General & Honors Chemistry at EIE
Grade Level: 10th – 12th A-G certified (if charter approved)
Pre-requisite: completion of Algebra 1
Chemistry is a two-semester course
Taught by Lisa Wright
Thursday
8:30 – 10:45
HONORS CLASS
8:30 – 11:45
COST: REGULAR CLASS
1 Annual Payment of $1150.00
Payment is due by one week before classes begin.
2 Single Semester Payments of $575.00
Each Single Semester payment is due one week before classes begin for that semester. NOT AUTO-DEBIT
4 Automatic-Quarterly Payments of $287.50
1st payment is due by one week before classes begin.
2nd – 4th payments will auto-debit every 70 days from the subscription start date
Ex. If you subscribe to Quarterly Payments on August 14th, your card will automatically be billed again on October 23rd, January 1st, and March 12th. Then your subscription will end.
10 Automatic-Monthly Payments of $115.00
Subscriptions must begin no later than one week before classes begin.
COST: HONORS CLASS
1 Annual Payment of $1250.00
Payment is due by one week before classes begin.
2 Single Semester Payments of $625.00
Each Single Semester payment is due one week before classes begin for that semester. NOT AUTO-DEBIT
4 Automatic-Quarterly Payments of $312.50
1st payment is due by one week before classes begin.
2nd – 4th payments will auto-debit every 70 days from the subscription start date
Ex. If you subscribe to Quarterly Payments on August 14th, your card will automatically be billed again on October 23rd, January 1st, and March 12th. Then your subscription will end.
10 Automatic-Monthly Payments of $125.00
Subscriptions must begin no later than one week before classes begin.
Note: Lab supplies will be provided when students are in person for class.
General Chemistry is a first-year introductory A-G level class that explores chemical phenomena. Through lectures, class discussions, small group activities, homework, labs and class lab challenges, students will explore chemical concepts as they apply to the world around them. Emphasis will be on disciplinary core concepts, both qualitative and quantitative laboratory inquiry, mathematical modeling of key concepts, and the process of scientific inquiry. Topics include but are not limited to: modeling the atom (nuclear & subatomic), understanding properties of matter at the bulk scale, chemical bonding, understanding and modeling chemical reactions, moles, stoichiometry, properties of solutions and concentration/dilution, thermodynamics, reaction rate, dynamic equilibria, acid/base, reduction/oxidation (redox), and gases. We focus a lot in this class on the chemical effects of human activity on the environment and using chemistry to offer viable solutions. This class culminates in an engineering applications unit on bioplastics and their effects on the environment. Class meets weekly for 2.25 hours and includes keeping a scientific journal.
Pre- or Co-requisite: Algebra 1
TEXTBOOK OPTIONS (choose one):
OR
HONORS CHEMISTRY STUDENTS ONLY:
How is Honors Different from General Chemistry?
- Your homework is different, but not generally longer
- Your labs are different, but usually not that much more work
- You will have one extra lab report each quarter, typed, usually 3-5 pages long
- All of our labs (not lab activities) are quantitative (except two) – you will be using math!
- We have at least 3 original student-led experimental labs this year: Chromatography (1st Q), Titration (4th Q) and our 5-week all-original independent research project (4th Q)
- You will be required to do a formal typed write-up incorporated into slides for your final project
- You will be asked to do a 3+ page “Current Events in Chemistry” mini-research report on recent developments in chemical engineering/materials science of your choosing – one per semester.
- After General Chemistry, you will have a 15-minute break. Honors will then continue for an additional 45 minutes.
Charters must approve the Honors designation.
Pre-requisite: Successful completion of Algebra I with a C or better.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Glencoe Chemistry Matter & Change, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0076774609