Syllabus-overall

Dr. Reich Chemistry Syllabus


 * All work must be turned in to recieve credit for the class. No grade other than an incomplete will be assigned until EVERYTHING has been turned in.**

1. Grades: Your semester grade will be divided into several portions. a. The main component consists of tests and homework, which is valued at 30%. b. The second component is laboratory work, which is valued at 20% of your grade. c. The third component is participation, which is valued at 10% of your grade. d. The fourth component is a series of online projects, which as a whole is valued at 20% of your grade. e. The final component is the final exam, which is 20% of your grade.

2. Expected Work a. Homework etc. (problems, write-ups, discussion, projects, reading) will be assigned every week and will be expected to be turned in at the end of every week. The majority of the assigned homework will involve problem solving from the book, but reading, small projects, discussion questions, lab write ups etc... will also be required. b. **All** work is subject to being peer reviewed. Don't write anything on any homework assignment that you wouldn't want your peers to read. c. It is very important to note that **incomplete homework assignments will not be accepted, graded, reviewed, or anything else.** An incomplete assignment is considered a sign of disrespect and will be treated as such. d. Homework etc. not turned in on the expected due date will be considered late. The only person that can supply you with permission to turn homework in late is Dr. Reich. All requests to turn in homework regardless of whether they are signed by your doctor, principal, parent, or key religious figure will not be accepted unless you have previously cleared it with Dr. Reich first or the situation arose from an "emergency" (Dr. Reich is solely responsible for determining whether or not something actually counts as an emergency). e. Homework etc. that is within one week late will be graded and half of the points will be lost. f. Homework that is later than one week late will recieve a grade of 0 (zero, nil, nilch, nada, nothing). Remember though, you still have to turn stuff in if you want to recieve **credit for the class.**

3. Laboratory work a. The labs in science class are necessary to experience practical and tangible meaning to otherwise obscure science stuff. Labs can be enjoyable, interesting, and mind boggling. They can also be **//extremely dangerous//**. All participents are expected to follow **//basic safety rules//**, which will be explained in class. Failure to follow rules will result in very fast unsympathetic tickets to administrator offices, parental notifications, detentions, and obnoxious busywork.

4. Class Attendance a. In accordance with the student handbook page 40-43 on student attendance students that miss 9 days of class will not have the option to receive a grade for the class. b. Students are considered late to class if they arrive more than 5 minutes after the bell rings to class. c. Students are considered absent to class if they arrive more than 15 minutes after the bell rings to class. d. Students are have basic expectations of behavior and work ethic. Students that fail to live up to those basic expectations can recieve punative sentence in the form of lateness or absence from class. e. Students that are considered late to class will recieve after school detentions. f. Students that fail to report to class a total of 9 times will not recieve credit for the class.