[Prep Lab Students] Spring 2026- Week 12

[Weaver, Tyler]

The Weekly Mix
Volume: Spring 2026 | Edition: Week 12
Schedule

We’re in the home stretch! Let’s finish strong!

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Experimental Details

Review the window notes and any associated equipment guides for additional details. Please refer to the week 11 edition<https://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/preplabstudents/2026-March/000345.html> for details on SGR and WST.

ECE
Students will be using 6-sided dice for the first part of this experiment. If they need more, there should be a supply in the window. Ice will also be needed; if you notice students wearing gloves on both hands, please nicely ask them to remove one glove. No additional commentary is needed. Please be polite- they’re still learning.
QUL
All rooms have a significant stash of 1.7 mL microcentrifuge tubes behind their marker boards. The students will be using the centrifuges for this- if they report one is not working, check the following: it’s plugged in, turned on, and the lid is fully closed. If it still doesn’t work, trade it with one of the extras in the window. Place a broken item sticker on the faulty unit.

When doing cart checks for this experiment, swap the entire bin of reagents regardless of fill level. Do not check individual bottles- it takes too long.

MGB
Model kits will be provided on the bench beside Hood A. Replacement parts are available in both windows if needed.

BLP
There are two unknowns per TA: packaged solids in a black bag and packaged solids in a clear bag. You will NOT be passing out printed copies of the BLP lab manual pages. If someone needs notebook paper, they should be given the graph paper we have in the black paper organizer.

There will be glassware setup on the bench beside Hood A. Do not remove this glassware. These items will have rubber septa on them- do not remove these.

BAR
The spectrometers use the same power cord as the hot plates. There is a “broken UV-Vis” cart in the window. Please place any broken UV-Vis on this cart immediately as they are reported. As always with anything broken, please put a broken item sticker on it describing the issue. When doing the cart check for this experiment, please swap all allura red bottles. We can check and refill them down in the lab.

TM1
This one is essentially a long synthesis. A bin containing 50-mL Erlenmeyer flasks has been provided on the bench beside Hood A. This is all of the 50-mL flasks we have, so if anyone asks for more, please direct them back to their room. The concentrated HCl and the ammonium solution are provided in 15-mL falcon tubes this semester. These are on the cart.

Full disclosure: this is newish experiment. There will be some hiccups, but this is normal. Everyone should remain communicative, and we’ll address any issues as they come up.
Other Information

Save the Date!

Our end of semester party is schedule for April 28th at 3:00pm in McPherson 1015. We’ll be having pizza!

Volunteer for Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad is on April 18th. Chemistry and Biochemistry will be hosting 4 events this year! Details on how to sign up to volunteer, for our events or others, are available in the Science Olympiad email from last week<https://lists.osu.edu/pipermail/preplabstudents/2026-March/000344.html>.

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