Welcome to Chem 1220 - Spring Semester 2022

[Zellmer, Robert]

Hello.  I am Dr. Zellmer.  I am teaching Chem 1220 Spring Semester.
I'm actually teaching two sections of 1220.  For those of you in the T,R
lecture section the previous lecturer listed was unable to teach and I
was recruited.  I'm also teaching Chem 1250.  That's 3 lecture sections.

We are fully in person, for better or worse.

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).
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 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 I encourage you to come to lecture.
You can not attend lab if you're not enrolled.

Carmen is active.  I'll send more on that, the textbook, 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
Chem1220 pages (not Carmen) for every e-mail I will send.


The semester starts on Monday, 1/10/22.  Only Monday lab sections
meet this week.

All recitation sections will meet this week.  This first period is simply
a review of 1210 material and general info about the course.

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).

Attendance will be taken during recitations.    You will also be taking quizzes
each week outside of normal class time.  Both attendance and quizzes will
be part of your recitation score.  There's 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
only one thing for credit, "Chapter 11 Review" (due by 11:59 PM Fri, 1/14).  The
other things are an Introduction to MasteringChemistry", "Intro do DSM modules",
"Chemistry Primer" and "DSM for Key Math Skills".  They are NOT for credit and if
you used MC previously you may not need to do the "Intro" sets.  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 1220 - Sp22<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1220/chem1220.htm>

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.  It 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/chem1220/chem1220_intro.txt

This will make things easier for you when we start on Mon, 1/10/22.
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).  Technically, we start with chapter 13 but I will
cover a few things you need from ch 11 first.  Just print Ch 13 for
now since I may be making some minor changes to some 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 ch 12 (which is the material you need to know
concerning solids and taken from ch 11 of the 11th edition of the
textbook).  There's three links from the 12th ed. dealing with solids.
You probably won't need to know much about unit cells and related
calculations.

There's also a link to a table about the types of solids, their attractive
forces and their properties (which depend on their AF).  It is very
important to understand this material since we will be talking about
solubility of solids, which depends on AF.  The link is,

Types of Solids and Their Properties<https://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/zellmer.1/chem1220/notes/Table_13-10_solids_no_lines.pdf>


There will be prerecorded lecture videos for the whole semester posted on
Carmen. I would prefer you watch these before our lecture.  My hope is if
you've watched the prerecorded videos I won't have to repeat everything during
the regular lectures, at least not in their entirety, but instead go over the most
important and difficult concepts and allow you to ask more questions.  We'll
see how this works.  There's also another set of topical videos in Carmen
from another lecturer.

I have pre-recorded videos for chapters 11 and 12 up already for you to
listen to in order to review the material you need from those chapters for
1220.  I will leave it up to you to do this before the first lecture this coming
week.  Try to watch these and do some reviewing before the first lecture.


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.  Plan on spending at 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 have to 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 about 29 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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