1. Welcome to Chemistry Syllabus, Policies, Procedures Section 1.4

2. Syllabus: Follow along on your copy!  Chemistry has been revised completely since last year.  I listened to some of the complaints from the students and fixed things.  This class can be hard but it can be fun too.

3. Top of First Page: Contact Info   JM Chemistry 15-16   Mr. Schwartz, Room 225, 540-372-1100 (x 2382)   Emails: sschwartz@cityschools.c om or send email through JMHS website. sschwartz@cityschools.c om   Blog: Access through JMHS Home Page using Staff Websites link on left side.

4. Bottom of Page 1   Students: If you find yourself having trouble, or falling behind, you want to deal with that immediately.   Chemistry isn’t a course that you can “catch up in” very easily. I stay after school for tutoring/extra help Tuesday through Thursdays from 2:45 until 4 (sorry, not Mondays or Friday). You can always get one-on-one help after school. You can even come just to do homework or study. You can come for help during JAYEM AM.

5. Top of Page 2: Grading Categories   Grading Policies   Tests 50%   Quizzes15%   Lab Work 25%   HW/CW10%   Unit 1 Test (1 st and 3rd) on Sep 21! BE READY! (4A on Oct 2; 4B on Oct 5)

6. Tests & Quizzes 4 per quarter   You can expect one or more test or quiz EVERY week.   If you work a little every day (30 minutes studying after you do your homework) you will be more successful than if you cram the night before the test.   Every Unit Test will FOCUS on new material from that unit, but also include important concepts from previous units!

7. More Tests and Quizzes   Tests are worth 50% of your overall grade.   Quizzes are worth 15% of your grade.   Quizzes are worth a maximum of 25 points!   I generally drop the lowest quiz grade of each quarter   The SOL is your final exam.   The midterm and SOL are very important and should be taken seriously.   New for 2015-16: There is no curve for Adv Chem. Curve for Chem = 10 points max.   You can use a 3x5 index card on SOME tests.

8. More Tests and Quizzes   EXTRA TIME ON TESTS:   Some students are officially allowed extra time on tests and assignments.   I don’t allow extra time on tests. Please don’t ask. Get it done in the time you have available.   If you have a legitimate problem on test day, please talk to me BEFORE the test starts and I will try my best to help you out.   Makeup Tests:   If you are absent the day I give a test, you must make it up after school the day you return, in accordance with school policies. Failure to make up the test timely will result in a grade of 0.

9. Lab Work  Chemistry is a laboratory science. We will do 3-4 labs per quarter.  Students must purchase a bound, composition style notebook for a lab notebook.  Students do work as part of a group BUT to must record all data and observations directly in their OWN lab notebook.  Written lab reports are to be each student’s own work. Only $1 Hey it moved (that’s an observation!)

10. Turn YOUR LAB in on time for MAX POINTS!   Max Score Date Turned In   100%On time   90%3pm same day   80%1 day late   70%2 days late   60%3 days late   40%4 days late   20%5 days late   0%Never turned in

11. Homework and Classwork   Homework will be assigned frequently (not every day; more in Adv Chem).   Homework is ALWAYS due the next class day after it is assigned, unless I tell you in class.   READING THE SECTIONS in the chapters are considered to be homework.   This is Chemistry. Don’t do HW or study for other classes in my class. It won’t help your grade in my class.

12. Homework and Classwork   Homework will primarily be graded on a completion basis, and it is due at the start of class for full credit. Put it in the “Turn In Bin” before the BELL RINGS!!   Almost every homework assignment will have a portion graded for correctness.   We will discuss and work out difficult homework problems during the first part of every class, if you ask a question.   Homework turned in on time and complete will almost always receive a grade of 100 AND at least a grade of 80.

13. Look familiar? Turn in HW on time too!   Max Score Date Turned In   100%1 st 5 minutes   90%3pm same day   80%1 day late   70%2 days late   60%3 days late   40%4 days late   20%5 days late   0%Never turned in

14. Class Rules   Rule 1: Come to class prepared.   Bring book, notebook, calculator, periodic table, pen, pencil, etc EVERY DAY.   I don’t write passes to go to your locker and get stuff. Bring it with you.   Rule 2: When I am talking, you are listening and taking notes.   I like to have fun too, but let’s get our work done FIRST   Texting is not allowed at any time in my class.   If we get done and have time left over at the end of class, I’ll let you talk then. I promise.

15. Class Rules   Rule 3: No CHEATING or copying assignments, EVER.   The person copying AND the person who allowed their paper to be copied with BOTH get 0.   Asking someone for an answer on a HW problem is cheating.   Helping someone learn how to work the problem helps BOTH of you.   Dividing up the problems and then exchanging the answers is cheating.   Rule 4: No eating in class!   This is a Chemistry lab in addition to a classroom.   Do not bring breakfast or cups that can spill to my room first period. You may have bottles of water.   Do not bring back food from lunch during third period.   You may chew gum provided I don’t see or hear bubbles being blown and/or popped.

16. Class Rules   Rule 5: If you miss work, it is your responsibility to make it up.   Come and see me before or after school to get your missed assignments (NOT 2 seconds before the bell rings).   Check the blog also for missed assignments, because I’m going to post them there.   Come after school to get help as soon as you get back.   Rule 6: Treat everyone in this room, with the respect that you would like to be treated with.   That includes Mr. Schwartz, and especially subs throughout the year, your classmates AND the chemicals and equipment in this room.   Rule 7: Lab work is NOT playtime, and people can get hurt in lab.   Accidents can and will happen, and we have procedures to deal with that.   You will never get in trouble for having an accident or breaking something accidentally.   However, if you are intentionally behaving in an unsafe manner, I will ask you to stop or remove you from lab and you will get a DR.

17. Class Rules   Rule 8: Passes to get out of class will require your agenda.   No agenda. No pass.   I will write a maximum of 2 passes for you during any week (1 for A/B classes).   No passes will be written for any reason during the first or last 10 minutes of each class.   Rule 9: I do mark tardies when you are late.   Tardy is defined, by me, as being outside Room 225 after the bell has rung.   Be ready to work once the bell has rung.   Get your notes out and something to write with, turn in any homework, get quiet and let’s go.   Rule 10: All other school rules and policies apply in Chemistry class.   Including cell phones.   Keep them off, and out of sight during class.   I love my cell phone too. I just don’t use it during class.

18. Parent/Guardian Sheet to Sign   Students: please detach and have your parents fill out and sign.   Return to me by Monday, Sep 14 th, 2015 for an EASY Homework grade!   You must return it, but you will receive a grade of 50% if you turn it in after Sep 15.   I will also be calling home starting Sep 15 to talk to parents regarding this.

19. Specific Content for Both Classes  Everything is laid out by Unit.  4 units per quarter (semester for AB)  Reading sections are listed in the order we will do them.  32 sections for Chem; 39 sections for Adv Chem

20. Last Page: Specific Content   CHEMISTRY (1 st and 3 rd Period)   Unit 1 SOL 1   Introduction to Chemistry, Chemical Safety and Problem Solving   Sections 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3  ADV CHEM (AB, 4 th Period)  Unit 1 SOL 1  Introduction to Chemistry, Chemical Safety and Problem Solving  Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

21. Math Quiz Take out something to write with and a calculator.

22. Chapter 1.4 Problem Solving  3 Headings:  Skills Used in Problem Solving  Solving Numeric Problems  SP 1.1 (pg 24)  PP 25, 26  Solving Non-numeric Problems  SP 1.2 (pg 26)  PP 27, 28  End of Section Problems  Pg 26, #29-33  End of Chapter Problems  Pg 28, #51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 66, 71, 74, 75, 77  Red = Answers in back of book.

23. 22 Problems for just 1 section in the book  I don’t want to assign all 22 problems.  Most people won’t need to do all 22 problems.  But you might.  And if you do need to, you should do as many as you can whether I assigned them or not!

24. Skills Used in Solving Problems  You solve problems every day.  Just today, you figured out what to wear and how to find Room 225.  You determined who to sit next to.  Problems aren’t complicated but none of these involved Chemistry or Math.

25. Skills Used in Solving Problems  Many problems in Chemistry give you data to use in the calculations or a graph to chart to find data.  But to solve any problem you have to:  Develop a plan  Implement that plan

26. Solving Numeric Problems  3 steps: Step 1  Analyze: this step is to develop your plan. It should take the most time.  What is known?  What are you solving for?  Do you need a formula?  Do you know any other facts which can help you solve the problem?  Do this on paper with pencil. NOT in your head! That’s where the mistakes happen!

27. Solving Numeric Problems  3 steps: Step 2  Calculate: this step is to implement your plan. This is when you finally pick up your calculator. It should take the least time.  If you planned well, you will probably have a rough idea of the answer before you begin to punch numbers into the calculator.  Most students start by picking up their calculator.  On the SOL, sometimes you can just do random calculations until you happen to get the right multiple choice answer.  What if there aren’t choices? Then what?

28. Solving Numeric Problems  3 steps: Step 3  Evaluate: does your answer make any sense?  Is it reasonable?  Get over the “weird numbers!”  1.23589876E23 isn’t weird.  0.000004367 isn’t weird.  Π is a little weird  i is kind of weird too  We aren’t always going to get 2 or 5 or ½ or 0.25 in this class.  There are an infinite number of REAL numbers and we might get any of them.  If you think the answer might be wrong, do it again to double check!

29. SP 1.1 PP 25  Look at sample problem (SP) 1.1 on page 24 in your book.  Read it and work it out  Do you understand it?  If you do, try practice problem (PP) 25.

30. The Framework for PP 25: Step 1  First step is to plan.  I’m going to first gather data from the sample problem:  1 mile = 10 blocks.  1 mile = 20 minutes.  Question: how long will it take to go to and from the store which is 6 blocks away? How long means I am solving for minutes.

31. The Framework for PP 25: Still Step 1  Think: I’m still planning!  6 blocks to and 6 blocks from = 12 total blocks.  1 mile = 10 blocks and 1 mile = 20 min, so  10 blocks = 20 min or  20 min = 10 blocks  I think I’ve got it. Looks like it takes about 2 minutes to walk 1 block and 12 blocks should = 24 minutes.

32. The Framework for PP 25: On to Step 2  Now I will calculate! It’s on Step 2  20 min = 10 blocks is a conversion factor, which I can write as a fraction 20 min ----------- 10 blocks  So 12 blocks x 20 min -----------= 24 min 10 blocks  The units of blocks cancel each other out, since one is in the numerator and the other is in the demoninator, leaving minutes as the only unit not cancelled out.

33. The Framework for PP 25: Finally, Step 3  Evaluate the answer.  Does it make sense?  Well, I sort of figured my answer would be around 24 min, and it is.  Did I calculate it right?  Well, I used the right conversion factor, and the units cancelled out appropriately.  Does my answer have the correct units?  The cool part about the framework is when the units in the numerator are the same as the units you are looking for, the problem is done, and done correctly.

34. Solving Non- Numeric Problems  The steps are basically the same, but there aren’t any number, so nothing to calculate.  Analyze  Solve

35. SP 1.2 PP 27  Look at sample problem (SP) 1.2 on page 26 in your book.  Read it and work it out  Do you understand it?  If you do, try practice problem (PP) 27.

36. Analyze and Solve  Question: How would Manny’s schedule change if Art was offered 1 st period instead of 2 nd ?  Analyze: Well from the sample, I know that Algebra 2 is offered either 1 st or 2 nd period.  Solve: Manny would take Algebra 2 2 nd period (instead of 1 st ) and then Art 1 st period.  Done.

37. You already know how to solve problems.  Don’t make the problems ridiculously hard just because they are now called Chemistry problems.  You make things much harder when you don’t read the book and don’t understand anything the problem is asking.  The problems are to reinforce the chapter readings, NOT to do instead of reading.

38. What if I don’t get it?  Not Getting It is not an option!  Google if you don’t understand!  Ask questions!  Work with each other!  Form Study Groups!  JM Tutors: there are a few seniors who took me for 2 years of Chemistry who might be willing to help you!

39. STUDY HARD!  You should plan on studying hours for EVERY chemistry test. All of my best students do!  But it doesn’t all have to be done the night before.  30 minutes every night, including tonight!

40. AND FINALLY  I am here to help you.  I am NOT here to do all the work for you.  I should not be the hardest working person in Room 225.

41. sschwartz@city schools.com HW: Read Section 1.4 FIRST, then Sections 1.1, 1.3. Do Problems: pg 5, # 2,4 pg19, # 14, 17, 21, 23 pg 28-30, # 55, 66, 74, 76