CHEM 210 - General Chemistry 1
Lecture & Laboratory - Fall 2009
Announcements
Saturday, November 7
- Reading & Book Problem Assignments updates are posted on the LECTURE page.
- Additional suggested Lab Manual Extra Practice Worksheet assignments and some answers are posted on the LECTURE page.
- Additional Powerpoint Notes Outlines are posted on the LECTURE page. The following should be downloaded for Monday's lecture:
- A new problem set will be posted on Sunday.
Wednesday, November 4
Tuesday, November 3
- Thermochemistry worksheet answers are posted on the lecture page.
Monday, November 2
- Heats of Neutralization - Class Data:
- AC Section - provided in LAB
- AD Section
- AE Section
Friday, October 30
- Exam #2 Keys are posted on the LECTURE page.
Thursday, October 29
- Problem Set #6 is posted. It is due next Wednesday, November 3. I have removed a number of problems due to the later-than-expected posting of the problem set.
- New notes outlines are posted. Please print for Monday.
Monday, October 26
- Please see updates to the CALENDAR (especially note lab changes).
- New notes outlines are posted for Wednesday (EM Radiation and the Bohr Model) on the LECTURE page.
- Heats of Neutralization - Class Data (please check back):
- AC Section
- AD Section
- AE Section
Wednesday, October 21
- Thermochemistry Experiment 3 - Heats of Neutralization
- Please, download, print, and prepare prelab for Monday.
- Environmental Leadership Pathway Program - Information session Thursday at 3pm in room 7-106.
- Continue reading Chapter 6. New Chapter 6 book problems are posted. Also continue working the Thermochemistry worksheets in the lab manual.
Monday, October 19
Sunday, October 18
- Multiple updates have been posted to the LECTURE page.
Thursday, October 15
- Thermochemistry Lab Handouts
- Please print for Lab on Monday. The Data Table for the Specific Heat of a Metal should be prepared in your notebook before lab.
Tuesday, October 13
- Course Progress Reports:
- Below are links to current course score listings.
- Your scores are listed based on the last four digits of your student ID number.
- These are progress reports only, and reflect less than 1/3 of the total points in the course.
- The report also reflects only one lecture exam. Therefore, at the end of the semester, lecture exams will make up a greater fraction of the overall grade than they do on this progress report.
- Reminder: ALL of the following criteria must be met at the end of the semester in order to receive a passing course grade:
- 70.0% or higher OVERALL average in the course.
- 65.0% or higher LECTURE average.
- 65.0% or higher LABORATORY average.
- No more than two missed or incomplete lab experiments or activities.
- On the grade sheets, lab scores in pink reflect missed or incomplete laboratory experiments or activities.
- AC Section
- AD Section
- AE Section
Monday, October 12
- Please see the lecture page for multiple updates.
Wednesday, October 6
- Lecture is cancelled for today. However, the lab test will still be held in your registered lab section.
- I will be holding office hours from 11am - 12:30 pm on Thursday, October 8, but not from 1-2 pm.
Sunday, October 4
- See the lecture page for multiple updates.
Monday, September 28
- See the lecture page for multiple updates.
Saturday, September 19
- Multiple answer key updates were posted on the LECTURE page on THURSDAY.
- Quiz 1 answer keys are now also posted on the LECTURE page.
- REMINDER: The LAB MANUAL has many worksheets that cover material pertinent to the exam. Please work on Solutions & Concentration 3 and Formulas and Naming 4 for discussion in lab on Monday. All of the suggested worksheets pertain to information covered on the upcoming exam.
- Exam #1 will cover material presented in the course from the start of the semester through the lecture on Wednesday, September 16. Lab discussions on Monday, September 21 will focus on solving problems covered in recent lecture material.
- Some notes on nomenclature & formula writing:
- Be familiar with prefixes and Roman numerals from 1-12.
- Polyatomic ions:
- Memorize: hydroxide, cyanide, and ammonium.
- I recommend that you memorize the polyatomic ions below; however, their ion names & formulas will be provided:
- sulfate
- nitrate
- carbonate & hydrogen carbonate (bicarbonate)
- phosphate
- chlorate series (perchlorate, chlorate, chlorite, and hypochlorite)
- Other polyatomic ion names & formulas may be provided.
- In exam questions, polyatomic ion formulas and names that are NOT provided may be used; however, following the rules of nomenclature exemplified by those provided, you should be able to determine the formulas or names requested.
Wednesday, September 16
- I have updated the course CALENDAR. Please make note of some changes to the lab schedule for next week. This is particularly relevant to the morning (AC) lab section.
- I will be making a number of ANSWER KEY updates on THURSDAY.
- Getting Help for CHEM 210:
- Office hours are available with both of the course instructors, and all students are welcome to visit either instructor to ask questions about lecture or lab. The hours are listed on the RESOURCES page and summarized below for your convenience.
- The MESA Center - Room 7-309
The Learning Center - Building 5 Main Floor.
- Study here with your classmates from CHEM 210. This is a great place to meet others preparing for the course and form study groups.
- See one of the tutors. View the MESA tutor schedule.
A.J Bates Office Hours (7-326A)
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
2:30 - 3:30 pm
11:00 am - Noon
2:30 - 3:30 pm
11:00 am - Noon
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Valeria Martinovic Office Hours (Lab 7-333)
Monday & Wednesday:
12:10 - 1:00 pm
5:45 - 6:30 pm
Sunday, September 13
- I have updated my normal office hours. Please make a note of them. I am also often available at other times. Feel free to drop by my office to see if I am available. Or, you can email me to make an appointment if you are not available at these times.
Office Hours (Fall 2009):
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
2:30 - 3:30 pm
11:00 am - Noon
2:30 - 3:30 pm
11:00 am - Noon
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Monday, September 7
- Office Hours for the week of September 8:
- Tuesday:
- 9:00 - 9:30 am
- 11:00 am - Noon
- Wednesday: 2:45 - 4:15 pm
- Thursday: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Tomorrow, the college is going to be holding a forum to discuss the incident last Wednesday. The college is also offering expanded counseling services (on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 8-9) for students who would like to discuss the events in a one-on-one session. This is in addition to the regular counseling services available free to students.
- FORUM
- Date: Tuesday, September 8
- Time: 2:10-4:00 p.m.
- Place: Theater
- Debriefing Forum & Counseling Information Flyer
- The Lab Manual for the course is now available in the Skyline College Bookstore and should be purchased by Monday, September 14.
Wednesday, September 2
- I want to thank everyone for remaining calm during the lockdown and evacuation of campus today.
- As you likely know, the campus is closed on Thursday, and normal operation is currently planned to resume on Friday.
- Given the current situation, I have decided to postpone QUIZ #1 to Monday, September 14. It will still cover the same material - all of the lecture topics covered through this past Monday, which are also in the first block of reading assignments (excluding isotopes).
- Math Review workheets 1-5 and Moles 1 worksheet will be good practice for the quiz.
- I have updated various due dates on the CALENDAR and it now reflects a very tentative revised schedule for the next few weeks.
- Some dates have been postponed, but that makes many items due closer together.
- Be aware of upcoming due dates and plan ahead for times when items will be due in rapid succession.
- CHANGES to some announcements made at the start of lecture today:
- I will be giving full credit to everyone for Problem Set #2. If you did not turn it in at the start of class, just keep it, you will still receive credit. If you did turn it in today, I will hand it back on Wednesday in class, or you can pick it up from me in person on Tuesday. It will not be available outside my office.
- On Tuesday, I will hold my normal office hours: 9-9:30 am. I will be revising my regular office hours slightly. The new hours will be posted soon, and take effect next Wednesday.
- If you have any photographs that you might have taken today while we were in lockdown, or during the evacuation (even from your phone), I would appreciate you emailing them to me at batesa@smccd.edu, as I would like to have a visual record of the events. Thank you.
Tuesday, September 1
- LAB note: One of the possible metal unknowns was lead-tin solder. Our specific samples of lead-tin solder have a density of 9.63 g/mL.
Friday, August 28
- Multiple updates have been made to the LECTURE & LAB pages.
Wednesday, August 26
- Problem Set #2 is posted. It will be due next Wednesday.
- Please check the lab page for the second experiment - Paper Chromatography. I recommend you print the lab handout and the lab lecture notes and read over before lab on Monday, when we will discuss the prelab for it.
- Extra Practice Worksheets are posted on the LECTURE page.
- Additional lab resources are posted on the LAB page.
- DUE DATES are included on the Course CALENDAR page.
Tuesday, August 25
- Enrollment Notes:
- Both the morning (AC) and afternoon (AD) lab sections are completely filled, and we cannot add more students to these sections. Only students registered in those lab sections will be able to perform the experiments in those sections on Wednesday.
- The evening section (AE) is not full and we can still accomodate students on the waitlist for other sections. If you would like to add the evening (AE) section, please email me or see me in office hours as soon as possible for an add code. You will need to be prepared to start the first experiment on Wednesday evening.
Monday, August 24
- Problem Set #1 (worksheet) is DUE in LECTURE on Wednesday. Please note that the questions from Chapter 3 (13b & 136cd) that are listed on the worksheet will be be collected with this problem set, but will be part of PS #2.
- Notes on problems from the book:
- Numbering:
- All of the book problems are numbered as follows: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, ..., 1.43,1.44, etc.
- The number before the decimal is simply the chapter that the problem is from. When I assign problems, I will clearly indicate the chapter that they are from, and leave that chapter number off individual problems.
- I would list the problems above as Chapter 1: 1,2,3, ..., 43,44, etc.
- Assignments:
- Only the book problems that are listed under the Problem Set Assignements heading or are listed on one of the problem set worksheets will be collected and graded.
- The book problems that are listed under the heading, Reading & Textbook Problem Assignments, are an important element of your preparation for the coure, but they will not be collected or graded.
Friday, August 21
- Please read the following information for REGISTERED & WAITLISTED students!
- REGISTERED STUDENTS:
- If you are already registered and attended lab on Wednesday, August 19, continue to attend lab in the coming week (Monday, August 24 & Wednesday, August 26) to keep your enrollment in that section secure! Arrive on time, as add codes will be given to waitlisted students early in the class session both days.
- If you DID NOT attend on Wednesday, August 19 and have not already contacted me, contact me immediately or you may be dropped from the course.
- As a courtesy to fellow students, if you are enrolled and choose to drop, please drop on WEBSMART as soon as possible to open spaces for other students.
- STUDENTS ON A WAITLIST:
- READ this DOCUMENT - click here!
- It lists students by their current waitlist priority in each section and provides specific directions on how many students can add to each section.
- Only a small number of students will likely be able to add to the AC & AD sections (morning and afternoon). There appears to be plenty of spots open in the AE (evening) section. See the specific notes in the linked document above.
- You must attend each lab section you are still interested in adding on Monday, August 24 in order to maintain your waitlist priority in that section.
- If you are already registered in one section, and trying to add another, you MUST attend your registered section on Monday, August 24 in order to maintain your registration in that section!
- Add codes will be given early in the labs. Arrive on time to maintain your priority!
- For those students who do not get into their desired section on Monday, further directions will be provided in lecture and/or lab on Monday.
Wednesday, August 19
- Problem Set #1 - Due in lecture on Wed, August 26 is now posted on the LECTURE PAGE.
- If you did not pick up an official course syllabus in class today, it is now available on the RESOURCES page.
August 2009
- Welcome to CHEM 210 - General Chemistry 1 for Science Majors!
- Laboratory Manual Note: The August 2009 Revision of the Lab Manual will not be in the bookstore in time for the first day of classes. The necessary pages for the first experiment will be provided in lab to all registered students. If you are waitlisted, or if you wish to download those pages early, you may download them from the link: DENSITY Experiment
- If you would like to begin your work for the course, start with reading Chapters 1-3 in the course textbook. I also recommend that you begin working the "follow-up problems" at the end of the reading sections. See the LECTURE page for the suggested problems. The assigned readings cover material that will be on the first exam. It should be review of topics you have studied in previous math and science courses. The course text is CHEMISTRY, 5th Edition by Martin Silberberg.
- A TENTATIVE course calendar is posted (see the link to the left). It will likely be updated prior to the start of classes and will continue to be updated throughout the semester. I recommend that you do NOT print the schedule, but rather check here regularly (at least once a week) to review changes.
- Please print the lecture notes outlines from the LECTURE page to the left. The first two outlines, which you will need for the first day of classes, follow:
- Additional course materials will soon be posted on the site - please check back.
- IMPORTANT REGISTRATION NOTES for ALL registered and waitlisted students:
- Please plan to attend both LECTURE and LABORATORY on the first day of classes - Wednesday, August 19.
- Both lecture and lab is required on the first day. You must attend one of the three lab sections on the first day of classes to maintain your enrollment in the course and/or your waitlist priority. If there is an unavoidable reason that you must miss the first day, please contact me in advance.
- Waitlist priority will be observed for each lab section separately. If you are interested in more than one section, or wish to enroll in a different section, you must add yourself to the waitlist for that section.
- Please continue to check WEBSMART and your my.smccd.edu email account to check your opportunity to enroll in your desired section prior to the first day of classes.
- For more detailed registration information, please scroll down.
- Familiarize yourself with the location of the lab well before your scheduled lab time. The first lab meeting is a full session and a lot of information will be covered. You must attend this full lab session and its safety discussions to participate in the laboratory portion of the course.
- Be sure to scroll down on this page to read registration, prerequisite, and academic honesty information.
Important Registration Notes
- Continue to follow standard WEBSMART registration procedures and to check your my.smccd.edu email account for notifications up to the first day of classes - Wednesday, August 19.
- Starting with the first day of classes:
- If you are enrolled in the course section you wish to attend:
- You are ready to go! Plan to attend your lab section on August 19, the first day of classes. Attendance at lab is always required; however, it is particularly important that you continue to attend your scheduled lab classes during the first two weeks, or you risk being dropped from the course to make room for waitlisted students.
- If you are waitlisted for a course section:
- You are required to attend one of the three scheduled labs on Wednesday, August 19 in order to maintain your waitlist priority.
- You need only attend one of the three sections on August 19 - I recommend attending your prefered section.
- If you are enrolled in one course section, but are waitlisted for another, you may attend any section of the of lab on August 19. As long as you attend one of the labs, you will maintain your place in your enrolled section until you register in another (if a spot in your preferred section becomes available).
- If you were not able to enroll in your preferred section or to get on the get on the waitlist for it prior to August 19:
- Add your name to the waitlist sheets for the course section(s) you wish to add to on August 19.
- Your priority will be after all those who waitlisted prior to the first day of classes.
- Your priority will be the same as all those students added to the waitlist on August 19.
- If necessary, a lottery will determine relative priorites of students added to the waitlist at that time.
- Follow the same procedures (above) as all other students waitlisted for the course.
- After August 19, if you are still waitlisted for your desired section:
- You must continue to attend a lab section as instructed in order to maintain your waitlist priority.
- You must check the course website (this page) and your my.smccd.edu email every day for important enrollment information.
- Information relevant to all waitlisted students will be posted on the course website.
- Individual instructions for attending and enrolling in lab sections will be emailed to you if a place opens in a section you are waitlisted for.
- You must follow the instructions for attendance in order to secure your enrollment in that section. If that is not possible, you must contact me before the next meeting of that lab section. Otherwise, that spot will likely be offered to the next student on the waitlist.
- Please follow these instructions closely to maintain your waitlist priority. There are many students waiting to get into the course!
Academic Integrity
- Academic integrity is a signficant issue in all academic settings, and will be taken very seriously by the instructors of this course, and the college generally.
- The lecture and laboratory instructors will address the importance of academic honesty, and will discuss specific issues relating to academic integrity throughout the semester.
- We recognize that most students conduct themselves with honesty and integrity. We also recognize that the actions of a few students, and the impact of those actions on other students, the course, and the college necessitate a frank and ongoing discussion of this issue.
- Please review the student handbook information on academic integrity at the following link: http://www.skylinecollege.edu/pdf/campuslife/studenthandbook/PoliciesandProcedures.pdf
Prerequisites
- The prerequisite for CHEM 210 is:
- Successful completion (C or better) of MATH 120 (intermediate algebra) or equivalent, or placement at a higher level of math by Skyline College math placement exam.
- A recommendation for CHEM 210 is:
- Successful completion (C or better) of CHEM 192 (Introductory Chemistry) or equivalent. Many full-year high school chemistry courses intended for college preparation are appropriate preparation for CHEM 210.
- This is a STRONG RECOMMENDATION. If you have not completed CHEM 192 or an equivalent course, please contact me to discuss whether or not CHEM 210 is right for you.
- In order to ensure that students are prepared to succeed in General Chemistry 1, a prerequisite check will be made for the course. A form to facilitate this process will be distributed in the lab section. Please read carefully, complete, and return to your lab instructor.
- If you have not met the course prerequisites, you MUST file a petition to challenge the course prerequisites. You can find the process and forms at the following link: http://www.skylinecollege.edu/general/admissions/prerequisites/index.html
- As documentation, please provide a written statement detailing your academic background or experience that has prepared you for the course. Include related science and math courses taken and grades in those courses. Letter of recommendations or official transcripts are not required at this point, but may be reqested by the dean.
- Please turn in to the SMT division dean, in the office off the lobby of the Science Annex, Room 7-130.
- Please speak with me if you have any questions regarding your preparation for the course, or to if you wish to discuss whether another course is better suited to your academic preparation or goals. Please also ask if you have questions about prerequisites or the petition process.