Matsumoto

Respect everyone in class.

Students are responsible for all aspects of the class; peer tutoring is encouraged.

Students may need to remain after school for exams, labs, & review sessions

Students will take the AP Chemistry exam.

Follow all laboratory safety rules

This class will prepare you for the AP Chemistry exam (on Monday morning, May 7). This is a demanding course that is equivalent to a first-year college-level course for science majors.  You may earn college credit and UC awards an extra "grade point" for this course.

Textbook: Chemistry, The Central Science (7^th ed.). Brown T.L. et al.

prerequisites:  B or higher in a prior Chemistry and advanced Algebra course, or consent of instructor. C or higher in AP  chem 1 to enroll in AP chem 2 (or consent of instructor).  calculus BC recommended. 

the semester grade and grading period grades are based on the above components (link - to example calculation) and cumulative from the beginning of the semester; thus the semester grade may not be the average of your grading period grades.  attending CalDay in the spring will provide extra credit points (provide proof of attendance, e.g. schedule / program of events & summary of your activities; must attend 1 science related session).

academic integrity, (e.g. 1; 2; 3) i.e. there will be consequences for cheating / plagiarism, e.g. appropriate use of in-text citations.  for cheating on an exam, your semester grade = F !  in other situations, the consequence depend on the specific act & if there is a prompt parent letter describing the stiuation / request for leniency.  potential consequences:  score = 0 (default); referral; lower semester grade by 1 level, or semester grade = F.

grade adjustment option

semester grade (either fall or spring) = C, B, or A for AP Chem score =  3, 4, or 5, respectively.  deadline = end of 3^rd week of school; provide grade change form, report card, & AP report.

exams:

• score = 0 for being absent on exam day
• retest (afterschool & requires prior chem tutoring session); record highest score
• weekly quiz on Monday (Tuesday if Monday = holiday); may use 1-page / 1 side of notes
• may include past topics & lab topics
• may use calculator & "green sheets" (ap exam periodic table / reduction potential / equation/ various appendix from textbook) for test / quiz

labs

• if you are absent, there is no make-up labs; prelab & lab report score = 0
• turn-in prelab assignments at the beginning of class on the day of the lab; no prelab -> lab report score = 0
• Late lab report / prelab assignment will not be accepted.
• read lab notebook rubric / scoresheet and lab safety rules; sign & attach to the end of your lab notebook [no signature or scoresheet = no lab notebook points]
• may revise lab report once upon sincere 1^st attempt; attach & label revision to the front of the original lab report; lost of lab report points for improper sequence of content

prelab, lab report, & HW are to be stapled and due at the beginning of the period.  include HW score on HW:  2 points for trying each problem, 1 point for trying part of a problem, 0 point for no attempt on a problem; any multiple-part problem is still worth 2 points. there is a 50% penalty for late HW. 

Any exceptions to the policy in the syllabus will require a note (attach to assignment) signed by me; a prompt request is more likely to be successful.  Fill-out survey & signature form.

Fall

Tue, Feb 21

weekly quiz

ch. 17.3 acid base titration I; # 21, 22, 23, 25

announcment:  review past AP chem exam problems related to this topic; no chem tutoring drop requests for 3^rd grading period

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holiday  -  furough day / President's day

end of grading period

block

ch. 17.2  buffer

additional HW problems;  acid / base  1970 (1^st ), 1972 (2^nd ), 1973, 1974, 1975 (1^st ), 1977, 1978

read ch. 17.1  common ion effect

Mon, Feb 13

weekly quiz

ch. 16.10  chemical structure & acid strength; # 67, 69

additional HW problems;  acid / base  1970 (2^nd )

collect chem tutoring forms / missing work

Fri, Feb 10

ch. 16.8 - 16.9  pH of salts; relate K_a & K_b; # 61, 63, 65

additional HW problems; acid / base  1978, 1981

retest on nuclear chem & kinetics  (after school; requires prior chem tutoring)

block

ch. 16.1 - 16.7  pH; strong / weak acid / base

additional HW problems; acid / base 1970 (3^rd ), 1974, 1975 (1^st ), 1976, 1979 (1^st ), 1980;  read ch. 16.11  Lewis acid / base

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Tu, Feb 7

ch. 19.7  equilibrium constant & thermodynamics

additional HW problems; themo  1970, 1974, 1975 (1^st )

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Mon, Feb 6

weekly quiz

collect / review HW

Fri, Feb 3

ch. 15. 6 LeChatelier's principal [suppl: HK, T]

additional HW problems:  equilibrium  1977, 1980, 1988 (2^nd ), 1998

reretest on gas (requires prior chem tutoring by me; after school)

block

ch. 15.4 - 15.5  application of equilibrium constant

additional HW problems:  equilibrium 1981, 1983, 1988 (1^st ), 1995

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Mon, Jan 30

test on ch. 14 & 21  kinetics & nuclear chem

kinetics MC test (10 points; 15 ec)

block

Odyssey & 14.5  Rx mechanism; # 55, 79, 81

additional HW problems; kinetics 1984, 1991, 1994

Fri, Jan 27

Tu, Jan 24

weekly quiz

ch. 14.4 & 14.6  Arrenhius equation & catalyst

additional HW problems; kinetics 1973, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1989

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Fri, Jan 20

ch. 14.2 rate law II:  ratio of initial rates; # 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23

additional HW problems:  kinetics - while not HW, review problems

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Tu, Jan 17

weekly quiz

ch. 14.3  rate law I:  graphical analysis; # 27, 29, 33, 35  [for nerds]

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Fri, Jan 13

collect / review HW

retest on gas  (after school; requires prior chem tutoring)

Mon, Jan 9

weekly quiz

ch. 21.4 radioactive dating; # 29, 31, 33, 37, 39

Fri, Jan 13

test on ch. 10 gas

Thu, Jan 5

ch. 21.1 - 21.3; 21.6 - 21.8  nuclear reactions; # 1, 5, 9, 23

Tue, Jan 3

weekly quiz

ch. 10.7  kinetic theory of gas  - Odyssey simulations; for math nerds

announcement: document any gradebook errors before school starts @ 7:55 am

winter break

ch. 10  gas; # 7, 13, 14;  17, 18, 23, 35, 37;  47, 49, 53

additional HW: gas  1971 (1^st & 2^nd ), 1972, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1986 (1^st ), 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

Wed, Jan 4