Chemistry Syllabus
We will be undertaking the study of chemistry! We will be learning a great deal, and I plan to have a great
semester! You will be expected to work hard. It is imperative that you never get behind! We will do as many labs as
possible as long as there is good behavior.
BEHAVIOR
I expect the best behavior from you. I expect you to treat others the way you want to be treated. I expect you to
respect others, as well as yourself. I have zero tolerance for disruptive behavior, especially in lab. It is simply too
dangerous. You will be removed immediately from lab and receive a zero should disruptive behavior occur or if you do
not follow safety procedures.
Cheating will not be tolerated. You will receive a zero.
Cell phones should be kept put away at all times. If you are using your phone during class, I will take it.
GRADING
You will receive weekly grades and test grades.
1. Weekly grades – 50%
For each day you will receive a
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You completely understand the concept covered and can explain it. (3 points)
You understand most of the concept covered. (2 points)
You understand a little, but still need some help. (1 point)
You have done absolutely nothing. (0 points)
These points will be averaged each week for your weekly grade.
2. Test grades – 50%
Tests will come straight from your notes.
You do have an EOC in this class. This test will count for 25% of your final grade.
The standards and objectives that we will be covering are attached.
CLASSROOM PROCEDURE
Please come in and take a seat before the tardy bell rings; there will always be an assignment posted on the board that
must be completed within 10 minutes of class starting.
If you are tardy, you are to sign the tardy book when you enter the room, and then immediately begin your bell work.
You will receive 2 free tardies. You will be sent to the office for any tardy after those 2.
Class periods will consist of lecture, discussion, and lab experiments during which time I will introduce new concepts
and review old concepts. This is instructional time and students are expected to participate in discussion, but should not
be a disruption to the class.
The remainder of class time will be given to students to complete classwork assignments. During this time, collaborative
talking will be allowed. This time will be specifically for classwork. If you finish early you may work on something for
another class, read a book, or use the computer.
All assignments must be turned in on time. Late assignments will not be accepted after the next test day.
Personal business should be attended to in between classes. Students will not be allowed to leave the class unless called
by the office or another teacher.
SUPPLIES
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Loose Leaf Paper
Pencils and Highlighters
Binder
Scientific Calculator (optional)
Headphones (for use in library)
Clorox Wipes or Hand Soap
I do have calculators that you will be allowed to use during class if you do not have one.
You will need your notebook and something to write with every day!
ATTENDANCE
It is extremely important that you never get behind during the year! When you have a question, ask me. When you
need extra help, let me know. It is absolutely critical that you be in class to participate. If you hear the discussion, see
the demonstrations, do the work, perform the lab, etc. you will be able to keep up, if you work hard.
I have high expectations for all of my students and refuse to accept sub-par work. The standards will be set and remain
high all semester long. I want to provide an enjoyable class for all students and any motivations contrary to this goal will
not be tolerated.
When you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to get your notes and work from another student in class. You are
allowed one day for every day you are absent to turn in your make up work. Make up work will not be accepted after
the next test day.
If you are absent on test day, you will take the test the day you come back. If you miss the day before the test, you
will still have to take the test on test day.
I am really looking forward to this year and having you in class!
Glad you’re here!
Ms. Tiffany Harris
Chemistry – Embedded Inquiry and Technology & Engineering
# Items
# of Score Points
% of EOC Test
8-10
8-10
14-18%
SPI 3221 Inq.1 Select a description or scenario that reevaluates and/or extends a scientific finding.
 I can reevaluate and/or extend a scientific finding in a description or scenario.
SPI 3221 Inq.2 Analyze the components of a properly designed scientific investigation.
 I know the steps of the scientific method.
 I can determine what the next step should be in a scientific investigation.
SPI 3221 Inq.3 Determine appropriate tools to gather precise and accurate data.
 I know the names and uses of lab equipment.
 I can choose which pieces of lab equipment will have the most accurate and precise data.
 I can determine which pieces of lab equipment measures mass and which measure volume.
SPI 3221 Inq.4 Evaluate the accuracy and precision of data.
 I can determine if data is precise.
 I can determine if data is accurate.
SPI 3221 Inq.5 Defend a conclusion based on scientific evidence.
 I can defend a conclusion based on scientific evidence.
SPI 3221 Inq.6 Determine why a conclusion is free of bias.
 I can determine if and why a conclusion is free of bias.
SPI 3221 Inq.7 Compare conclusions that offer different, but acceptable explanations for the same set of
experimental data.
 I can compare conclusions that offer different, but acceptable explanations for the same set of
experimental data.
SPI 3221.T/E.1 Distinguish among tools and procedures best suited to conduct a specified scientific
inquiry.
 I can determine the tool that is best suited to a conduct a specified scientific inquiry.
 I can determine the procedure that is best suited to conduct a scientific inquiry.
SPI 3221.T/E.2 Evaluate a protocol to determine the degree to which an engineering design process was
successfully applied.
 I can evaluate a protocol and determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied
SPI 3221.T/E.3 Evaluate the overall benefit to cost ratio of a new technology.
 I can determine the best decision in creating a new technology evaluating the overall benefit to cost
ratio.
SPI 3221.T/E.4 Use design principles to determine if a new technology will improve the quality of life for
an intended audience.
 I can use design principles and the scientific method to determine if a new technology will improve the
quality of life for an intended audience.
# Items
9-11
Chemistry – Atomic Structure
# of Score Points
9-11
% of EOC Test
16-20%
SPI 3221.1.1 Compare and contrast the major models of the atom (i.e., Bohr, and the quantum
mechanical model).
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I can draw, label, and explain Bohr's model.
I can draw, label, and explain the Quantum Mechanical Model.
I can compare and contrast the major models of the atom.
SPI 3221.1.2 Interpret the periodic table to describe an element’s atomic makeup.
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I can tell how many protons an element has.
I can tell how many electrons an element has.
I can tell how many neutrons an element has.
SPI 3221.1.3 Describe the trends found in the periodic table with respect to atomic size, ionization energy,
or electronegativity.
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I can describe the atomic size trend.
I can describe the ionization energy trend.
I can describe the electronegativity trend.
SPI 3221.1.4 Determine the Lewis electron dot structure or number of valence electrons for an atom of
any main-group element from its atomic number or position in the periodic table.
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I can determine the number of valence electrons of an atom.
I can recognize and draw the Lewis electron dot structure based on its position in the periodic table.
I can recognize and draw the Lewis electron dot structure for an atom based on its atomic number.
SPI 3221.1.5 Represent an electron’s location in the quantum mechanical model of an atom in terms of
the shape of electron clouds (s and p orbitals in particular), relative energies of orbitals, and the number
of electrons possible in the s, p, d and f orbitals.
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I can recognize and draw the shapes of the s, p, d, and f orbitals.
I can determine the shape of the orbital of an element.
I can determine the number of electrons possible in the s, p, d, and f orbitals for each energy level.
# Items
14-16
Chemistry – Matter and Energy
# of Score Points
14-16
% of EOC Test
25-29%
SPI 3221.2.1 Distinguish among elements, compounds, and mixtures.
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I can describe an element.
I can describe a compound.
I can describe a mixture.
I can compare and contrast elements, compounds, and mixtures.
I can distinguish between elements, compounds, and mixtures.
SPI 3221.2.2 Identify properties of a solution: solute and solvent in a solid, liquid or gaseous solution;
procedure to make or determine the concentration of a solution in units of ppm, ppb, molarity, percent
composition, factors that affect the rate of solution.
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I can identify the solute and solvent in a solid, liquid, or gaseous solution.
I can identify determine the procedure needed to make or determine the concentration of a solution in
units of molarity.
I can determine the percent composition of the solute or solvent in a solution.
I know the factors that affect the rate of solution and how each affects it.
SPI 3221.2.3 Classify a solution as saturated, unsaturated, or supersaturated based on its composition
and temperature and a solubility graph.
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I can use a solubility graph to determine if a solution is saturated, unsaturated, or supersaturated.
SPI 3221.2.4 Identify properties of matter (e.g., physical: density, boiling point, melting point, or
chemical: ability to rust or tarnish, be sour) or changes in matter (e.g., physical: phase change, shape,
color, or chemical: formation of a gas or precipitate).
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I can determine the physical properties of matter.
I can determine the chemical properties of matter.
I can identify physical changes in matter.
I can identify chemical changes in matter.
SPI 3221.2.5 Compare and contrast heat and temperature changes (endothermic/exothermic) in chemical
(e.g., combustion) or physical (e.g., phase transformations) processes.
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I know what happens to heat in an endothermic and exothermic relationship.
I can determine if a reaction is endothermic or exothermic by reading a scenario.
I can determine if a reaction is endothermic or exothermic by evaluating a heat graph.
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I can describe the energy of particles and particle spacing for solids, liquids, and gases.
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I can describe the similarities in energy and particle spacing of solids, liquids, and gases.
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I can describe the differences in energy and particle spacing of solids, liquids, and gases.
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I can predict how changes in volume will affect the behavior of a gas.
I can predict how a change in temperature will affect the behavior of a gas.
I can predict how a change in pressure will affect the behavior of a gas.
SPI 3221.2.6 Investigate similarities and differences among solids, liquids and gases in terms of energy
and particle spacing.
SPI 3221.2.7 Predict how changes in volume, temperature, and pressure affect the behavior of a gas.
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# Items
20-22
Chemistry – Interactions of Matter
# of Score Points
20-22
% of EOC Test
36-40%
SPI 3221.3.1 Analyze ionic and covalent compounds in terms of their formation (electron transfer versus
sharing), names, chemical formulas (e.g., molecular: H2O, CO2, NH3; empirical: NaCl, CaBr2,
Al(NO3)3), percent composition, and molar masses
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I know what makes up an ionic compound.
I know what makes up a covalent compound.
I know what happens to electrons in an ionic compound.
I know what happens to electrons in a covalent compound.
I can name ionic compounds
I can name covalent compounds.
I can write a chemical formula for an ionic compound.
I can write a chemical formula for a covalent compound.
I can find the percent composition of an element in an ionic or covalent compound.
I can find the molar mass of an ionic or covalent compound.
SPI 3221.3.2 Determine the reactants, products, and types of different chemical reactions: composition,
decomposition, double replacement, single replacement, combustion.
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I can determine the reactants of a chemical reaction.
I can determine the products of a chemical reaction.
I can recognize a composition reaction.
I can recognize a decomposition reaction.
I can recognize a single replacement reaction.
I can recognize a double replacement reaction.
I can recognize a combustion reaction.
SPI 3221.3.3 Predict the products of a chemical reaction (e.g., composition and decomposition of binary
compounds).
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I can predict the products of a composition reaction.
I can predict the products of a decomposition reaction.
I can predict the products of a single replacement reaction.
I can predict the products of a double replacement reaction.
I can predict the products of a combustion reaction.
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I can balance a chemical equation.
SPI 3221.3.4 Balance a chemical equation to determine molar ratios.
SPI 3221.3.5 Convert among the following quantities of a substance: mass, number of moles, number of
particles, molar volume at STP.
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I can convert between mass and number of moles.
I can convert between number of moles and number of particles.
I can convert between number of moles and molar volume.
I can convert between mass and number of particles.
I can convert between mass and molar volume.
I can convert between number of particles and molar volume.
SPI 3221.3.6 Identify and solve stoichiometry problems which interconvert volume of gases at STP,
moles, and mass.
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I can identify stoichiometry problems that interconvert volume of gases at STP, moles, and mass.
I can solve stoichiometry problems that interconvert volume of gases at STP, moles, and mass.
SPI 3221.3.7 Classify substances as acids or bases based on their formulas and how they react with litmus
and phenolphthalein.
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I can classify an acids from its formula.
I can classify a base from its formula.
I can classify an acid from its reaction with litmus paper.
I can classify a base from its reaction with litmus paper.
I can classify an acid from its reaction with phenolphthalein.
I can classify a base from its reaction with phenolphthalein.
SPI 3221.3.8 Describe radioactivity through a balanced nuclear equation and through an analysis of the
half-life concept.
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I can recognize the three types of radioactivity.
I can complete a chemical for all three types of radioactivity (alpha, beta, and gamma).
I can solve problems involving half-life.