Welcome to Honors Chemistry, The study of Matter and its Change.  I look forward to a semester of exploration and learning. We will perform a substantial number of laboratory experiments that offer you a chance to see and do what it is we learn about during the course.

1 Please bring the following materials to class everyday:

a. Note book

b. Text book

c. Pen/pencil

d. Calculator

2 Rules for conduct in class and lab:

a. Be in your seat before the bell rings. Late=detention

b. Show respect for each other. The Golden rule applies here.

c. Disruptive/unsafe behavior is not tolerated. You will be removed from lab and receive a “0”

d. Regulations require that you have goggles on properly at all times. Remove them and you remove yourself from the lab and receive a “0”.

e. Homework in the form of worksheets, questions from the book or lab is assigned daily and is due the next day, even if I do not specifically ask for it.

3 Grading

a. Tests = 100 points

b. Quizzes = 10 points

c. Labs = 10 points

d. Homework = 5 points

e. Projects = 100 points

(Late work will receive partial credit)

4 Absences

a. It is the students responsibility to get all back work and assignments. Labs are very difficult to make-up. I drop 1 low grade/ marking period.  After that you will need to do a substitute assignment. If I am absent an assignment will be given, collected and recorded.

Grading

1.                  Introduction to Chemistry

2.                  Matter

3.                  Measurement and Calculations

4.                  Atomic Structure

5.                  Periodic Table

6.                  Names and Formula

7.                  Quantities

8.                  Stoichiometry

9.                  Reactions

10.              States of Matter/ Behavior of Gases

11.              Bonding

12.              Solutions

13.              Thermochemistry

14.              Rates and Equilibrium

15.              Acids, Bases and salts