“The more you know, the more you can know.
Your ability to learn is only limited by what you don’t know.
You can’t use what you don’t have.”
Introduction to Conceptual Chemistry
Integrated Science
CLASSROOM RULES AND POLICIES
MR. FUKUDA
ROOM 703
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.saddlespace.org/fukuda/icc or www.svusd.org/fukuda
This course is lab based and will cover integrated units which include Thinking Games (Nature’s
Rules); Atomic structure and reactivity (driving force behind reactivity, atomic structures);
Cooking reactions (boiling, frying, deep frying, roasting/baking, Maillard reaction, list of cooking
techniques); Seasonings (acidity, peppers, spices, flavors and reactions on your tongue); Health
& nutrition (fats, sugars, proteins); Recipes (baking); Brining (preservation of food, osmosis);
Food spoiling (rotting, reaction rates, freezing process); Reaction rates and explosions (iron
rusting, hydrogen, methane); Fuel/automotive reactions (internal combustion engine, gasoline,
hydrogen, hybrid, diesel, natural gas); Batteries (types; redox reactions; why they work);
Nuclear, conventional, and alternative power plants (how they work, wind, solar); Laundry and
solubility (polarity of food and dirt); Household cleaners (bases); Tape and Glue (intermolecular
and intramolecular forces, strength); Laundry/soda bottles and pressure (gas laws, scuba diving
& the bends, liquid versus gas pressure); Weather (air pressure, Santa Anas, El Nino, rain &
hurricanes, dew point), Ocean chemistry (acidification of oceans by CO 2), and Climate change
(global warming; how a microwave oven works).
CLASS REQUIREMENTS AND MATERIALS:
1. You will need a CALCULATOR for this course (a simple one is all you need).
2. You are required to take notes. Notes should be taken in a bound notebook or on loose sheets of
paper and kept in a SEPARATE notebook. USE THESE AS THE MAIN SOURCE FOR STUDYING FOR TESTS.
Notebooks will be collected at the end of each semester and count as extra credit on the final exam.
3. You will be allowed to use notes on SOME exams.
4. You are expected to come to class every day with the necessary materials including paper,
pencils/pens, notebook, and calculator. NO, YOU MAY NOT GO TO YOUR LOCKER TO GET IT.
5. Textbooks must be covered. You will leave them IN CLASS!
GENERAL CLASSROOM RULES:
1. The rules of common courtesy apply in this classroom i.e. NO TALKING WHILE THE TEACHER OR ANYONE
ELSE IS TALKING! If you have a question, raise your hand. DO NOT MISS CLASS. PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS!
2. ATTENDANCE-- You are to be IN your assigned seat, quiet and ready to work, when the tardy bell rings.
If you walk into the room after the bell rings, ASSUME YOU ARE MARKED TARDY (the number of times you
do this is the number of tardies you have in this class).
“The more you know, the more you can know.
Your ability to learn is only limited by what you don’t know.
You can’t use what you don’t have.”
3. HABITS-• NO EATING OR DRINKING IN THE CLASSROOM. Do Not Bring Food Into My Room.
• NO ONE MAY GO TO THE RESTROOM UNTIL 30 MINUTES AFTER THE START OF THE PERIOD.
• Bathroom breaks are limited to 5 minutes (abuse it, you lose it!). You must ASK PERMISSION FIRST,
then sign out on the sheet before you leave and sign back in when you return. One person at a time.
• There is no sitting on desk tops, no tipping chairs, no feet on the desks, no applying make-up, and no
FOUL LANGUAGE or any other disruptive behavior during class.
• REMAIN IN YOUR SEAT until the bell rings and I EXCUSE YOU.
• Any horseplay or otherwise dangerous activity will result in you being dropped from the class with an
F.
• Any cheating results in a zero and administrative action.
Copying class work IS cheating.
CHARACTER COUNTS in this class.
Tutorial Rules:
1. Tutorial is like another class period. All rules that apply in class apply during tutorial. All expectations
that apply during class apply during tutorial. Friends who are not in any of my classes are not allowed in
my tutorial.
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND HOMEWORK:
1. HEADINGS-- All papers must include your name, period, and date in the upper right hand corner. NO
NAME, NO CREDIT. Also, the first line of the page should contain the proper title (assignment and problem
numbers, laboratory title, etc.)
2. DUE DATES/MAKE-UP WORK-- All class assignments (usually worth 5 points) are due at the BEGINNING
of the period. Assignments can be turned in up until the day of the test. After that, it is LATE. Late
assignments will NOT be accepted. If you are absent the day before a test (review day), I still expect you to
take the test on the day you return. If you are absent on the day of a test, I expect you to make up the test
on the day you return.
3 IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO INQUIRE ABOUT ANY MAKE-UP ASSIGNMENTS AND WORK! Check the
website and/or look on the class calendar. Ask on the day you return from your absence. If you don't ask
about make-up work, don't expect me to tell you about it.
4. GRADES-- Grades will be based on the total points accumulated during a semester. The grading scale
will be as follows:
A = 100% - 85% of total points
B = 84% - 75% of total points
C = 74% - 65% of total points
D = 64% - 55% of total points
GRADES WILL NOT BE CURVED! EVER!
Grades are weighted by categories. Tests will account for 36% of the total grade (18% multiple choice &
18% problems), the final exam 14%, class assignments 25%, lab and activities 15%, and class participation
10%.
5. It is your responsibility to KNOW and FOLLOW ALL OF THESE CLASS POLICIES AND RULES.