Miss Dickens
A - 90 - 100%
B - 80 - 89%
C - 70 - 79%
D - 60 - 69%
F - 59%
Tests - 100 pts - 2-3 Per month
Quizzes - 20-50 pts - As needed
Labs - 15-50 pts - 1-3 Per week
Homework - 10 pts - 2-5 Per week
Classwork - 20-50 pts - As needed
Warm-ups - 2 pts - Daily
A monthly calender is posted in the classroom window (facing outside to be seen at any time), and online at www.calendar.yahoo.com/dickenschemistry. This shows the work done and assignments given each day.
Students must make up any work missed due to excused absence. Prior notice of forthcoming absences is recommended. Work missed due to unexcused absence--including suspension--may not be made up. Make up tests must be completed within the first week after the absence during zero period at 6:40 a.m. Students are responsible for scheduling this with me. LATE WORK IS NOT ACCEPTED, TESTS NOT MADE UP BECOME ZEROES.
I strongly urge students to ask questions during class, and I am available by prior request at other times. This year I have no conference period so I cannot give up my lunch hour to meet with students or parents. I am usually at school by 7 a.m. which is often the best time to find me for extra help. I am not always in the classroom, but will answer the door if a student knocks.
Cheating in any form is not tolerated in my class. I adhere to the CHS policies on this matter. Please read the separate document on cheating to be sure there are no questions about whether something is cheating, or not.
GRAPHING CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED!!! Programmable, so-called graphing calculators or those with infrared capabilities may not be used. Students must have a scientific calculator to take every test and quiz. I do not trade calculators or lend them. The calculator must have the following keys: +, -, x, /, square root, log/antilog, ln/ex, nth root, yx, 1/x or x to the -1 power, parentheses, exponents (look for a key that says EE, EX or EXP)
The textbook used is Chemistry, by Steven S. Zumdahl. BOOKS MUST BE COVERED AT ALL TIMES.
The following topics will be covered:
FIRST SEMESTER
Subject Chapter Time
Class Rules/Expectations --- .5 week
Introduction to Chemistry 1 .5 week
Stoichiometry 3 3 weeks
Atoms, Ions, Chemical Formulae 2 2 weeks
Gases 5 3 weeks
Atomic Structure, Periodicity 7 3 weeks
Bonding, Molecular Geometry 8/9 3 weeks
Liquids and Solids 10 2 weeks
Thermochemistry 6 2 weeks
SECOND SEMESTER
Subject Chapter Time
Reactions in Aqueous Solutions 4 2 weeks
Solution Chemistry 11 2 weeks
Chemical Reaction Rates 12 2 weeks
Reaction Rates and Equilibrium 13 2 weeks
Nuclear Chemistry 21 2 weeks
Acid-Base Reactions 14 2 weeks
Acid-Base Equilibrium 15 2 weeks
Thermodynamics 16 2 weeks
Electrochemistry 17 2 weeks