Chemistry
Syllabus
Rhea
County High School
405
Pierce Road
Evensville,
TN 37332
Anita
Pippin, Instructor
phone:
775-7821 ext. 279
website
address is:
http://www.rheacounty.org/teachers/rchs/pippina/
Course
Description
Chemistry is a course that explores the
properties of substances and the changes that substances undergo.
It is a course recommended for university track students. As per
the standards of the state of Tennessee, the student will
investigate the following:
Matter and Energy
Atomic Structure
Interactions of Matter
Properties of Solutions and Acids and Bases
Following
the state outline, students will explore chemistry through
inquiry, hands-on laboratory investigations, individual studies
and group activities. This course of study allows students to
understand the role of chemistry in their lives by investigating
substances that occur in nature, in living organisms and those
that are created by humans. Their study will include both
qualitative and quantitative descriptions of matter and the
changes that it undergoes. Students will be instructed in the
necessary precautions required for performing safe inquiries and
laboratory activities.
Prerequisites
Student
must have successfully completed:
Physical
Science
Biology
I
Algebra
I (with at least an 80 average)
Text
Laurel
Dingrando, Kathleen V. Gregg, Nicholas, Hainen, Philip Lampe,
Cynthia Roepcke, Cheryl Wistrom. (2002). Chemistry:
Matter and Change. Columbus, Ohio: Glencoe McGraw-Hill.
Text
onlineà http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/ose/
User
name is CM&C and the password is bRanuC7uvA
Replacement
cost of text: $ 43.00
Lab
Fund
We
ask that each student donate $5.00 toward the purchase of lab
supplies.
Lab
fund money is needed by the end of the second week of school.
This
money helps purchase the chemicals and supplies that will be used
by the student during laboratory activities.
Required
Materials
The
following materials are needed for class everyday:
Textbook
Calculator (one that can handle exponents is preferred)
Ring Binder Notebook
Paper
Writing Utensil
Grading
Scale
93-100
A
85-92
B
75-84
C
70-74
D
0-69
F
Grades
60%
Tests and Projects
15%
Quizzes
15%
Labs
10%
Homework
The
semester exam counts as1/7 of the semester average.
Make-up
work will be accepted as per school board policy 6.200:
All
missed class work or tests (from excused absences) may be made up
provided that the student makes the request immediately upon
returning to school and provided class time is not taken from
other students.
Students
will not be allowed to make up work missed when an absence is
unexcused.
Classroom
Rules
School-Wide
Rules:
1.Be in class on time
with all needed materials.
2.Do not curse, use
profanity, inappropriate language, or obscene gestures.
3.Follow directions.
4.Keep your hands and
feet to yourself.
5.Clean up your mess.
Objectives
State
standards for chemistry are listed at the following website à http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/cistandards2001/sci/ciscichemistry1.htm
Six
Weeks One: Matter and Energy: Chapters 1, 2, 13
State Standard 1.0
· Distinguish
among gases, liquids, and solids in terms of particle spacing and
relative movement, given a diagram or scenario
· Predict
the effect of changing one gas variable (volume, temperature, or
pressure) on one of the others, given a scenario
· Categorize
a process as endothermic or exothermic, given an example or
scenario
· Demonstrate
an understanding of the law of conservation of energy by equating
heat loss and gain in an interaction, given the formulas –q
= q and q = mcDt, and the specific heat
Six
Weeks Two: Matter, Energy and Atomic Structure: Chapters 3, 4
State Standards 1.0 & 2.0
· Demonstrate
an understanding of the law of conservation of matter, given
experimental data
· Identify
the major characteristics of various models of the atom:
Democritus, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, and the quantum mechanical
model
· Determine
the number of protons, neutrons, and/or electrons in an atom or
ion, given the symbol of the atom or ion and a periodic table
Six
Weeks Three: Atomic Structure: Chapters 5, 6, 7 State
Standard 2.0
· Compare
s and p orbitals in an energy level in terms of
general shape, energy and/or numbers of electrons possible
· Determine
the Lewis electron dot structure or number of valence electrons
for an atom of any main group element(1,2, 13-18), given its
atomic number or its position in the periodic table
· Describe
the trends present in the periodic table with respect to atomic
size, ionization energy, electron affinity, or electronegativity
Six
Weeks Four: Interactions of Matter: Chapters 8, 9
State Standard 3.0
· Distinguish
between ionic and covalent compounds, given binary formulas
· Identify
the formula for a compound using a periodic table and a list of
common ions, given the name of the compound
· Identify
the name of compounds and common acids using a periodic table and
a list of common ions
Six
Weeks Five: Interactions of Matter: Chapters 10, 11
State Standard 3.0
· Select
a correctly balanced chemical equation, when given examples
· Recognize
a balanced chemical equation using appropriate symbols, given a
word equation
· Convert
between any two of the following quantities of substance: mass,
number of moles, number of particles, molar volume(at STP)
Six
Weeks Six: Interactions of Matter and Properties of Solutions
and
Acid/Bases: Chapters 12, 19 State Standards
3.0 & 4.0
· Determine
molar ratios expressed in balanced chemical equations
· Analyze
percent composition of the elements in a compound, given the
formula
· Solve
mass to mass stoichiometry problems
Identify and solve different types of stoichiometry problems involving mass, moles, or volume (at STP).