This site has been designed for the students of Dr. Michael Russell's Chemistry 221 class at Mt. Hood Community College. Feel free to use the links on the left to explore, and let me know if you have any questions! Enjoy!
New Sections of CH 221 Added! New sections of Chemistry 221 have been added for Fall 2010. A new web-based class (section H2) will be taught by me; the class will meet on Fridays from 10 AM - 2 PM only. A second "normal" section (section 04) taught by Dr. Elizabeth Cohen has also been added which will meet MWF 8 - 8:50 AM and Th 1:10 - 5 PM. I encourage people on a waitlist to join one of these sections, and maybe they work better in your schedule? Please contact me if you have any questions; peace, -- Michael
Updated for the Fall 2010 Chemistry 221 Class! This website is mostly ready for the Fall 2010 CH 221 class with Dr. Michael Russell. Please let me know if you have any questions, ok? Looking forward to meeting you in person; peace, -- Michael
First and
foremost, Welcome to CH 221! Make sure you purchase the Chemistry 221 Companion (with Labs, Problem Sets, PowerPoint notes, etc.) from the MHCC bookstore.
We will start
the "Chemistry
and the Internet" and "Identification
of an Unknown Compound" Labs this week. The Chemistry
and the Internet lab is a take-home lab which you can start right
now if you have experience with the internet and email, and the Identification
of an Unknown Compound lab is a "traditional" lab with chemicals
which will require a typed lab report. Both of these labs are due during
the second week of the term. Look over the Unknown Compound lab before
your normally scheduled lab time to be aware of what we'll be doing.
Learn about the Chapter
Guides this week. The Chapter Guides will assist you in learning the material for each problem set by delineating the varied course materials into a navigable outline.
Try reviewing Chapter
Guide One which will help you to learn the material from Chapter 1.
There will be no quiz or problem set due this week. During week 2, we will discuss Problem set #1 which
covers problems from Chapter 1; we will also take Quiz #1 which covers material from Problem Set #1.
Finally,
you might wish to start thinking about this term's Class
Presentation. The Class Presentation topic this term is Elements,
and you need to reserve your unique element choice with me as soon
as possible. You can use the online
Class Presentation Request Form to get your element request
in early, if you'd like. Please note that I will not respond to your request until the second week of class (when my gradebook is up and running.)
