Cobol fairly well.

Jeff's Spring 2010 GPC Tutoring Hours:

Wednesday				3pm-9pm		Decatur LTC
Thursday				2pm-9pm		Decatur LTC

GPC Learning and Tutoring Centers (LTC):

Campus	Location	Phone Number	Comments
Clarkston	JCLRC 2nd Floor CL2330	678-891-3590	The Math Lab has Math and Science Tutors.
Decatur	SF 1200	678-891-2575
Dunwoody	LRC 3200	770-274-5244	Has many Math,Chemistry,Biology,Physics links.
Newton	Room 2140	770-278-1370

Each site above has a different mix of tutors, different online handouts and resources, and different links to other sites.
Check them out to find subject tutors that match your schedule.
Some locations, days, and times are less busy than others, so keep stopping by until you find a location and time that work best for you.

Online Math Tutoring at GPC

GPC's HP/MESA Lab in CH-3240 on Clarkston Campus

Gwinnett County Public Library offers free access to tutoring via tutor.com:

Perhaps your local library does too.

GPC's pre-Nursing and Nursing Tutorial Lab in CH-1140 on Clarkston Campus:

Help for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology.
This lab has many plastic models of body parts.
Pearson has online help for various Anatomy and Physiology textbooks.
memorize.com has many online quizzes and lets you make your own.
MCAT and other tests practice.

Some Private Tutors

Try a Google search with the keywords "Atlanta tutoring" to find more.

Helpful Links for many subjects from GPC's Center for Teaching and Learning

General Study Tips:

Go to class, sit in front if you can, ask questions, and take notes.
Get to know your Professor. If you go to their office hours, they can seem very different from how they seem in class.
Outside of class, find a quiet place to study, preferably near some plants and with good ventilation.
Read the assigned sections and do the homeworks.
- Homework is meant to help you learn by doing. It gives you practice and should help you prepare for tests.
- Would you expect to improve if you had someone else do your practicing for you?
Find someone else to study with:
- Often different people pick up different things in class or as they read.
- You can remind each other of upcoming deadlines or things your Professor said in class.
- You can take notes for each other if one of you needs to miss a class.
- You can provide each other with moral support and keep each other motivated.
- You may find concept A easier to grasp while your study partner finds concept B easier to grasp.
- Explaining things to each other helps solidify what you have already learned.
- Asking each other questions can point out holes in your understanding.
- Communication and Teamwork are skills useful in any career.
Look in your textbook and class notes for examples similar to your homework problems.
Look in the back of your textbook for answers to certain homework problems.
Inspect your textbook's table of contents, index, and appendices.
- The index can help you quickly find a specific topic in your textbook.
Review the end-of-chapter summaries and special review sections before quizzes and tests.
Find an online web page for your textbook. Such pages often have interactive content to help you learn.
Find a student study guide or solutions manual for your textbook. Some of these have detailed solutions to many homework problems.
- www.cramster.com has solutions to problems from many different textbooks as well as online quizzes.
- InterAct Math has online resources for many Math textbooks.
If you get stuck, try searching Google or Wikipedia for the answers.
- Several good Science Encyclopedias are in Clarkston's Library with call numbers like Ref Q121-Q123.
- Cliff's Notes has online Math and Science summaries.
- Sometimes you are too drained to make progress and your persistence will not be rewarded.
- Take a break or do something else like exercise for a while. This can work surprisingly well.
memorize.com can help you memorize a variety of Math, Science, Medical, and Technical things.
- It is interactive, it has matching mode and flashcard mode, and you can edit its contents to suit your own needs.
Strengthen your learning by identifying your learning style.
- More about learning styles from GPC's Student Success Backpack.
- Temple Grandin, herself diagnosed with autism as a child, says "The world needs all kinds of minds."
Read more study tips from GPC or NCSU.
Watch some short but helpful videos available at the Decatur LTC.
Stay healthy, be good to yourself, exercise, eat well, take breaks when you need them, and get the rest you need. These all help you learn better.
- If stress is getting to you, try GPC's Personal Counseling Services.
If you need some inspiration, watch some online science shows.
Be glad your teacher isn't Richard Solomon or Pai Mei.
- May you have the determination of The Bride if they are.

Some Useful Math Links:

MyMathLab Login Page
InterAct Math (online resources for many Math textbooks)
Links from GPC's Center for Teaching and Learning
Links from GPC's Student Success Backpack
Compass Test Practice
Cliff's Notes for Math online
GPC Math Tutoring Center Links:
- Clarkston's Math Lab
- Decatur's Math Handouts (some Compass practice sets)
- Decatur's Online Math Resources
- Dunwoody's Math Lab (some Compass practice sets)
- Newton's Online Math Resources
Online Math Tutoring at GPC
GPC's HP/MESA Lab in CH-3240 on Clarkston Campus
Links for Online Math Quizzes:
- U Missouri-Columbia
- Morrison Media LLC
- Kathryn Schulte and picrust.com
- Jefferson Lab
- www.mathisfun.com
- memorize.com has some and lets you make your own.
- Do a Google search with the keywords "online college math tests" to find more.
Math Skills Needed for the MCAT
MCAT Test Practice
Links About Calculators:
- General TI Graphing Calculator Information
- TI Calculator Tutorials
- TI-83/84 Plus Calculator Movies
- TI Guidebooks
- TI-83 Plus Calculator Guidebook
  - Downloaded 9/24/08 from this web site.
  - It is a big file, so it can be slow to display.
  - p.564 shows how to graph piecewise functions.
- TI-84 Plus Calculator Guidebook
  - Downloaded 9/24/08 from this web site.
  - It is a big file, so it can be slow to display.
  - p.481 shows how to graph piecewise functions.
- Freeware for TI Calculators
- Free Downloadable Software for TI-83/84 Plus Calculators
- TI Connect Software can be downloaded for the PC or Mac
Links About Special Math Topics:
- Basic Algebra
- Equation of a Line (click here for more practice)
- Exponents
- Logarithms
- Quadratic Equation (click here for more practice)
- Volumes of Objects
- Trigonometry
- Hyperbolic Functions
- Logarithmic Identities
- Differentiation (click here for more practice)
- Integration
- Taylor Series Expansion of Functions
- Power Series
- Sums of Series
- Pascal's Triangle gives the Binomial Expansion Coefficients
Mathematica Quick Start
- Mathematica 6 is available in Clarkston's Computer and Math Labs (CL2350 and CL2330 on JCLRC's 2nd Floor).
- Mathematica Free Trials are available.
- Mathematica Student Licenses can be purchased online.
MathWorld, an online math resource from the makers of Mathematica
Matlab Central has many free program files for use in Matlab
- Matlab R2007a is available in Clarkston's Computer Lab (CL2350 on JCLRC's 2nd Floor).
- Matlab Student Licenses can be purchased online.
How to solve 5x+6y=30 and 3x+7y=12 to get x=138/17=8.1176 and y=-30/17=-1.7647:
- TI-83/84 calculators can solve this kind of problem too, as shown here.
- DC electrical circuits can be solved using the methods above.
Other Neat Math Stuff:
- Turning a sphere inside out (video)
- Solving the Rubik's Cube
- Probabilities of Poker hands
- Nice Guys Finish First, a video about Game Theory, cooperation, and morality
- Nick's Math Puzzles
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Some Useful Physics Links:

Mastering Physics (used in some GPC classes)
Links from GPC's Center for Teaching and Learning
Links from GPC's Student Success Backpack
Cliff's Notes for Physics Online
Links about TI calculators
Lab-Related Links:
Web Pages for Touger's Physics Textbook:
- Electronic Version at 40% off? Free 7-Day Trial?
- Chapters 2-4 Online
- Student Companion Site
- Web Examples (free online - good for practice & review)
- Web Links (free online - good for practice & review)
- Detailed Answers to Many Odd-Numbered Problems (free online - good for practice & review)
- Supplements you can buy
Web Sites for other Introductory Physics Textbooks:
- Cutnell & Johnson's 7th Edition (lots of free interactive online content such as MCAT prep questions)
- Halliday, Resnick, & Walker's 8th Edition
- Giancoli's 5th Edition (lots of free interactive online content such as MCAT prep questions)
Sample MCAT Physics and Chemistry Questions
MCAT Test Practice
memorize.com has many interactive quizzes, and tools for making your own.
Other Neat Physics Stuff:
- Introductory Physics Demos (includes online quizzes)
- Introductory Physics Demos
- More Advanced Physics Demos
- Roller Coaster Demo
- Walter Fendt's Physics Applets
- Michael Fowler's Physics Flashlets and Applets
- Fermilabyrinth
- The Physics of Simple Machines
- Physics Galore from Physics Central
- Bob, the winner from "Survivor: Gabon", teaches Physics
- Mars Rovers (still going?) "Month in Review" reports are nice
  - These rovers landed on Mars in January 2004 to begin missions designed to last for three months.
- Phoenix Mars Lander
- More About Phoenix Mars Lander
- Galaxy Zoo enables just about anyone to participate in Astronomy research.
- Solar Stormwatch enables just about anyone to participate in Solar Physics research.
- UIUC Physics Van performs fun shows like in this video.
- Videos of Wake Forest Physics Demonstrations
- Videos of U of Minnesota Physics and Mechanics Demonstrations
- Classic videos of physicist Richard Feynman discussing gravity, quantum mechanics, time, etc.
Acoustics:
- Musical Acoustics (includes frequencies for different instruments)
- How Different Waveforms Sound (interactive online demo - just press "play")
- The Human Voice
Bernoulli's Equation and Hurricane Safety:
- Why high winds can lift the roofs off houses.
- More phenomena caused by Bernoulli's Equation.
Example of Mechanical Resonance (Tacoma Narrows Bridge):
- Overview of Bridge Failure
- Short Video (about 1 min)
- Long Video (about 4 min)
- Is it really an example of resonance?
- Other examples of resonance in bridges:
  - Millenium Bridge in London wobbled as pedestrians walked across it.
  - Anger's Bridge collapsed as soldiers marched across it in lockstep.
- Tesla's Earthquake Machine was featured in Episode 60 of Mythbusters on August 30, 2006.
  - Mythbusters Episode Guides on Discovery Channel's site and Wikipedia.
- Tuned mass dampers can weaken mechanical resonances.
American Physical Society and Physics Central
The Chemical Register has some career-oriented links for Physics.

Some Useful Computer Science Links:

Some Useful Chemistry Links:

Mastering Chemistry (used in some GPC classes)
Links from GPC's Center for Teaching and Learning
Links from GPC's Student Success Backpack
Cliff's Notes for Chemistry Online
Online Periodic Tables:
Some Helpful Mathematics:
Some Useful Reference Books:
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- Merck Index
- Physician's Desk Reference
- Stryer's "Biochemistry" 5th Edition:
  - Many end-of-chapter summaries, problems, and answers are online.
  - You can electronically search and read this book's relevant sections online.
- Alberts' "Molecular Biology of the Cell" 4th Edition:
  - You can electronically search and read this book's relevant sections online.
- Several good Science Encyclopedias are in Clarkston's Library with call numbers like Ref Q121-Q123.
GPC's pre-Nursing and Nursing Tutorial Lab in CH-1140 on Clarkston Campus:
- Help for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology.
- This lab has many plastic models of body parts.
- Pearson has online help for various Anatomy and Physiology textbooks.
- memorize.com has many online quizzes and lets you make your own.
General Chemistry Help:
- General Chemistry Online (lots of interactive content)
- IUPAC naming conventions
- NIST Chemical Formula Search
- Chemistry Games (know the elements, balance reactions, etc.)
- Online Chemistry Quizzes
- memorize.com has many interactive quizzes (like balancing reactions), and tools for making your own.
- Sample MCAT Chemistry and Physics Questions
- MCAT Test Practice
- WKRP's Venus Explains The Atom
- Oxidation Numbers (click here for more practice)
- Atomic or Electron Shielding Constants
- Pictures of Orbitals in Elements
  - More pictures are here if you click on the "Orbitals" tab.
- Enthalpy of Formation (more values are here)
- Heat of Vaporization
- pH of Acid-Base solutions (more help is here)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
Organic Chemistry Help:
- IUPAC naming conventions
- NIST Chemical Formula Search
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Chem Helper (has practice tests, tutorials, and a message board)
- AceOrganicChem.com
- Amino Acids found in Proteins
- Genetic Code
- Carbohydrates (includes monosaccharides and disaccharides)
- NMR and IR Spectra
- NMR and IR Spectra from UCLA
- NMR and IR Spectra from UCBoulder
- Organic Chemistry Reactions (nice summaries and quizzes)
- Organic Chemistry Reactions by Name
- Ohio State University Organic Chemistry Resources:
  - Electronic Flashcards (good for memorizing reactions)
- memorize.com has many interactive quizzes, and tools for making your own.
- MCAT Test Practice
- Smith's "Organic Chemistry" 2nd Edition:
  - Online quizzes (with answers) for each chapter (for example, Chapter 1)
  - Supplements you can buy
American Chemical Society
The Chemical Register has many career-oriented links for Chemistry.

Online Math, Science, and Inspirational Videos:

PBS has many online science shows such as "Nova", "NerdTV", "WIRED Science", and "Nature".
"Nova" has some shows about Physics and Math.
Nova's "Science Now" and Scientific American "Frontiers" are good shows.
The BBC has many online science radio shows.
The Discovery Channel has some online videos. Their show called "Mythbusters" often involves Physics.
Google has some full episodes of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" show.
"Bill Nye The Science Guy" and Nickelodeon's "Mr. Wizard's World" were both good science shows.
Lab TV has many science videos such as kids making LEGO robots.
- April 14-17, 2000 at Atlanta's Georgia Dome is a LEGO Robot competition called First LEGO League.
- Here is a First LEGO League promotional video.
YouTube has Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's "Peak Oil" presentation chopped into 7 parts.
- There are more presentations like it. C-SPAN often has such presentations.
Al Gore and Bono's "Unified Earth Theory" talk from the 2008 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is on YouTube.
President Obama speaking at a solar energy facility (Oct 27, 2009).
President Obama's "Message for America's Students" (Sep 8, 2009).
Erin Gruwell's 2009 Bay Path College Commencement Speech (press the red "f" button to view it).
Dean Kamen's 2009 University of Arizona Commencement Speech (press the red "f" button to view it).
Robin Chase's 2009 SUNY-Oswego Commencement Speech (press the red "f" button to view it).
- Click here for the transcript.
Juan Williams' 2009 speech about voting rights (press the red "f" button to view it).
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading has many interesting (and sometimes controversial) science and technology talks.
- Here are some where the physicist Richard Feynman talks about energy, atoms, heat, chemistry, etc.
Lorenzo's Oil was a good movie based on a true story about a lay-person who reads many articles on his own and prods the right scientists in order to develop a cure for his son's rare neurological disease.
More Math and Physics videos.

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Ohio State Web Site

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