Announcements & Important Course Information
May 17-18
- Current Grade Posting - Notes on this posting:
- All new scores since the last posting are shown.
- Posting includes required and bonus Science Lecture Summaries
- The adjusted grades reflects:
- Quiz #1 adjustment
- Adjustment of lowest problem set score to a total of 5 points.
- Dropping of the lowest exam score and replacement with the average of the other three exams.
- The final exam percentage will replace the lowest lecture exam exam score if the final exam percentage is greater than the average of the three highest lecture exam scores.
- The correct symbol for the answer to question #1C on Nuclear Chemistry 1 is:
May 17
- Exam #4 and Lab Quiz #2 answer keys are posted.
May 5
- Additional worksheet answer keys are posted.
April 30
- PS #8 is posted.
- It will be due Monday, May 6 at 5:00 pm.
- You have an unlimited number of attempts per question.
- There will be no deduction per attempt.
- Extra Practice Problems for Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry are also posted.
- This assignment is ungraded.
- You have an unlimited number of attempts per question.
- There will be no deduction per attempt.
- See the lecture page for newly posted answer keys for worksheets and Exam #3. (Lab Test #1 Keys have also been posted on the lab page for the last week or so.)
April 24
April 18
- Lab is cancelled for today (Thursday, April 18) due to instructor illness.
- Course Grade Posting
- This includes an adjusted percentage reflecting the replacement of your lowest exam score with the average of all three exam scores.
April 13
- PS #7 is be posted.
- It will be due Monday, April 22 at 5:00 pm.
- You will have 4 attempts maximum per question. There will be no deduction per attempt.
April 8
- Exam #3 Review Problem Set is posted.
- There are many conceptual questions that will be good review of the foundations of Acid-Base Chemistry.
- There are also some problems.
March 27
- PS #6 is be posted.
- It will be due Wednesdday, April 10 at 5:00 pm.
March 26
- See the lecture page for recently posted answer keys.
- See the Calendar for lab updates.
- As announced in lab, the CHEM 220 AA section will start at 10:10 am on Thursday.
- Please note that I will not be available this Friday during the Noon-12:30 office hours. However, I will still be available from 10:10-11 am.
March 18
- Expt. 7 Mini-Report and the Experiment 8, System 3 Prelab will be due on THURSDAY of this week in lab, not tomorrow. You are welcome to turn them in tomorrow. There will still also be time for you to ask question about them tomorrow.
March 3
- Experiment #4: Determination
of K for an Esterification / Hydrolysis Reaction
March 1
- Lecture is cancelled for today.
- Answer keys are posted for the Equilibrium and Acid-Base 1 Extra Practice Worksheets. These worksheets will all be good practice for the exam.
- Reminder, the Experiment #5 (K by Spectrophotometry) Report will be due in LAB on Tuesday, March 5. Please see the course calendar for my updated meeting times and office hours for Tuesday. It will be primarily a final review for the exam, so be sure to bring questions!
- I will post class data for the Esterification/Hydrolysis later today. I have moved the due date for that to Tuesday, March 12.
February 26
- Lab is cancelled for today
- I am not feeling well today due to an allergy attack, and I am not going to be able to make it in. Please note that we will push back lab activities and due dates by one lab session as a result.
- I will be updating the calendar and website throughout the day.
- Have a good day! I do still plan to be on campus tomorrow. I will update you if that changes.
- Tomorrow's lecture will mark the end of new material for Exam 2.
- PS #5 is posted. It will be due next Monday at 5pm.
February 22
- We will begin lectures on acids & bases on Monday. Please download and print the powerpoint outline handouts on acids and bases for reference.
February 14
- Exam #1 answer keys are posted on the lecture page.
February 11
- PS #4 is posted on Sapling Learning. It will be due next Wednesday, February 20 at 4:00 pm. You will have 4 attempts maximum per question. There will be no deduction per attempt.
February 7
- Question #12 is corrected on the Summer 2004 Exam #1. The correct answer is E.
February 6
- You may ignore Question #11 on PS #3. We will discuss it in lab tomorrow.
- Exam #1 is Friday.
- As always, fundamental chemistry concepts will be part of the exam.
- The exam will cover lectures and problems on Kinetics and the introduction to Equilibrium and chapter 16 & sections 17.1, 17.2(part), 17.4, 17.5(part).
- For Equilibrium and Chapter 17, book problems relating to the corresponding sections and worksheet Equilibrium 1 - #1A and #3A are good practice problems.
- Science Lectures Reminders:
- Thank you again to those students who helped out with the Expanding Your Horizons mailings! They went very smoothly!
- Science Lectures Assignment Handout
- Three are required. Three may be done for extra credit.
- Summaries (with attendance confirmations) are DUE by 3pm on the Wednesday following the lecture.
- They may be turned in in class, given to me in my office, slid under my door when I am not in, or emailed (with attendance slip turned in separately).
- There is a lecture today. Please see the SLS website fore details.
- Additional Alternative: Lectures that are part of the
Honors Biology Colloquium with Prof. Shari Bookstaff, meeting on Fridays from 1:10 - 2:00 pm in room 7-104:
- 2/1 - Promoting Neuroplasticity - Professor Chip Chandler
- 2/8 - Brain & Breathing - Brian Daniel, Respiratory Therapist
- 3/1 - Network Disorders of the Brain - Dr. Paul Larson, UCSF Neurosurgery
- 3/15 - Brain Imaging - Dr. Jarred Younger, Stanford Neurosurgery
- 3/29 - Stem Cells - Dr. Nick Kapp
- 4/12 - Speech and the Brain -
Michelle Shimamoto, Speech Therapist
- 4/29 Brain Disorders 2: Diseases - Dr. Melissa Michelitsch
- Notes:
- The above lectures are part of a credit course. You may only use these as analternaive to the SLS if you are not taking the course for credit.
- Because it is a class, please only attend if you can arrive on time and stay for the full session.
February 1
- Quiz #1 Answer Keys are posted on the LECTURE page.
- An updated equilibrium notes handout is posted. Please download or print for Monday.
- I recommend you begin the reading & book problems in Chapter 17.
January 31
- Problem Set #3 was posted on the Sapling Learning System earlier today. I have extended the due date to Thursday, February 7 at 7pm.
- Please see the LECTURE page for additional worksheet answer keys.
- Please see the CALENDAR for updated due dates discussed in class.
January 27
- Experiment #1: Factors Affecting Reaction Rates
January 18
- There are no classes on Monday. It is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.
- Problem Set #2 is posted. It will be due Friday, January 25 at 5pm.
January 14
- Expanding Your Horizons: Spring Mailing 1
- Wednesday, January 16
- Time: 12:45 - 3:00 pm
- Meet in room 7-204 (Biology Lab)
- Expanding Your Horizons: Spring Mailing 2
- Wednesday, January 23
- Time: 12:45 - 3:00 pm
- Meet in room 7-204 (Biology Lab)
- You may use one of the above two mailings as a replacement for a required Science Lecture Summary.
January 2013
- Welcome to CHEM 220 - General Chemistry 2 for Science Majors. I am looking forward to a productive, challenging, and rewarding semester.
- Skyline College classes start Monday, January 14. Our first CHEM 220 class meeting will be LECTURE on that day at 9:10am in 7-106. Our first LABORATORY meeting will be on Tuesday, January 15 at 9:10 am (AA section) or 2:10 pm (AB section) in 7-341.
- We will discuss the syllabus, enrollment, cover important safety information that is required to participate in the lab, and have our first lab lecture.
- It is very important that you attend your first lab session on Tuesday, January 14 and continue to attend in order to maintain your registration and/or waitlist priority.
- Parking may be a challenge the first couple of weeks of classes, so I encourage you to arrive to campus early!
- Sign up for the Sapling Learning Online Homework System: https://www.saplinglearning.com/
- Follow the above link.
- If you have an account, log in. If you do not have an account, create an account.
- Please enter your first and last names in the profile as they appear on your official Skyline record. If you go by a different name or a nickname, please put it in parentheses after your first name.
- Select Skyline College.
- Select General Chemistry 2 - CHEM 220 - Bates.
- When you register for the course on the system, you will be able to use it for the first two weeks of the semester for free. You must then pay to continue to have access. This will give those students on the waiting list time to determine if they will be able to enroll in the course before purchasing.
- Problem Set #1 is posted. It will be due Friday, January 18 at 4pm.
- If you would like to get started preparing for the semester, I recommend that you begin the reading and book problems (see LECTURE page) for Chapter 16 on Reaction Kinetics.
- The following worksheets are from the General Chemistry 1 course and cover topics that will be critical in all of our work this semester - Stoichiometry and Solutions. I recommend that you work these problems as review. A quiz early in the semester will cover these topics and some of our initial work in Kinetics.
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
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