Chemistry Honors MYP Course Outline

Hilton Head Island High School Chemistry Honors – MYP Course Outline MYP Year 5: Grades 10 & 11 Courtney Heath Room A122 843-689-4852/[email protected] Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday mornings from 7:30-8 until ILT (Sept. 5th) or by appointment

Dear Parent/Guardian,

My name is Mrs. Heath, and I am excited to begin the semester with your student in Chemistry Honors. Below, you will find important information that will be helpful throughout the semester. Please complete the accompanying form and have your student return it to me. If you have any questions or concerns about anything, please feel free to contact me.

Course Overview General Chemistry is a course that is designed to promote positive attitudes toward the principles of chemistry; develop intellectual process skills, promote knowledge of chemical facts, principles, concepts and terms and recognize the social aspects of chemistry and chemical technology. The student will gain insight into atomic structure and nuclear processes, bonding and chemical formulas, states of matter, solutions, acids, and bases, chemical reactions, thermochemistry and chemical kinetics. This course counts as a lab science.

Honors level students will explore advanced concepts above and beyond what is required by the state standards including but not limited to: calculating excess reactants, colligative properties, using hydronium and hydroxide concentrations to determine pH and pOH, alkenes and alkynes, additional laboratory techniques, net ionic equations, redox reactions. This course counts as a lab science. One half of a quality point (0.5) is added to the CP weighting for honors courses.

As IB Learners we strive to be (IB Learner Profile): Inquirers Knowledgeable thinkers Communicators Principled Open minded Caring Risk takers Balanced reflective

MYP AIMS The aims of all MYP subjects state what a teacher may expect to teach and what a student may expect to experience and learn. These aims suggest how the student may be changed by the learning experience.

The aims of MYP sciences are to encourage and enable students to:  understand and appreciate science and its implications  consider science as a human endeavor with benefits and limitations  cultivate analytical, inquiring and flexible minds that pose questions, solve problems, construct explanations and judge arguments  develop skills to design and perform investigations, evaluate evidence and reach conclusions  build an awareness of the need to effectively collaborate and communicate  apply language skills and knowledge in a variety of real-life contexts  develop sensitivity towards the living and non-living environments  reflect on learning experiences and make informed choices.

MYP Course Objectives At the end of the course, students should be able to demonstrate ability in four areas of assessment: Objective A: Knowing and understanding i. explain scientific knowledge ii. apply scientific knowledge and understanding to solve problems set in familiar and unfamiliar situations iii. analyze and evaluate information to make scientifically supported judgements.

Objective B: Inquiring and designing i. explain a problem or question to be tested by a scientific investigation ii. formulate a testable hypothesis and explain it using scientific reasoning iii. explain how to manipulate the variables, and explain how data will be collected iv. design scientific investigations.

Objective C: Processing and evaluating i. present collected and transformed data ii. interpret data and explain results using scientific reasoning iii. evaluate the validity of a hypothesis based on the outcome of the scientific investigation iv. evaluate the validity of the method v. explain improvements or extensions to the method.

Objective D: Reflecting on the impacts of science i. explain the ways in which science is applied and used to address a specific problem or issue ii. discuss and evaluate the various implications of the use of science and its application in solving a specific problem or issue iii. apply scientific language effectively iv. document the work of others and sources of information used.

Approaches to learning All MYP units of work offer opportunities for students to develop and practice ATL skills. These skills provide valuable support for students working to meet the subject group’s aims and objectives. Thinking skills Interpret data gained from scientific investigations.

Social skills Practice giving feedback on the design of experimental methods.

Communication skills Use appropriate visual representations of data based on purpose and audience.

Self-management skills Structure information appropriately in laboratory investigation reports.

Research skills Make connections between scientific research and related moral, ethical, social, economic, political, cultural or environmental factors.

Required Materials: College-ruled Composition Notebook; pencils; blue or blank pens; scientific calculator; pocket folder

Course Content: Units – Units of study: States of Matter, Atomic Structure and Nuclear Processes, Bonding and Chemical Formulas, Chemical Reactions, Acids and Bases, Thermochemistry and Chemical Kinetics.

Grades: Chemistry Grade: Summative = 60% and Formative = 40% Final Exam Grade: The Chemistry Final is 20% of your 2nd Quarter grade. Final Grade: Qtr 1 = 50% Qtr 2 = 50% *Students will complete an independent investigation worth a test grade reported in Quarter 2. **If a student fails a test, he may retake a different version within one week from the day the test is returned. A maximum score of 60% can be earned. Make-Up Policy: ALL MAKE-UP WORK IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. In the event of an absence from school, the student will have the equivalent number of days absent to complete any work assigned during the absence. Long-term assignments (tests, physical projects) will be completed/turned in the day the student returns.

Late Work: Late homework is not accepted. Assignments will receive a 25% deduction the first day late and a 50% deduction the second day late. After 2 days, the assignment will receive a zero.