Regent's Chemistry Syllabus and Grading Formula

Student grades will be calculated in the following way:

40% Tests

35% Homework

15% Labs

10% Quizzes

Students will have one week from the time of their absence to make up any missed work.

Students will need the following materials in the class EVERY day:

1.  Book

2.  Class Notebook (a three-ring binder works best)

3.  PAPER

4.  Pen and/or pencil

5.  Calculator - either scientific or four-function.  GRAPHING CALCULATORS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN CLASS.

Students will need the following materials in lab EVERY day:

1.  Lab notebook (a folder with loose-leaf paper works best)

2.  Pen and/or pencil

3.  Calculator

The following topics will be studied in Regent's Chemistry:

Chapter 1:  Matter and Atomic Structure:  The early studies of matter, separation of matter, subatomic particles, electron arrangement and types of matter.

Chapter 2:  The Periodic Table:  Classifying elements, table information about the elements, arrangement of the periodic table, types of elements, properties of elements, properties of groups, properties of ions.

Chapter 3:  Bonding, Intermolecular Forces, and Chemical Formulas:  Energy and chemical bonds, Lewis electron dot structures, metallic bonds, the Octet Rule, covalent bonds, molecular substances, ionic bonding, distinguishing bond types, and information about hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole intermolecular forces, and dispersion forces.  Additionally, chemical symbols and formulas, writing formulas and naming compounds.

Chapter 4:  Mathematics of Chemistry:  Chemical reactions and equations, balancing equations, the mathematics of formulas, the mole, mole relations in balanced equations.

Chapter 5:  Chemistry of Solutions: Types of solutions, solubility, concentration of solutions, and colligative properties.

Chapter 6:  Phases of Matter and Gas Laws:  Description of different phases of matter, introduction to temperature scales, and behavior of gases.

Chapter 7:  Phase Changes and Heat Laws:  Measurement of heat energy and phase change diagrams.

Chapter 8:  Kinetics and Equilibrium:  Kinetics, potential energy diagrams, equilibrium, entropy and enthalpy.

Chapter 9:  Acids and Bases:  Properties of acids and bases, Arrhenius Theory, reactions involving acids and bases, acid-base titration, acidity and alkalinity of solutions, acid-base indicatiors, and alternate theory of acids and bases.

Chapter 10:  Redox Equations and Electrochemistry:  Oxidation and reduction formulas, examining redox reactions, half-reactions, electrochemical cells.

Chapter 11:  Organic Chemistry:  Bonding of carbon atoms, hydrocarbons, naming organic compounds, functional groups, and organic reactions.

Chapter 12:  Nuclear Chemistry:  Stability of nuclei, nuclear equations, transmutations, fission and fusion, half-life, uses and dangers of radioisotopes.