Hudson Area Schools Course Syllabus
SYLLABUS
1. Course Title: Chemistry
2. Course Description: Chemistry is the study of the composition and properties of
substances, and the changes that such substances can undergo. Chemistry is often
considered the central science because it overlaps other sciences. This course will provide
an overview of basics needed to provide depth of understanding in chemistry.
3. Credit Hours: .5 each trimester
4. Course Prerequisites: NA
5. Course Times: 1st , 3rd and 4th Hours
6. Course Location: Room 310
7. Instructor: Mrs. Jennifer Mason, jmason@hudson.k12.mi.us, 448-8912 ext 310
8. Required Text and Other Learning Resources:
Changing World by Prentice Hall
9.
Chemistry: Connections to Our
Course Overview: Like all sciences, the science of chemistry is an organized and systematic attempt to
understand the world around us. Chemists make careful observations about the world, generating questions
which they seek to answer. Then they test possible answers, or hypotheses, through experimentation. We will
use this basic strategy to examine the main categories in chemistry.
10. Course Content Expectations: Content for this course is based on the Chemistry High
School Content Expectations (available www.michigan.gov/documents/CHEM_168212_7.pdf)
STANDARD C1: INQUIRY, REFLECTION, AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Students will understand the nature of science and demonstrate an ability to practice scientific reasoning by
applying it to the design, execution, and evaluation of scientific investigations. Students will demonstrate their
understanding that scientific knowledge is gathered through various forms of direct and indirect observations and
the testing of this information by methods including, but not limited to, experimentation. They will be able to
distinguish between types of scientific knowledge (e.g., hypotheses, laws, theories) and become aware of areas of
active research in contrast to conclusions that are part of established scientific consensus. They will use their
scientific knowledge to assess the costs, risks, and benefits of technological systems as they make personal
choices and participate in public policy decisions. These insights will help them analyze the role science plays in
society, technology, and potential career
STANDARD C2: FORMS OF ENERGY
Students recognize the many forms of energy and understand that energy is central to predicting and explaining
how and why chemical reactions occur. The chemical topics of bonding, gas behavior, kinetics, enthalpy, entropy,
free energy, and nuclear stability are addressed in this standard. Chemistry students relate temperature to the
average kinetic energy of the molecules and use the kinetic molecular theory to describe and explain the behavior
of gases and the rates of chemical reactions. They understand nuclear stability in terms of reaching a state of
minimum potential energy.
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STANDARD C3: ENERGY TRANSFER AND CONSERVATION
Students apply the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics to explain and predict most chemical phenomena.
Chemistry students use the term enthalpy to describe the transfer of energy between reactants and products in
simple calorimetry experiments performed in class and will recognize Hess’s Law as an application of the
conservation of energy. Students understand the tremendous energy released in nuclear reactions is a result of
small amounts of matter being converted to energy.
STANDARD C4: PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Compounds, elements, and mixtures are categories used to organize matter. Students organize materials into
these categories based on their chemical and physical behavior. Students understand the structure of the atom to
make predictions about the physical and chemical properties of various elements and the types of compounds
those elements will form. An understanding of the organization the Periodic Table in terms of the outer electron
configuration is one of the most important tools for the chemist and student to use in prediction and explanation of
the structure and behavior of atoms.
STANDARD C5: CHANGES IN MATTER
Students will analyze a chemical change phenomenon from the point of view of what is the same and what is not
the same.
11. Tentative Course Calendar/Schedule:
Units of Study
Trimester One
Chapter Topic
1. Intro to Chemistry
2. Energy and Matter
3. Atomic Structure
4. Electron Configurations
5. The Periodic Table
7. Chemical Formulas & Bonding
Trimester Two
Chapter Topic
8. Molecular Shape
9. Chemical Reactions & Eq.
10. The Mole
11. Math of Chemical Equations
12. Heat in Chem. Reactions
13. Gases
12. Grading Policy:
Trimester 3
Chapter Topic
14. Liquids and Solids
15. Solutions
16. Chemical Equilibrium
18. Acids, Bases and Salts
19. Reactions of Acids and Bases
22. Rates of Reactions
24. Applications of Nuclear Chemistry
Grades are assigned in my class based on the following types of assignments:
Formative Assignments:
These are generally homework and classwork assignments.
Formative assessments will be viewed as practice, preparing students for the summative
assignments which will make up the students’ grade in Science. The purpose of formative
assessments is to identify areas of difficulty so re-teaching can occur.
Summative Assignments: These are generally tests, quizzes, projects and lab activities.
Summative assessments are the proof that students know the content expectations. Certain
summative assessments can be redone with teacher approval and completion of correctives.
Grades will be calculated using the following percentages.
Formative assignments
Summative assignments
100
93-99
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
10%
90%
A+
A
AB+
B
B-
4.00
4.00
3.67
3.33
3.0
2.67
77-79
73-76
70-72
67-69
63-66
59.45-62
C+
C
CD+
D
D-
2.33
2.00
1.67
1.33
1.00
.67
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13. Course Policies:
Make Up Work
 If you have been gone due to illness or other emergency, it is your responsibility to
check with me to get the work.
 All warm up questions are to be completed upon your return.
14. Teacher Responsibilities.
My Pledge to You
 I will trust you until you give me reason to do otherwise.
 I will respect you and work with you to solve problems.
 I will promptly correct and offer feedback on your work.
 I will work with you to meet learning goals.
 I will offer extra help and alternative assessments should you require them.
15. Student Responsibilities.
 Be prepared! You are expected to bring a pencil or pen, book, and notebook with you
to class each day. You will not be allowed to go and get materials you forget.
 All students are expected to complete all assignments.
 Assignments are due at the beginning of the class period unless otherwise
communicated.
 Use pencil, blue or black ink. Illegible work will not be accepted.
 No eating or drinking is allowed in class, with the exception of bottled water.
 Take pride in your work! Show effort and a desire to learn and it will be rewarded.
 Be on time! Be in your seat and ready to learn when the bell rings.
Be respectful of school property and others
 The books issued to you should be returned in reasonable condition.
 No writing on school desks, books, or other destruction of school property will be
tolerated.
 I will not tolerate verbal or physical abuse of anyone in the classroom. Respect for
others must be demonstrated at all times.
 Be respectful of the plants and animals in the classroom.
 Clean up after yourselves!
Follow all safety rules and procedures at all times.