Course Title: Advanced Chemistry

Course Website: Chemistry.MyCyberSchool.org
Instructors: Mr. Hermon
Course No: 24835
Course Length:1 year
Credit: 2
Course begins: Fall
Prerequisites: Two years of science and a C or better in Algebra.

Course Synopsis: Advanced Chemistry is a two semester course that is taught by experimentation in the lab and reinforced by discussion among the students with the aid of the instructors. This class is for the serious science student who wants to attend a four year university and/or possibly enter a science field of study. The course will be very challenging, requiring students to demonstrate a great deal of responsibility and determination to be successful and covers more material and at a faster rate than does General Chemistry. The instructor will be readily available to all students who have the desire to achieve. The first semester consists of the following four lessons: Measurement-Matter & Math, The Periodic Table, Bonding and Chemical Reactions. The second semester consists of the following six lessons: The Mole, Stoichiometry, Thermochemistry, Gas Laws, Acids & Bases and Organic Chemistry. Both semesters will culminate in a comprehensive semester exam that can be used to improve your grade. This website will hopefully be a useful tool to help you succeed in this challenging course. The lessons page on this website will be your most valuable tool in this course. It contains links to everything you need. The course is divided into lessons. Each lesson will consist of a reading assignment from the text, one to two 20 question multiple choice online quizzes, several labs, one online E-Lab and finally an online short answer exam. First semester the instructor will place all students into study teams of two based on their similar GPAs. Second semester the teams will be reformed based on first semester performance. All lesson exams and weekly CSI's will be taken together with your team. E-Labs, quizzes, manuals and final exams will be completed by the individual.

Exams: Advanced Chemistry exams will usually be given on block days because of their length and difficulty. The exams will be online at MyCyberSchool.org and you will have multiple opportunities to enter answers until you get it right. You will only have until the countdown clock on the computer runs out to get as close to 100% as possible. The exams will be taken with your study team.

E-Labs: E-Labs are your homework set for a lesson. They are online at MyCyberSchool.org and you login and answer as many questions as you can. You can logout and then log back in to finish where you left off. The E-Labs for a lesson is due by the end of the day on the friday of an exam week. The percentage of completion on your homework will be entered into your report card as an E-Lab score out of 100. This means that if you are only 83% completed with the E-Lab when it is due then you will receive an 83/100 on your E-Lab score.

CSI: Every Sunday night the instructor will send out a CSI problem through the e-mail. CSI stands for Comprehensive Science Investigation. Your study team has one week to write up a report on the problem. Report sheets can be downloaded from the website. Each report will include the CSI title, your team members and your team group number. The report will be eloquently and neatly written and will conclude with the acronym QED which stands for Quod Erat Demonstrandum which is latin for "proven". The report page will be inserted into a yellow CSI folder and handed in to the correct slot at the front of the room.

Chemistry Manual: Your chemistry manual is also extremely important so DO NOT LOSE IT and take good care of it! You will have to pay $10 to have your manual replaced. At the end of each semester you will hand in your manual to be checked. All labs, discussion questions and checkmark problems should be neatly completed. This manual check will be worth 10% of your grade.

QED: QED is a sudoku puzzle that is on the front page of the website. It is a new puzzle each day. If students are logged in to MyCyberSchool.org they can enter their solution and accumulate QED points throughout the year which will be used for extra credit.

Newsletter: On the front page of this website you should click on the subscribe link at the top to subscribe to the newsletter. The CSI problem, test reviews and important notices are sent through the newsletter.

Needs: You need to always come to class with the following: a great attitude and a smile on your face, writing utensil, CALCULATOR and your chemistry manual. Chemistry is a very math oriented course so purchase and bring a good scientific calculator to class each day.

Grades: The grading scale and grading categories are as follows.

Grading Categories:
Exams/Quizzes:	45%
E-Labs:	30%
CSI:	15%
Manual Check:	10%