Welcome to Chem 1220 - Summer Semester 2017

[robert zellmer]

Hello.  I am Dr. Zellmer.  I am teaching Chem 1220 Summer Semester.
I apologize if you are getting this and you are not signed up for Chem 1220.
I got the current roster with your e-mails from the registrar (SIS, 
Buckeyelink).

Our Carmen pages are not yet activated.  I will let you know when
they are.

If you are on a wait list I'm sending this info to you as well so you know
it if and when 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 next week you can not go to lab but come to
lecture.

The semester technically starts on Tuesday, 6/6/17.  That would be
lab and recitation.  We will NOT have lab or recitation that day and
won't begin until Wed., 6/7/16.  However, I will be holding a voluntary
session starting at 10 AM in which I will go over how to study and
best approach this course (especially during summer semester) and
perhaps review some things from Chem 1210 (particularly ch 11
material).  This will be in 1000 McPherson.


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

*http://chemistry.osu.edu/~rzellmer/ 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/>*


      _*Chemistry 1220 - Su17*_
      <http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/chem1220.htm>

There you will find 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:

http://www.chemistry.osu.edu/~rzellmer/chem1220/chem1220_intro.txt

This will make things easier for you when we start on Wed, 6/7/17.
If you notice a mistake or something that looks "strange" (reference to
quarters, 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).  We start with chapter 13.  Just print that one for
now since I may be making some minor changes to a couple of the later
chapters.  You will also see what sections from 1210 you should review.
Do that now before we start rather than starting chapter 13.  Pay
particular attention to ch 11 (attractive forces, properties of liquids,
vapor pressure, heat of vaporization, boiling point - things needed for
exp 14 and ch 13) and chapter 12 (which is the material you need to
know concerning solids and taken from ch 11 of the 11th edition of the
textbook).

I won't lie to you.   This class will be tough.  This class is going to move
pretty quickly and the material is generally more difficult than the 
material
you covered in Chem 1210.  You saw most of the 1210 material in high
school.  Most of you will not have seen the material in 1220 in high school,
especially at the level at which we cover it.  During a normal 14-week 
semester
you should plan on spending at least 15 hours a week outside of class 
just on
lecture material and homework and another 3 or so on lab work (preparation,
reports, etc.).  Since Summer Session moves twice as fast, 14 weeks in an
8 week span, you need to double the hours I've just listed.  That means 
about
36 hours per week working on lecture material and lab material. If you miss
a single lecture that's like missing almost a normal week's worth of 
lecture.

I've been teaching most of this material for more than 25 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.

Everyone will be doing check-in during the first lab session on Thursday.
This lab is to help familiarize you with the lab.

You can find guidelines of what should be in the notebook in the syllabus
on page 13 and my web page.  The first link is the Chem departments web site
with extensive instructions concerning the notebook and the second link 
is my
suggestions for how to break down the procedure into an easy outline to
follow in lab (based on an old exp, exp 14).  They are very similar.

*Chem Lab Notebook Exercise - Guidelines for Lab Notebooks* 
<https://uglabs.cbc.osu.edu/gc-labnotebook/>

*My Suggestions for Writing a Notebook Procedure* 
<http://chemistry.osu.edu/%7Erzellmer/chem1220/lab/notebook_proc_1220.pdf>

You should write your procedure in your own words in an outline form as 
shown
in the examples above (and also on page 13 of the lecture syllabus).

You should bring your goggles from 1210, if you still have them. If not you
can borrow a pair or will be given pair in lab (if you didn't take chemistry
here) so don't worry about that.  Make sure you aren't wearing sandals, 
shorts
or short skirts.  We are concerned about your protection.

We will *NOT *have on-line homework this semester.

I mentioned Carmen above.  The learning management system for Carmen has 
changed
from D2L to Canvas.  Most of you are used to Canvas.  If you haven't 
taken a course in
awhile this could mean Carmen will look quite a bit different than what 
you've seen in
the past and may take some getting use to.  It should be ready sometime 
on later today or
(the office staff is still working on it).  An e-mail will be sent when 
it's ready.

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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