Text:  Addison Wesley Chemistry, 5th Editionreplacement cost $56.00

UnitTopicChapters (pages)

1Chemical Measurements, Conversions1 (p. 3, 15-17), 3, 4

2Matter, energy and changes2, 11 (p. 295-302)

3Atomic Theory,  Nuclear chemistry 5, 28

4Chemical Names and Formulas6

5Chemical Quantities7 (p. 170–186)

6Per cent composition and Empirical formulas7 (p. 188–195)

7Chemical Equations, predicting products8

8Stoichiometry9

9Waves, Light and Electron Configurations13

10 Periodic Law  14, 15 (p. 413–418)

11Chemical Bonding 15 (p. 413-419), 16 (p. 437–451, 455– 457, 460–463)

12 Phases of Matter   10, 15 (p. 422-427), 16 (p. 463–466), 17 (p. 474-481)

13Gas Laws12

14Solutions17 (p. 482–485, 490–493), 18

15Acids, Bases and pH: 20

16Neutralization and salts21 (omit p. 630-638)

Grading policy:

Tests=50%(about 4 per term)

Labs (graded) =30%(about 8 -10  per term,

Low lab grade is dropped each term)

Lab Quizzes =10% (after most labs)

Homework(checked) = 10%

Lab make up and extra help time: Make up days            

After School Tuesday

Make up policy :   1 week for labs                          Next day for tests

This course is intended for college bound students.  It meets 5 Mods per week.   Knowledge of algebra is essential as problem solving is an important part of the course.  The main problem solving method will be dimensional analysis, which is taught at the start of the course.  Lessons in this class are in the form of lectures, demonstrations, notes on the board, text readings, doing worksheets in class, laboratory exercises, review games etc.  Laboratory exercises will include practical applications of chemistry, “classic” chemistry experiments and the “discovery “ approach. 

Food and drink of any type is NOT allowed in any science classroom.

Each student is expected to take notes in class.  Students are expected to come to class prepared with a pencil, note paper,  a folder for handouts and a calculator. The calculator need only be an inexpensive ($10-$15) TI-30 X II S or other similar scientific calculator. This is a calculator that can perform exponential notation and log functions.  (We personally don’t like the TI 34 II, it does not program for scientific notation)

   

    In case of absence, students are responsible for getting the notes they missed, and all other make up work.  The low lab grade is dropped each quarter, so 1 lab can be missed.  After that, students need to make up any missed lab  or receive a zero.  Extra help and make up times are listed above.  

Tests come from notes, the book, worksheets and labs.  Each test is announced several days in advance.  In each chapter, the Review Sheet contains questions of the type that will be on the test.  If the student can do this paper, he or she should do fine on the test.  Chemistry emphasizes problem solving,  thinking, understanding and applying knowledge, not memorizing unrelated facts.