Chemistry Course Syllabus

Course description:

Prerequisites: Algebra I & Physical Science.

College preparatory course designed to provide a lab approach to the study of matter.

Emphasis placed on problem solving and mathematical applications.

Teacher information:

Name: Mr. Fred Shubert

E-mail: fshubert@pendletonschool.org

Web site: http://teacherweb.com/FL/PendletonSchool/FredShubert/ (ß click to return)

Evening hours: Tuesday 6:30 – 8:30 Rm. 135

Units of Study and Course Timeline:

First Semester (Chapters1-10; omit 7) Second Semester (Chapters 11-21)

Data Analysis Chemical Bonding and Reactions

Properties of Matter the Mole and Stoichiometry

Atomic Structure States of Matter , Gases and Solutions

Periodic Table Acids and Bases

Ionic and Covalent compounds Reaction Rates, Chemical Equilibrium

Redox and Electrochemistry

Required materials:

textbook: Chemistry: Matter and Change, Glencoe

Study Guide for Content Mastery

Solving Problems

scientific calculator

3 ring binder notebook

notebook paper

pen or pencil

lab coat and goggles (MCC lab days)

Web sites of Interest:

Song of the Elements: http://privatehand.com/flash/elements.html

Interactive Periodic Table: http://www.chemicool.com

Chemistry Experiments-Movies

http://homepage.mac.com/noparrots/Chemistry-movies/Menu32.html

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM

Assessment:

10% Homework

10% Quizzes

30% Laboratory

30% Test

20% Participation

*Semester exam counts 20% of semester average.

Classroom Rules:

1. Be on time.

2. Be prepared.

3. Be respectful.

4. Follow all directions, MCC laboratory safety rules, and Pendleton policies.

5. Dress appropriately. (Pants and closed-toe shoes required for MCC lab.)

• Quizzes:
  Every week, including the first week, sometime during the lecture, a 10 pt. quiz will be administered. This quiz will cover all of the material presented since the last quiz, as well as the homework assigned for the week in question. Each quiz will be worth 10 total points .There will be no dropped quiz scores, and no re-grades.

• Missed Quizzes:
  There will be no makeup quizzes. At my option - and depending on the acceptability of your excuse for missing (which I will decide) - your quiz score will either be commuted to a zero or your other quizzes will be averaged to generate your final grade.
• Exam Re-grading:
  I will be pleased to re-grade exams or problems which you believe to have been unfairly graded. Please note that the product of a re-grade may be a higher score, a lower score, or no change of score. Of course, altering an exam in any way prior to resubmission for re-grading is cheating (see below).
• Cheating:
  Retribution will be swift and terrible: Any student caught cheating on an exam or altering a test for a re-grade will receive an automatic 'F' in the course. Be aware that aggressive methods, such as random photocopying of graded exams, are used to protect the vast majority of you who are honest.