Happy May!

Honors Students:  Here is your Stoichiometry Worksheet, due 5/11/20  Click right here!

General Chem Students:  Here is yout Stoichiometry Worksheet, due 5/11/20  GC click here!

1. STOICHIOMETRY: The study of quantitative relationships between the amounts of REACTANTS and PRODUCTS formed in a chemical reaction.   

2.  It is based on:  The Law of Conservation of Mass. 

3.  Stoichiometry is from two Greek words that mean "measure the elements."

Make sure you know this definition, what it is based on, and the Greek meaning!

 Please watch this video I made (it is also on Google Classroom):  Complete the Challenge Question.  Don't worry if you don't get it right; I'm just looking for you try.

--->S'mores Video

REGULAR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS:    Molar Mass Worksheet #2:  there are still students who have not turned this in.  Please do so asap.

REVIEW FOR CH. 9:    These are 7 problems for which I provide you THE ANSWER.  You must illustrate WHY this is the correct answer.

CH. 9 TEST:  I will be posing it tomorrow.  You will have a week to hand it in.  NOTE:  ANY PROBLEM that doesn't show work will be marked "incorrect."  

TOPICS COVERED:

Moles
Converting Mass to Moles
Converting Moles to Mass

Converting grams to atoms
Converting atoms to grams

One last thing:  When you are logging into Google classroom, it must be from your SCHOOL EMAIL ACCOUNT.

HONORS CHEMISTRY:  Molar Mass Worksheet #2:  there are still students who have not handed this in .  Please do so asap.

Deriving Empirical Formulas:  3 problems.  This is due TUESDAY, APRIL 21.

CH. 9 TEST:  I will be posting it tomomrrow; you will have a week to hand it in.  Note:  ANY PROBLEM that doesn't show ALL work will be marked "incorrect."

TOPICS COVERED:

*Moles:  converting mass to moles, and moles to mass

*Converting R.P (representative particles; atoms, molecules, formula units) to grams and Grams to R.P.'s

*Deriving Empirical Formulas

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2019-2020 Chemistry Syllabus  (link to Word Document)

Course Description:

Chemistry is the study of matter and its changes.  In this course, we will explore atoms, properties of matter, changes in matter, bonding, chemical equations, types of reactions, the Periodic Table, writing chemical formulas, naming chemical compounds, electromagnetic radiation, gas laws and reaction rates.   

Chemistry is all around us.  We use chemicals, wear chemicals, and eat chemicals.  This course will enable us to explain why salt disappears in water, why iron rusts, why solutions change color and why certain reactions happen faster than others.

You will be listening to lectures, (and taking notes), working in a laboratory, collaborating with your peers in small groups, and demonstrating what you have learned in a variety of ways, including quizzes, tests, lab reports, class projects, and class discussions. 

Materials Needed for Class:

A notebook
A folder with pockets
A pencil
A calculator (I have a class set if you need to use one.)

Class Rules:
1. Come to class on time
2. Come to class prepared (with pencil, notebook & folder)
3. No eating food of any kind in class.
4. Each student may have ONE (1) beverage, as long as it is 16 oz or less, and has a cover (lid, cap, etc.)
5. No cell phone use of any kind.  This includes ear phones, ear buds, Bluetooth, etc.  This will be strictly enforced.   Do NOT enter class with a cell phone out.  You will not be permitted to enter class until cell phones and all listening devices (ear buds, etc) have been put away.
6. Be respectful of others at all times.

 Grading:

10% Class participation:  come prepared to class, try to answer questions, engage in class discussions, do not sleep during class, do not disrupt others from learning

50% Exams & Quizzes

40% Lab Reports and Class Projects

Seating:

As your teacher, I will decide where you sit.  Your assigned seat can be changed at any time to better facilitate learning in the classroom.  If you wear glasses, make sure you wear them to class so that you can see the board.   If you are asked to move your seat at any time, please do so quietly and without argument.  Failure to do so will result in a referral to discipline and removal from the classroom.   If you are unhappy with your seat, please let me know and I will make the appropriate accommodations.

Bathroom Passes:

If you need to use the bathroom, please raise your hand and ask politely to leave the classroom  Only one person at a time may use the restroom.   You must sign out (name & time), bring the “RESTROOM” pass with you, and upon your return, sign back in (time.)    A bathroom pass may only be used to go the bathroom.  You may NOT go to a vending machine, guidance, the office, etc.    During an exam, you must leave your cell phone at the teacher’s desk.

Labs:

Laboratory activities will take place in our classroom, and on occasion, in a different lab.  You must sign the Safety Agreement to work in the lab.   On a day in which we are working in the lab, all long hair must be tied back, and no open toed shoes are allowed.  You are expected to conduct yourself in a respectful manner in the laboratory at all times.  Any display of unsafe behavior will result in immediate removal from class and possible suspension from any future labs for the remainder of the year.

Absences:

Any student who is absent must take responsibility to see me about missing/make up work. 

Topics Covered for the 2019-2020 School Year

The following is a framework that coordinates with our new McGraw Hill Textbook and also the Marion County Public School Curriculum Documents.    Each unit covered include essential questions, key learning statements, vocabulary, items for students to know and do, laboratory experiments where appropriate, and both formative and summative assessments.

QUARTER 1 (week of Aug 12-Oct 14)

Introduction to Chemistry
          Branches of Chemistry
          Scientific Inquiry & Approach
          Scientific Method
Scientific Measurement
          Scientific Notation
          Fundamental Base Units
          Rules for Significant Figures
          Conversion Factors (Dimensional Analysis)
Error:  Percent, Accepted, Experimental

Atomic Structure
          Historical Development of Atomic Models:  Greek Model, Dalton, Rutherford, Bohr          Atomic Number, Mass Number, Isotope, Ions
          Electron Configuration
Periodic Table
          Classifying Elements
          Periodic Trends
          Octet Rule

QUARTER 2 (Oct 21-Dec 9)
Ionic Compounds
          Cations, Anions, Ionic Bonds, Crystal Lattic
          Fixed vs. Variable Charge
          Polyatomic Ions
          Criss-Cross Rule

Covalent Molecules
          Covalent Bonds
          Single, double, triple bonds
          Greek prefixes
          Hydrogen in acids
          Binary & Tertiary acids
          Naming Compounds

QUARTER 3 (Jan 6 – Mar 16)
          Finish Covalent Molecules & bonding
Chemical Reactions
          Balancing Equations – Law of Conservation of Mass
          Types of Reactions
                   Combination/Synthesis, Single & Double Replacement, Decomposition, Combustion

          Precipitate
          Aqueous Solutions
Stoichiometry
          Mass-Mass, Mass-Mole, Mole-Mass, Mole-Mole

QUARTER 4 (Mar 23-May 23)
Finish Stoichiometry

States of Matter – Phase Changes, Exothermic vs. Endothermic Reactions

Gas Laws – Boyle, Charles, Gay-Lussac, Combined, Ideal (*H)

Reaction Rates

Review for LEOC

Signatures:

I understand this syllabus and will do my best to follow rules and cooperative in class.

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(Student)

I understand this syllabus and will do my best to enable my child to be successful in this class.

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(Parent/Guardian)

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