Chemistry Assignments

Supplies: Textbook, notebook and looseleaf paper, folder, blue or black pen, and a TI-30XA calculator (no others are allowed)

**The calculator is a MUST - I will not supply you with one at any time and you may not share during exams!)

Textbook Policy: The student is issued a numbered textbook at the beginning of the school year. Each student is responsible to return the same numbered book without damage at the end of the school year. Failure to return the textbook that was issued, or returning a damaged book will result in a replacement fee.

Attendance: Students are expected to attend class every day and arrive on time. Each student is responsible to find out any work that has been missed, to make up the work, and to get the class notes and worksheets. Assignments are posted in the room and on the website for the entire week. In the event that an experiment is missed, a time to make up the experiment must be set up with the instructor the first day the student returns. The lab experiment MUST BE MADE UP WITHIN A WEEK FROM THE STUDENT'S RETURN OR IT WILL BECOME A ZERO!

Absences of more than one day require the student to see the instructor to negotiate due dates. Failure to talk with the instructor means that regardless of how long a student was absent, or for whatever reason, all work is due the second day you return.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OBTAIN MISSING WORK OR SCHEDULE TIME TO MAKE UP AN EXPERIMENT!!

Classwork / Homework: Classwork or homework is assigned on a regular basis. All work, such as a reading assignment or problems, will be due the next day, unless otherwise specified. Work will be checked periodically for points. Work one day late will be worth half credit (50%) and work two days late will receive a zero.

Lab Reports: Lab reports must be typed or written legibly on loose leaf paper. ALL INFORMATION obtained during the lab should be written the loose leaf sheet of paper. It is mandatory to write the title, date, purpose, hypothesis, lab partner, procedure, and construct data tables before the experiment is performed. This saves time during the lab experiment.

Lab reports are due TWO DAYS after the experiment is completed. For each day the lab report is late, your grade will be dropped. The science department feels experiments and the analysis of the results of an experiment are an integral part of any science course. Therefore, if less than 75% of all lab reports are not completed, the student will be issued a failing grade.

Extra Credit: There will be three opportunities for extra credit, one per trimester. The extra credit assignment will be due two weeks prior to the end of the trimester with NO EXTENSIONS GIVEN and will pertain to the information we have learned in that particular trimester. It will be given to students the first or second week of the trimester.

Exams: There will be periodic exams based on the topic covered and the labs performed. A student who receives lower than a 70% on an exam may retake that exam within one week and I will raise the grade to a 70%.