Chemistry for Home Schoolers - Syllabus
Hawaii School of True Science
I reserve the right to provide each student separately with a "PASS/FAIL" grade or a Numeric Grade (ie: 100 %, A, B, etc).
INFORMATION & Syllabus
All students should have read the entire Chapter 1 before start of classes in September, from the Textbook
High School Syllabus for the School Year
Schedule
*Please note that as this is a home-school class, my role will be that of a
"Moderator", and instructor, which means: 1. One that moderates, as:
As such, students are expected to have read and prepared for the material
AHEAD of time, in order to ask questions and for instructor to moderate and
instruct the class.
Schedule
Hawaii School of True Science
We could have covered all the material in less than 12 weeks of active study and class attendance.
Tests
There are 16 chapters to be covered during the school year.
Due to the ease with which students feel with the subject,
I will have all 16 chapters covered before the end of the school year. Final exams will be at the end of April or sooner.
I will have all 16 chapters covered before the end of the school year. Final exams will be at the end of April or sooner.
There will a test every week, for each 2 chapters covered in class.
Homework will be considered as quizzes.
Some quizzes will be given orally during class exercises. These will count towards your grade.
Some quizzes will be given orally during class exercises. These will count towards your grade.
Absence and or Sick leave provision: Students that may be temporarily absent may follow the syllabus and read on their own the assigned material and do the "Review Questions and Practice Problems" at the end of each chapter.
Instructor can email "quizzes", "tests" and or "quarterly tests" only for students that may be ill or unable to attend classes for health or other verifiable valid reasons.
Experiments
Only SELECTED experiments will be done. For example we may do one experiment per month. Parents will need to have all material ready for any experiments performed.Parents, are encouraged to take over the experiment part of the class in order to cover the material more thoroughly.
All experiments will be carried on at home under parent's supervision.
Home Reading Assignments and Coverage of Material
We will cover one Module of the textbook every 2 weeks
Homework: Simply Read at home the textbook pages assigned.
1st Week and all subsequent weeks
Read chapter 1 for every week of class.
“On your Own Questions”
It is recommended that you do each exercise on the “on your own questions” for each chapter.
I will go over any of the exercises during class if any student has any questions on them.
It is not imperative that students cover these exercises. However, it is highly recommended that students do them at home.
Quizzes Format
There will be 10-12 questions for every take home quiz or exam every 2 weeks.
Students need to answer only 10 out of the 12 questions.
If extra credit is desired for the quizzes you may go ahead and answer all 12 questions.
Quizzes and exams will be graded in class or automatically in order to benefit the most students.
Material covered in the quizzes will be addressed in class until all questions, if any have been satisfied for every student.
TEST FORMAT
All tests will always be “Open Book Tests”.
Oral Tests
Oral Tests: There may be occasional oral tests designed to boot the student's academic grades. These tests will be entirely at the discretion of the instructor.
Oral tests may consist of: Naming of Elements, their Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, number of valence electrons, metal of non-metal status.
Additionally, oral tests and extra grading may include doing exercises in class for any of the covered material and for active class participation.
This syllabus is an active and live document and it may change or be modified as needed during the entire semester or school year.
This document was modified Oct 19th, 2017.
Instructor
Copyright Computer Integrations, Inc. ©, 2017
No part of this article may be reproduced or copied without the author’s exclusive permission
Last Updated Wednesday, July 12, 2017
