Chemistry 105

Chemistry for Elementary Teachers

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 Chemistry for Elementary Teachers

GENERAL INFORMATION

INSTRUCTOR:                                           Jeff Bradbury

                        Office: S- 210    Phone: (562) 860-2451, extension 2690     email:  jbradbury@cerritos.edu

                Summer 2008 Office Hours:  Mon., Tue., Wed., 12:30-1:40

TEXT & MATERIALS:

                       Lab Manual: Print out each individual experiment above and bring it to class with you

                        Scientific Calculator

                        Safety for People and Chemicals*, Spencer & Garcia

                        Safety Goggles with ANSI Z87.1-1989 and splash protection

                        *It is illegal to photocopy these copyrighted materials.                   

ATTENDANCE:  You are expected to attend class regularly.  You are responsible for signing the roll sheet; if you are late, sign the roll sheet immediately after class. If you fail to successfully complete more than 3 experiments, your course grade will be no higher than a D.

WITHDRAWAL:  If you find it necessary to drop the class, do not just stop attending class.  In order to drop the course and receive a “W” grade, you must proceed as follows:

1.   Check out of the laboratory and receive a laboratory clearance form.  This MUST be done at your regularly scheduled lab time or by appointment with your lab instructor.

2.   Take the laboratory clearance form to the Admissions Office and complete the official withdrawal form.

If you miss three consecutive class meetings I may drop you from the course.  However, you are still responsible for checking out of the laboratory.  If you fail to check out, your records will be placed on administrative hold.

You must check in your locker to officially drop the Chem. 105 class.    This involves checking into your locker during your regularly scheduled lab period.  If this is not possible, the stockroom will check you in for a fee by making an appointment with them at (562) 860-2451 extension 2695.  An administrative hold will be placed on your records if you fail to check-in and pay any debt owed to the stockroom before the start of final exam week.

SAFETY: All safety procedures specified in Safety for People and Chemicals must be followed at all times in the laboratory.  Failure to work safely in accordance with those as well as any other safety procedures presented to you in the safety film, in written experiment instructions or verbal instructions from your lab instructor, can result in your being removed from the lab.  Failure to wear safety goggles can result your being removed from the lab.

Safety Quizzes:  Each student in the Chem. 105 lab must thoroughly read and understand the material presented in the required Safety for People and Chemicals by Spencer & Garcia.  Safety for People and Safety for Chemicals quizzes will be given in the second week of lab during the quiz section.  You may not miss more than 3 questions on the Safety for People quiz and no more than 6 questions on the Safety for Chemicals quiz.  If you do not receive satisfactory scores on both quizzes, you will be allowed to retake each quiz once.  If you do not get a satisfactory score after retaking a quiz, you will receive an F grade for the lab portion of the course.  If you choose not to drop the class and remain, knowing that the lab grade and the course grade will be an F, you will not be allowed to do any experiments.

Locker Responsibility

Each Chem. 105 student will be assigned a locker.  Once a locker is assigned, the locker contents become the responsibility of the student. You will be charged for any broken glassware or equipment.

Community Locker Responsibility

The community locker contains items of equipment that are not found in a student’s assigned locker.  These items are shared among Chem. 105 students with lockers in the same vicinity.  You may use these items during a lab, but they must be returned to the community locker before you leave the laboratory.  If any of these items are found in your assigned drawer, the item will be removed and you will be fined.

Cheating:  If you cheat in Chemistry 105 you may be dropped from the course and receive and F grade.

GRADING STRUCTURE:

Worksheets (10-20 points each):  Worksheets will be periodically assigned. They will be collected at the beginning of class on the dates they are due.  No credit will be given for correct answers to problems if work is not shown.  Late worksheets will not be accepted. 

Chemistry Technology project

PowerPoint slide (25 points)  Each student will create a single PowerPoint slide that is based on a chemistry standard and present it to the class.

Online Component (40 points) Each student will watch 2 videos online and complete the online quiz (10 points each) and will complete an online lab (20 points).  There are also several review lectures on the web that you can watch at any time.

Electronic Science Portfolio (70 points)

Each student will design a web page to showcase the projects they have completed in Chem. 105.  The web page will include: links to important web pages, a link to the California Science Standards, links to your Web site evaluations, software evaluations, lesson plan evaluations and your chemistry PowerPoint presentation, links to your handouts from your unit plan and sites related to your unit plan topic. It will also include a photo of yourself.

  Experiments (20 points each)

Experiments are done on the date shown on the lab schedule.  The Experiment write-ups are to be done in the lab journal/notebook.  At the end of each experiment the journal must be  initialed by your lab instructor before you leave the lab after completing that day's experiment.  NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN WITHOUT THE INITIALS. Each laboratory experiment is worth 20 points.  The Journal will be collected periodically during the semester.  There are no make-up experiments.  At the end of the semester your lowest experiment score will be dropped. ;Unless otherwise stated each experiment report is due the next lab meeting.  Late experiments are penalized 20% per lab period and are not accepted more than two lab periods late.

Chemistry Notebook  (20 points)

On the last day of class you will turn an organized notebook of all lab reports, quizzes, notes, handouts, assignments and other relevant information.  This is to be a future reference for your teaching career.  It should be in a 3-ring binder with dividers for each section. 

Lab Quizzes (10 points each) and cumulative lab final (100 points)

A lab quiz for several experiments will be given the week following the experiment. THERE ARE NO MAKEUP QUIZZES.  You are expected to take the quiz regardless of whether you have completed the previous week's experiment. Lab quizzes are worth 10 points each. The lowest quiz score is dropped.  A cumulative 2 hour lab final will be given at the end of the semester

Late work:  Unless otherwise stated above Late assignments are penalized 20% per lab period and are not accepted more than two lab periods late.

Quality of Communication

One purpose of Chem. 105 is to train the students to become professionals.  It is expected that the students will communicate orally and in writing in a professional manner.  All written work is to be done with complete sentences and appropriate language that would be used in an elementary school setting.  Spelling and grammar should be correct.  Paragraphs should be written with a topic sentence, sentences that support that topic with evidence and examples, and a concluding paragraph.  Chem. 105 students should communicate as if they were interacting with a future principal or a parent of one of their students.

Grading Scale:  The grading scale used to determine letter grades on exams as well as your overall grade in the course is as follows:

                           %

                        90-100                      A

                        80-89                        B

                        70-79                        C

                        55-69                        D

Cheating:  If you cheat on an exam or a quiz, you will be dismissed from the course with an F grade.

 If you fail to successfully complete more than two experiments, your course grade will be no higher than a D.

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