1. Course Organizer The This Course: Chemistry I Course Questions:
Teacher: Deskins
Period:
The
Course Organizer
Student:
Course Dates: August 2018 – June 2019
This Course:
Course Questions: is
about
COURSE STANDARDS:
Chemistry I
the study of the composition of matter
and the changes it undergoes
1) Explain how chemists evaluate experimental error.
2) Predict how chemical bonding and periodicity will be affected by atomic structure.
3) Justify the reason for writing balanced chemical equations.
4) Apply mole relationships in solving stoichiometry problems.
5) Examine and evaluate the factors that determine if something is a solid, liquid, or a gas.
6) Predict how conditions of pressure, volume, and temperature will affect gases.
7) Predict how concentration changes will change the properties of a solution.
8) Assess the energy changes involved in chemical and physical changes.
9) Evaluate the influence of entropy, enthalpy, kinetics, and equilibrium on properties of chemical reactions.
What? How? Value?
CONTENT: Tests (on Concepts/Problems)
3 Chapter Tests /6
Six Weeks Test /6
PROCESS: Daily Averages
(Homework/Classwork/ Labs)
1st half of Six Weeks /6
2nd half of Six Weeks /6
Homework/Classwork/Labs:
These assignments will count towards your Daily
Average. Most will be worth 10 points.
Longer assignments and lab reports will be
worth more than 10. You can expect between
150 and 200 total possible points each half
of the Six-Weeks – your number of points earned
will then be converted to a percent.
Make-up work:
 When I check everyone else’s current homework
assignment, I will check the last assignment
you were given before your absence. But,
make sure that you get your make-up work
done before we have a test on the material.
 Tests must be made up outside of class as soon
as reasonable. You will not be allowed to
make up tests without direct supervision.

2. Big Ideas (Critical Concepts)
Course Map
This Course:
Chemistry I
Student :
includes
Community
Principles
Performance
Options
Learning Rituals
* Course Organizer, Unit Organizer, & FRAMEs
* Lab Activities – individual or group write-ups
* Start homework in class so that you can get help
* Correct, review, and keep old tests in an organized notebook
* Keep homework, class notes, and other hand-outs in the
organized notebook = 3-ring binder
* Help with calculator use
* Peer tutoring
* Work w/ partner or in a
small group on classwork
and homework
* “Do-over” grade for ONE
Chapter Test each six weeks
from Six Weeks Test
Section Score
The class rule: Only sit in the seat of a desk (not on the desktop and never on a lab table).
2) Follow correct procedures,
especially those regarding
lab safety.
Big Ideas (Critical Concepts)
1) Chemistry as the Central Science ) Kinetic Theory
2) Electrons/Atomic Structure ) The Mole & Quantifying Matter
3) Bonding/Interactions ) Matter and Energy
4) Reactions ) Carbon Chemistry
Learned in these
Units
How We
Study Matter
Kinetic
Theory
Atoms & the
Periodic Table
Chemical Bonding
& Naming
Conservation
Of Matter &
Stoichiometry
Solutions &
Acids/Bases
Thermochemistry
Reaction Rates
& Equilibrium

3. 3–ring binder: 1) Old Tests 2) Homework 3) Notes/Hand-outs
Course Map
This Course:
Chemistry I
Student :
includes
Performance
Options
Learning Rituals
* Help with calculator use
* Peer tutoring
* “Do-over” grade for ONE
Chapter Test each MP
from Six Weeks Test
* Jefferson Labs -
SOL Practice Tests
3–ring binder: ) Old Tests
2) Homework
3) Notes/Hand-outs
* Have your homework out on your desk
when the bell rings – 1 pt. deduction if
you’re still fumbling around for it when I
walk by
* Don’t ask to go anywhere until I have
finished giving directions / information for
all assignments for the day. (This will
take me at least the 1st 10 minutes of class)