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AP Chemistry -- Seniors
Teacher : Laura Shoun Phone: 355-8393 After school help: Mon., Thur., & Fri. Room C200 email: lshoun@greenville.k12.sc.us AP Chemistry – Year 2 is a course for 12th grade students who have completed IB Chemistry SL/HL. This course is the second year of the two year course designed to teach college level chemistry concepts. Students will learn concepts of acids, bases, energetics, reaction kinetics, principles of equilibrium, oxidation-reduction, electrochemistry, and organic chemistry. Human biochemistry, environmental science, and/or fuels and energy will be covered as IB options. Students will be examined on a cumulative basis throughout the course. In spring of senior year, students will take the IB Standard Level (SL) or Higher Level (HL) Chemistry Exam and the Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry Exam. My goals for students: 1. To appreciate chemistry as “the central science”. 2. Engage in exploration of chemistry related careers. 3. Be well prepared for the IB Exam and the AP Chemistry Exam. 4. Engage is a rigorous laboratory experience. Outline of Study: IB and AP Topics First Quarter IB Options: Environmental Science, Fuels & Energy, IB: Options C, D, F; AP: IV Human Biochemistry with Inquiry Project #2 Chapter 5: Gases IB: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, AP: I.B.1, II.A1, 2 Chapter 10: Liquids and Solids IB: 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, AP: I.B, II.B, Chapter 22: Organic Chemistry IB: 11, 20, AP: IV.3 Chapter 11: Properties of Solutions IB: 6, 14, AP: 2.C Second Quarter Chapter 12: Chemical Kinetics IB: 7, 16, AP: III.C, III.D Chapter 13: Chemical Equiliberia IB: 8, 17, AP: III.C Chapter 14: Acids and Bases IB: 9, 18, AP: III.A.1, III.C.2 Chapter 15: Applications of Chemical Equiliberia IB: 18, AP: III.C.2 Chapters 19 & 20: Representative Elements AP: III.C, III.D, III.E Chapters 8 & 9 Bonding Review IB: 4, 11, AP: I.B, IB: 14, 20, AP: 1.B Midterm Exam Third Quarter Inquiry Project # 3: Chapter 16: Entropy and Free Energy IB: 6, 15, AP: III.A.3.c, III.E.3 Chapter 17: Electrochemistry IB: 10, 19, AP: E.4 Chapter 18: The Nucleus: A Chemist’s View AP: I.C Complete IB Internal Assessments Fourth Quarter Chapter 21: Transition Elements and AP: III.C, III.D, III.E Coordination Chemistry Review for AP and IB Exams AP and IB Exams Student Supplies: • Marble composition book (Laboratory Journal) • Carbon paper lab notebook (IB Internal Assessment Reports) • Graph paper, colored pencils, periodic table, calculator • Princeton Review AP Chemistry book is recommended. • TI-83 or later model of graphing calculator. Required Textbook (Issued by school as needed) • Zumdahl, Steven S. and Zumdahl, Susan A. 2003. Chemistry, 6th edition, Boston.: Houghton Mifflin Company. • Green, John and Damji, Sadru. 1998. Chemistry: for use with International Baccalaureate. Victoria: IBID Press. • Thorpe, Gary S. 2001. Cliffs Advanced Placement: CliffsAP. 3rd edition. New York: wiley Publishing, Inc. Grading Policy: Quizzes (25%) and homework assignments (10%) will count as 25% of the student’s grade. Tests will count as 40% of the student’s grade. Labs (Internal Assessment) will count as 25% of the student’s grade. Homework and Quizzes: Homework is due at the beginning of class and is graded for completion. Quizzes are given on Wednesday. This is a weekly assessment of how well you understand the concepts and problem solving skills worked on throughout the week. All homework will be turned in for grading on Wednesdays. Classwork assignments are due at the end of the week. Late homework accepted for a 10 point deduction per day, and you are required to know the material for the quizzes. You are encouraged to work on homework and classwork in small study groups to prepare yourselves for quizzes. Tests: To prepare for tests students should: 1.) read the textbook material , 2.) do all homework and classwork assignments on time, 3.) use the study guide for practice problems and conceptual understanding, 4.) use the power point lecture notes to review concepts, and 5.)get help from teachers and study group for problems you do not understand. General Laboratory: Laboratory inquiry and assessment is done in the lab using safe technique. You will be assigned a lab group of two or three people. Your lab group will have a cabinet and counter space to use as needed. Students are responsible to clean up their lab space. All students are responsible to keep a laboratory journal. The laboratory journal is a working notebook of you experimentation. Each lab activity will include reference to title, purpose, background information, hypothesis, variables, procedure notes and observations, raw data, calculations and graphs. Analysis, conclusion, and summary of work should be included in the laboratory journal. The laboratory journal must have a table of contents. All pages in the laboratory journal must be numbered and dated. The table of contents must be kept up to date. IB Higher Level Laboratory: Twenty additional hours of laboratory work is required for IB Higher level. It may be necessary for students to use after school time to complete this work. Internal Assessment: Most labs will include a formal write up in your internal assessment lab book; these formal lab reports will be sent for IB grading at the completion of this course. Labs are due on the due date; the yellow carbon is turned in; the white pages are kept in the binding. If computer generated graphs are part of the analysis, duplicates must be taped into the appropriate space in the formal lab report. Approximately three labs per quarter will be required. Attendance Policy: According to school district policy a student is in danger of not passing a class if more than 10 days are missed. It is important that the student attend class regularly to progress in class. Most learning experiences are difficult to make-up outside of the regular class. Please encourage your student to attend class every day. Make-Up Work: In the event that your student is absent from class it is the student’s responsibility to make up the work. Notes can be copied from another student and assignments should be obtained from the teacher. Tests need to be made up the next day if the student was absent for just one day and within 5 days for longer absences. Please contact me for assignments during an extended illness. Classroom Rules: 1. Follow all rules in the student handbook. 2. Do only chemistry work in chemistry class. 3. Take part in class discussions and listen to others. 4. Be a valuable part of your study group. 5. Be courteous, kind, and helpful. Positive Consequences: Negative Consequences: 1. Great Learning Environment 1. Warning 2. Better Grades 2. Parent Contact 3. Positive note sent home 3. Administrative Referral Safety in the Laboratory All laboratory safety rules apply to YOU. Consequences for any horseplay or unsafe behavior will result in points deducted from your grade, a call to parents, and, if necessary,an administrative referral Cheating Any student found guilty of cheating will be given a zero on the work. The parents will be notified by the teacher. Cheating includes “giving help” on a test or quiz as well as “receiving help”. Plagiarism is a form of cheating; this includes information obtained through computer sources. (SHS Student Handbook) |
