Teacher: Paul Jebb
Voice Mail Ext: 153
Email: pjebb@ticonderogak12.org

Regents Chemistry

Course Description and Expectations: Chemistry is the science about substances-their composition, structure, and properties. The character and behavior of matter are understood by knowing these basic concepts and by studying the way substances interact, transform, and change. Regents chemistry has a mandated laboratory component that includes one long-term project. Students must complete a full complement of satisfactory lab reports in order to be eligible to sit for the final exam. The New York State Regents exam will be the final exam in the course.
Students are expected to come to class ready to ask and answer questions about the natural world around us. We can all thrive if this is done in a climate of mutual respect.

Grading Policy: 50% Tests, 20% Labs, Homework 30% Comprised of : Quizzes, Science Reading Reviews (SRRs), Journal , Homework, and Gradesheet. Work that comes in late will automatically be graded at 60%. Work that does not come in will be graded as 0%.

Final Exam Weighting: Final Exam counts as 1/6 of total course grade. If the final exam grade is higher than the mid-year exam grade, the final exam grade will displace the mid-year exam grade.

Late Work Policy: If an assignment comes in late by one or more days, the grade assigned is 60%. The work can be turned in at any time during the quarter for this partial credit.
Test makeup policy: If a student misses taking a test, an alternate test must be taken on the day the student returns to school. A student can improve a poor test score by analyzing the exam during non-instructional time under teacher supervision/guidance (this option is only available to students with scores below 90%)

Extra Credit: No extra credit available.

Grades in PowerGrade: Grades will generally be posted within 2 days.

Homework Policy: Students will be given assignments approximately four days a week. They will take the form of practice problems from the textbook, labs, journal entries, Science Reading Review summaries, test prep, quiz prep, and a long-term project (WHY Project).

Lab Policy: Students have to submit a set of complete labs in order to challenge the Regents exam. Each student must complete 1200 minutes of hands-on lab activity as part of the written component.