High School Chemistry

​Teacher: Jay Huston
Email: jhuston@stanbridgeacademy.org

Homework
Homework is assigned every night on Google Classroom and simultaneously offered as a paper worksheet (when on campus). See below for grading policy.
Description: Students start off learning about the elements, their atomic structures, and basic properties focusing on why the Periodic Table is arranged the way it is and how we can use it to predict the behaviors of different atoms. Then we move to chemical bonding, the different ways atoms can attach to one another, and how their behaviors greatly change when bonded. With this foundation in place, we move through Stoichiometry, reaction rates, acids and bases, and end with investigating the properties of gases. During every unit there are at least two labs, where students learn safety procedures, data collection, and basic lab techniques. By the end of the year students will run their own labs and write formal lab write-ups complete with their own conclusions drawn from their own data.
Chemistry Curriculum Resources
  • Core Text: Chemistry by Buthelezi, Dingrando, Hainen, Winstrom and Zike
  • Additional Resources: Internet; Periodic Tables

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • Explain how the Periodic Table is arranged, and identify similarities between like-groups atoms. 
  • Construct various models of the different elements and different chemical interactions. 
  • Use a variety of images, videos, and texts to answer questions about the behaviors of different substances including why certain substance will react and others won’t. 
  • Distinguish the different pH levels of given acids and bases, and relate them to hydrogen ions.
  • Convert between quantities when given all necessary ratios, and use these techniques to predict the amount of react or product for a given reaction.
  • Recognize how the particles of gases move and are affected by changes in volume, temperature and/or pressure.

​Grading Policy
  • 30% - Participation
  • 30% - Homework/Classwork
  • 30% - Tests & Quizzes
  • 10% - Engagement (tracked with STAR Sheet)