Pre-AP Chemistry - eSchoolView
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2012-2013 <strong>Pre</strong><strong>AP</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>: Syllabus and Procedures<br />
Teacher: Alissa Clark<br />
Phone: (502) 331-8802 Please call before 8:15, between 11:45-12:20, or after 3:25<br />
Email: alissa.clark@bardstown.kyschools.us<br />
Purpose: This course will prepare you to take <strong>AP</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> next year. You need to take <strong>AP</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> if you<br />
plan to be in the medical, veterinary, engineering, or science field as a career. This course requires strong<br />
reading comprehension skills and mathematics problem solving skills. We will study the methods of science,<br />
atomic structure, electronic structure, chemical reactions, and gas behavior. ACT preparation will also be a<br />
major part of this course.<br />
Required Materials<br />
• Textbook<br />
• Pencil and/or Pen<br />
• Calculator (scientific or graphing)<br />
• Three-ring binder (1 inch or larger)<br />
• Loose leaf paper<br />
Evaluation Plan<br />
You will receive a list of learning targets with each unit in this course. Each of these learning targets is<br />
assigned a maximum value of three points. You can earn 1, 2, or 3 points for each target based on your level of<br />
understanding of the target.<br />
Make-up Work<br />
If you are absent on a day that a grade is taken, you have the number of days missed plus one to make up an<br />
assessment. If your absence is unexcused, I must enter a zero in the gradebook for that day’s assignment.<br />
Tutoring<br />
You may need additional help to understand the material you are to learn. I prefer to tutor in the mornings<br />
beginning at 8 am. Please sign up for tutoring on either the morning or afternoon calendar posted on the<br />
bulletin board. If a time is crossed out, I am unavailable during that time. If you do not sign up in advance,<br />
there is no guarantee I will be available when you want to stay.<br />
Please note that tutoring is additional help. You must pay attention and participate when material is taught the<br />
first time.<br />
Mastery Learning<br />
Your grade in this course will be determined by your understanding of chemistry content. Quizzes will be<br />
given periodically. If you are not scoring well on the quizzes, you need to come in for additional tutoring<br />
before the test. You will not pass this course without demonstrating understanding of the chemistry content on<br />
the tests.<br />
ACT<br />
All juniors will take the ACT in March. Since this is a junior level science course, we will have ACT<br />
preparation in this course throughout the year. A score of 24 is considered “college ready” on the Science<br />
Reasoning portion of the ACT.<br />
Class Procedures
1. Arrive on time and in uniform with all materials. If you are late without a written excuse, you will be<br />
counted tardy.<br />
2. Do not bring food or drink into the classroom since it is a laboratory.<br />
3. You should behave in school as you would in a place of employment. Use only the type of language that<br />
would be expected of you at work in a job in which you work with the public. Use your time appropriately.<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> class is not social time.<br />
4. Follow the instructions on the board immediately upon entering the classroom.<br />
5. Observe all safety procedures and instructions in the laboratory. Failure to do so may result in the loss of<br />
your laboratory privileges.<br />
6. You are responsible for any equipment you damage or break during lab. Please see the posted list for prices.<br />
9. On days when a substitute is present, you must turn in your assignment to the substitute or you will receive a<br />
zero for the assignment. In addition, if the substitute indicates you were disruptive, you will receive a zero for<br />
the assignment.<br />
10. Take care of your personal business during passing time. Do not ask to leave class.<br />
Midterm Exam<br />
There will be a midterm exam before Winter Break. This exam will be comprehensive. This means it will<br />
cover all material learned since August. This exam will count 20% of your course grade up to that point.<br />
Final Exam<br />
There will be a final exam at the end of the school year. This exam will be comprehensive. This means it will<br />
cover all material learned since August. This exam will count 20% of your course grade.<br />
One Credit System<br />
The new State Accountability program incorporates a comprehensive end-of-course exam that counts 20% of<br />
students’ final course grades. Therefore, Bardstown High School will be awarding one credit for each course<br />
that will be recorded at the end of the school year. There will be no half credits awarded in December and in<br />
June. Students’ course work at the end of the school year will count 80% of the course grade. One credit will be<br />
earned for each year-long course.<br />
Topics to be Covered<br />
Measurement and Science Processes<br />
The Nucleus<br />
Electron Behavior<br />
Periodic Table and Periodic Properties<br />
Chemical Bonding<br />
Chemical Reactions<br />
Chemical Quantities<br />
Energy Changes and Rates of Chemical Reactions<br />
Gas Behavior<br />
Organic <strong>Chemistry</strong>
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