Welcome to Chem 1210 - Autumn Semester 2022

[Zellmer, Robert]

Hello.  I am Dr. Zellmer.  I am teaching Chem 1210 Autumn Semester.
I'm also teaching Chem 1220.

We are fully in person, for better or worse.

I apologize if you are getting this and you are not signed up for Chem 1210.
I got the current roster with your e-mails from the registrar (SIS, Buckeyelink).
In follow-up e-mails I'll discuss recitations, quizzes and various other things.

I also apologize for sending this so late.  Normally it would have been sent
awhile ago.  We've been modifying the syllabus and Carmen.
Needless to say, things have been a little hectic.

If you are on a wait list, I'm sending this info to you as well, so you know
it if you get in the course.  You can get to all the material on my web pages
but you won't have access to Carmen.  If you are still on the wait list when
we start this week I encourage you to come to lecture. You can not attend
lab if you're not enrolled.

Carmen is active.  There may still be some changes which occur this week.
I'll send more on that, the textbook and on-line homework system in
subsequent e-mails.

I have personal class webpages which are partially available now.  I'm
still working on parts of them.

You will be getting a lot of e-mail from me throughout the semester.  It
is meant to inform and help you about the course and lab.  You can
read it or not but if you miss something because you haven't it's your
responsibility.  You may not need something in an e-mail immediately when
you get the e-mail, but you should save it.  There's also links on my
Chem 1220 pages (not Carmen) for every e-mail I will send at the bottom
of the page.


The course and lab syllabi are available.  You'll find them in Carmen.
I put links to them on my personal class webpage as well (see below).

The semester starts tomorrow, Tuesday, 8/23/22.

All lab sections except those on Monday meet this week.  Monday labs
meet for the first time the 2nd week of classes.

Wed and Fri recitation sections will meet this week.  This first period for
Wed sections is simply general info about the course and is ungraded.
Friday recitations this week have graded activity 1.  See pages 8-9 of the
syllabus for more detail about recitation.

Attendance will be taken during recitations.    You will also be taking quizzes
each week outside of normal class time (Sunday evenings).  Both attendance
and quizzes will be part of your recitation score.  There are more details in the
syllabus and I will send a follow-up e-mail about recitations and quizzes.

The lab supervisor will be sending e-mails and/or putting announcements in
Carmen with details about the labs.  See the lab syllabus on Carmen and
my webpage for details.

The class Carmen pages are active so you can start checking on material which
will be due the first week of classes. There are mandatory quizzes on Carmen
which are due the first week.

You will access MasteringChemistry and the eText through the MyLab and
Mastering link in the menu for the course.  You get access through CarmenBooks.
There are already some things set up for the first week.  For the first week there's
nothing for credit.  You'll find an Introduction to MasteringChemistry", and
"Chemistry Primer".  They are NOT for credit and if you used MC previously
you may not need to do the "Intro" set. I'll send more info about the online
homework in follow-up e-mails.

I have my own webpages, separate from Carmen.  There's a lot of information
there.  You should investigate what's there.  Not everything is activated just yet.

The links to my homepage and the class link (which can be found at
my homepage) are,

https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/

Chemistry 1210 - F2<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1210/chem1210.htm>2

There you will find the lecture and lab syllabi.  There also will be an
audio/visual version of the syllabus.   This is not quite ready.  When
it is I will send an e-mail.  I highly suggest you read the syllabus and
watch the video.  The video is rather long, but I explain things in detail.

There's also a "little" note to let you know a few things about 1220.
Read the WHOLE message at the link listed below and any to follow:

https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1210/chem1210_intro.txt

This will make things easier for you when we start on Tue, 8/23/22.
If you notice a mistake or something that looks "strange" (reference to
wrong class, incorrect dates, etc.) let me know.

You can find further details at the link above.

Then go to the "Notes" link.  There you will find a copy of the notes
(overheads) I will be using in lecture.  I highly suggest you print them
and bring them with you (print them with two pages to a single physical
page to save paper) or download them to an iPad (Notability), Surface
Pro, etc.

There's a set of topical videos in Carmen from another lecturer. These
videos are there in case you miss lecture due to an emergency. It is not
a good idea to miss lecture with the idea you'll just watch the videos.
There are things I do in lecture which might not be in the videos, like
demonstrations.

If you took chemistry in high school chapters 1-4 should be a review of
what you learned there.   I will make that assumption so will be moving
through it fairly quickly.  Much of Chem 1210 is a review of a decent
high school chem course.  If you didn't take chemistry in high school
and you don't do well on the assessment pre-quiz you will take on
Carmen this week you might consider taking Chem 1110 first.

I won't lie to you, this class won't always be easy, even if you saw much
of it in high school, and there will be things you may never have covered
in high school.  Plan on spending about 15 hours a week outside of class
just on lecture material and homework and another 3-4 on lab work
(preparation, reports, etc.).  That's about 18-19 hours per week outside
of class.

There may be times due to the nature of the book material and lab material
it might take more or less time than this.  Just plan on the maximum time.
If you need less time it doesn't mess up your plan but if you wind up needing
more, then you must change your plans and make a new schedule.  Just
try to stay on top of things and not fall behind (worse thing you could do).

I've been teaching most of this material for more than 30 years.  I know very
well what things you need from this course for courses down the road and
exams you may some day take to get into graduate or professional school.

Okay, that's it for this e-mail.  Many more will follow later and throughout
the semester.  I will work very hard for you, and I expect the same from you.

Dr. Zellmer
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