Class Information
Instructor Information:
Dr. Dunne, Department Chair
Phone Number: (702) 799-4710
E-mail: [email protected]
Subject Areas: Chemistry AP, Chemistry Honors, and Chemistry I
Flipped Classroom:
Aspects of a flipped classroom will be used in this course to allow time for 16 AP Chemistry Laboratories. Flipped Classroom pedagogy can be found at http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/.
Materials:
Notebook, laboratory notebook, paper, pencil, color pencils, scientific calculator, portable flash drive, safety goggles, hair tie, and time manager.
Note: Whichever calculator you use, it should be able to handle scientific notation (look for the EE or EXP key) and logarithms (look for the log key).
Grading Policy:
Chapter Test 25%
Classwork: Participation, Quizzes, Assignments, Warm-up 25%
Homework/Practice 25%
Laboratory: Lab Notebook, Participation, Lab quiz 25%
Semester Grade:
1st/3rd Quarter 40%
2nd/Quarter 40%
Semester Exam 20%
Citizenship Policy:
Please refer to the CCSD rubric.
Late work Policy:
All assignments are to be turned in on time. This includes both homework and in- class assignments. All work turned in after the deadline is subject to instructor’s approval prior to the assignments due date.
Makeup Work:
The teacher shall provide an opportunity for a student to make up missed work due to any absence, and students shall be held accountable for the work. When a student is absent, the educational experiences lost during that absence might be irretrievable because the instruction and interaction in the instructional setting cannot be duplicated through makeup work.
Per CCSD Regulation 5113 After any absence, a secondary student is required to initiate contact with the teacher(s) to obtain appropriate makeup work within three school days immediately following the absence. Once contact has been made with the teacher(s), specific makeup work must be completed and returned to the teacher(s) within a reasonable length of time, to be determined by the teacher and communicated to the student/parent or legal guardian. The makeup work must be returned to the teacher(s) by the specified due date if it is to be acknowledged. Students shall be allowed a minimum of three (3) days to complete makeup work.
School sponsored activities are not a valid excuse for missing class work. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that work is turned in on time. Since school sponsored activities are preplanned, please make arrangements to turn your work in early if a problem may arise.
Behavior Expectations:
All students are expected to behave appropriately while at school, on the bus, or at any extracurricular activities. In order to guarantee a successful learning environment for all students, the following school-wide discipline plan has been formulated. It is based on the expectation that:
· No student will interfere with teacher instruction.
· No student will interfere with another student’s learning.
· No student will engage in any behavior that is not in his/her best interest or in the
best interest of others.
When students engage in inappropriate behavior, a progressive discipline plan will be followed that will include firm, fair, and consistent action. Depending on the infraction, the discipline may include:
· Warning
· Parental Contact
. Required Parent Conference
· Suspension
Students may be subject to a range of disciplinary actions based on the nature of the infraction, the number and type of behavioral referrals, and the frequency at which the student is referred for disciplinary action. Students and parents are responsible for reviewing the CCSD Student Behavior Guidelines (available on line at CCSD.net. - type in search student behavior), and the Student Handbook.
Depending on severity of the student action, the teacher may send the student to the Discipline Office at any time.
Tardy Policy:
Students are expected to be in the class and seated when the tardy bell rings including first period. Students have four minutes to pass from one class to another. There is no warning bell. Students arriving late to school for any reason will be marked tardy.
If the student is more than 30 minutes late to any class period, the student will be marked absent. If the student is late due to a medical appointment, the parent/guardian must provide documentation to the attendance clerk when the student arrives on campus.
If the student needs to use the restroom, the student must arrive to their next classroom first, and then obtain permission/restroom pass from the instructor.
Students tardy to class will be subject to the following discipline:
First Infraction Verbal Warning
Second Infraction Parent Contact by Teacher
Third Infraction Required Parent Conference (RPC-A)
Fourth Infraction Required Parent Conference (RPC-T)
Fifth Infraction Suspension
Cheating/Plagiarism/Code of Honor:
CCSD requires every student and parent/guardian to sign a Code of Honor the first week of school. There is a clear expectation that all students will perform academic tasks with honor and integrity, with the support of parents, staff, faculty, administration, and the community. The learning process requires students to think, process, organize and create their own ideas. Throughout this process, students gain knowledge, self-respect, and ownership in the work that they do. These qualities provide a solid foundation for life skills, impacting people positively throughout their lives. Cheating and plagiarism violate the fundamental learning process and compromise personal integrity and one’s honor. Students demonstrate academic honesty and integrity by not cheating, plagiarizing or using information unethically in any way.
Consequences: (Depending on the scope of the infraction)
· First Infraction: Counseling Referral , Documentation in Deans' Office, Loss of
Credit for Assignment, "U" in Citizenship and possible Required Parent
Conference (RPC)
· Second Infraction: Required RPC, Loss of Credit for Assignment, "U" in
Citizenship and possible Suspension
· Third and Fourth Infraction: Suspension, Loss of Credit and possible Referred to
Zone School
Safety Contract:
Student and Parent must read the Flinn Safety Contract found at:
http://www.flinnsci.com/media/396468/safety_contract_hs.pdf
Please sign and return the Safety Contract.
___________________(Please sign and return the bottom portion)__________________
AP Chemistry
I have read and understand these expectations.
____________________________________________ ___________________________
Student Signature Date
____________________________________________ ___________________________
Parent/ Guardian Signature Date
________________________________________ _________________________________________
Parent Phone Number Parent E-mail
Aspects of a flipped classroom will be used in this course to allow time for 16 AP Chemistry Laboratories. Flipped Classroom pedagogy can be found at http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/.
Materials:
Notebook, laboratory notebook, paper, pencil, color pencils, scientific calculator, portable flash drive, safety goggles, hair tie, and time manager.
Note: Whichever calculator you use, it should be able to handle scientific notation (look for the EE or EXP key) and logarithms (look for the log key).
Grading Policy:
Chapter Test 25%
Classwork: Participation, Quizzes, Assignments, Warm-up 25%
Homework/Practice 25%
Laboratory: Lab Notebook, Participation, Lab quiz 25%
Semester Grade:
1st/3rd Quarter 40%
2nd/Quarter 40%
Semester Exam 20%
Citizenship Policy:
Please refer to the CCSD rubric.
Late work Policy:
All assignments are to be turned in on time. This includes both homework and in- class assignments. All work turned in after the deadline is subject to instructor’s approval prior to the assignments due date.
Makeup Work:
The teacher shall provide an opportunity for a student to make up missed work due to any absence, and students shall be held accountable for the work. When a student is absent, the educational experiences lost during that absence might be irretrievable because the instruction and interaction in the instructional setting cannot be duplicated through makeup work.
Per CCSD Regulation 5113 After any absence, a secondary student is required to initiate contact with the teacher(s) to obtain appropriate makeup work within three school days immediately following the absence. Once contact has been made with the teacher(s), specific makeup work must be completed and returned to the teacher(s) within a reasonable length of time, to be determined by the teacher and communicated to the student/parent or legal guardian. The makeup work must be returned to the teacher(s) by the specified due date if it is to be acknowledged. Students shall be allowed a minimum of three (3) days to complete makeup work.
School sponsored activities are not a valid excuse for missing class work. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that work is turned in on time. Since school sponsored activities are preplanned, please make arrangements to turn your work in early if a problem may arise.
Behavior Expectations:
All students are expected to behave appropriately while at school, on the bus, or at any extracurricular activities. In order to guarantee a successful learning environment for all students, the following school-wide discipline plan has been formulated. It is based on the expectation that:
· No student will interfere with teacher instruction.
· No student will interfere with another student’s learning.
· No student will engage in any behavior that is not in his/her best interest or in the
best interest of others.
When students engage in inappropriate behavior, a progressive discipline plan will be followed that will include firm, fair, and consistent action. Depending on the infraction, the discipline may include:
· Warning
· Parental Contact
. Required Parent Conference
· Suspension
Students may be subject to a range of disciplinary actions based on the nature of the infraction, the number and type of behavioral referrals, and the frequency at which the student is referred for disciplinary action. Students and parents are responsible for reviewing the CCSD Student Behavior Guidelines (available on line at CCSD.net. - type in search student behavior), and the Student Handbook.
Depending on severity of the student action, the teacher may send the student to the Discipline Office at any time.
Tardy Policy:
Students are expected to be in the class and seated when the tardy bell rings including first period. Students have four minutes to pass from one class to another. There is no warning bell. Students arriving late to school for any reason will be marked tardy.
If the student is more than 30 minutes late to any class period, the student will be marked absent. If the student is late due to a medical appointment, the parent/guardian must provide documentation to the attendance clerk when the student arrives on campus.
If the student needs to use the restroom, the student must arrive to their next classroom first, and then obtain permission/restroom pass from the instructor.
Students tardy to class will be subject to the following discipline:
First Infraction Verbal Warning
Second Infraction Parent Contact by Teacher
Third Infraction Required Parent Conference (RPC-A)
Fourth Infraction Required Parent Conference (RPC-T)
Fifth Infraction Suspension
Cheating/Plagiarism/Code of Honor:
CCSD requires every student and parent/guardian to sign a Code of Honor the first week of school. There is a clear expectation that all students will perform academic tasks with honor and integrity, with the support of parents, staff, faculty, administration, and the community. The learning process requires students to think, process, organize and create their own ideas. Throughout this process, students gain knowledge, self-respect, and ownership in the work that they do. These qualities provide a solid foundation for life skills, impacting people positively throughout their lives. Cheating and plagiarism violate the fundamental learning process and compromise personal integrity and one’s honor. Students demonstrate academic honesty and integrity by not cheating, plagiarizing or using information unethically in any way.
Consequences: (Depending on the scope of the infraction)
· First Infraction: Counseling Referral , Documentation in Deans' Office, Loss of
Credit for Assignment, "U" in Citizenship and possible Required Parent
Conference (RPC)
· Second Infraction: Required RPC, Loss of Credit for Assignment, "U" in
Citizenship and possible Suspension
· Third and Fourth Infraction: Suspension, Loss of Credit and possible Referred to
Zone School
Safety Contract:
Student and Parent must read the Flinn Safety Contract found at:
http://www.flinnsci.com/media/396468/safety_contract_hs.pdf
Please sign and return the Safety Contract.
___________________(Please sign and return the bottom portion)__________________
AP Chemistry
I have read and understand these expectations.
____________________________________________ ___________________________
Student Signature Date
____________________________________________ ___________________________
Parent/ Guardian Signature Date
________________________________________ _________________________________________
Parent Phone Number Parent E-mail