AP Chemistry Mr. Baumritter

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Zumdahl and Zumdahl, Chemistry, 7th Ed., Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007

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HOMEWORK: Unit schedules will be provided at the beginning of each chapter and will also be posted online. The readings, written assignments and laboratory activities for each chapter will be included on the unit schedule. Homework will rarely be graded. Answers to the homework will be posted online. I will answer questions about the homework at any time. There will be class time to work on homework solutions. You are encouraged to do problem solving in groups with other students.

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MATERIALS: You will need approved lab goggles, a carbon copy lab notebook (available at the school store) and a simple scientific calculator.

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LABORATORY: The lab experience is an integral part of this course and will be evaluated in a variety of ways. Some labs will require a formal lab report (see lab report sheet), some will be outcome based and some will require you to complete data sheets, calculations and questions. Lab exams or quizzes will also be used as an evaluation tool. Late work will not be accepted after 3 school days have passed since the due date. 10% of the points possible will be deducted from the lab grade for each school day late. For each school day that a student has an excused absence, the student will receive an extra day to turn in work with no penalty (this only applies to the day a lab is due or the 3 days after a lab is due). The due dates and type of assessment for labs will be announced and clearly posted in class. The first page of your laboratory notebook should have a table of contents which should be updated as the year proceeds. You will be instructed as to what information should be included in your lab notebook for each laboratory. Be sure to label and organize your calculations so they can be easily followed. If there is an equation associated with your calculations, show the equation before substituting the data and performing the calculations. If there are multiple calculations using the same equation, the first time you must show the equation and calculation, but for the rest you may list only the answers. All calculations must include the correct number of significant figures and the correct number of units.

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TESTS AND QUIZZES: Tests will be given at the end of each chapter. Most of the problems will be directly related to the work you have been assigned, but there will likely be at least one problem that will be challenging. The number and type of challenging problems will increase as the year progresses.

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GRADING: Grades will be determined each quarter by calculating a percentage of the total points earned divided by the total points possible. Most tests will be recorded as a 100 point assignment. Each quarter will count as 25% of the year grade. A final will only be given to a student that does not take the AP exam.

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EXTRA HELP: I will be available for extra help when requested. Please ask ahead of time to meet with me. I may not be available to help you if you just drop in. I may also be available before or after school. My free periods are: Period 1 Period 4 Period 5 Period 7

Days B, D, E, F Days B, D, E, F Every Day Days E and F

Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Academic Integrity Statement "The International Center for Academic Integrity defines academic integrity as a commitment to five fundamental values: honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility" (The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity ). Academic Integrity is first and foremost about honesty. Honesty means submitting work that is your own (be it on an essay, exam, project, or homework assignment) and citing other people ideas when incorporating them into your work. Honesty fosters trust. T he ability of others to trust you as well as your ability to trust your own skills even when faced with challenges. It takes courage to demonstrate personal responsibility, and open yourself and your work to the criticism of others, but by taking responsibility for your own work, you will maximize the benefits of the education you receive here at AB. An academically honest person earns the respect of his/her teachers, peers and community. Further, by maintaining your own academic integrity, you are preparing to be a person of honesty, responsibility and respect in the world beyond AB. When you are dishonest, you undermine trust: the ability of others to trust you as well as your trust in your own skills and abilities when faced with future challenges. School is the place where you are learning to be the best you can be; at academics, as a person and as a member of a community. When you are academically dishonest, you do a disservice to both yourself and the school community. Cheating undermines your own education because you cannot receive the benefits of teachers' assessment of your skills and suggestions for improvement if the work they are evaluating is not your own. It is unfair to your classmates for the obvious reason that academic achievement is often measured in comparison to others. Please refer to pages 63-65 of the ABRHS student handbook to read more about what Academic Integrity is and what our policy regarding Academic Integrity entails at the high school. Some examples of Academic Integrity violations to avoid in Science are as follows:     

Falsifying Data; Failure to cite sources (this results in Plagiarism); In general using someone else’s work or ideas without properly attributing it to them; Copying a lab report or answers to lab questions unless the teacher has specifically said this is OK; Copying homework.

We will work together throughout the year to learn how to ensure that the work you create for this class represents your original thoughts and ideas. Works Cited The Fundamental Values of Academic Integrity. Second Addition. International Center for Academic Integrity Under Creative Commons. Web. 08 Sept 2014. .