This year we will be exploring chemistry topics to help prepare you for the Regents Exam in June.  The major units we will be studying are as follows:

-Unit I: Measurement
-Unit II: Atomic Structure
-Unit III: Nuclear Chemistry
-Unit IV: Periodic Table
-Unit V: Physical Behavior of Matter
-Unit VI: Bonding
-Unit VII: Formulas and Equations
-Unit VIII: Mathematics of Formulas and Equations
-Unit IX: Kinetics and Equilibrium
-Unite X: Solutions
-Unit XI: Acids and Bases
-Unit XII: Oxidation and Reduction
-Unit XIII: Organic Chemistry

Grading Policy

Exams (35%)
-2 exams every marking period
-If absent on an exam day you must bring a note and makeup the exam within the week

Homework (20%)
-Must be neat
-Answers must ALWAYS show work or calculations
-If you are absent, you are responsible to retrieve homework from Ms. Casey’s Class Page (https://www.yonkerspublicschools.org/Page/23512) or from the homework (HW) board posted in the classroom. 
-Homework can be handed in 1 day after date assigned. Check HW board for last day.
-If numerous homework assignments are missing you may risk failing for the marking period

Class work (15%)
-You must participate in class or group activities
-Notebooks may be checked at any time during marking period

Quizzes or Exit Slips (announced on class page) (10%)

Attendance
-If absent visit class page to see what you have missed
-If absent a note must be given to me the next day
-Lateness
-If you are consecutively late without a pass you risk the possibility of failing the class.
-After five or more absences or ten or more lateness, forty percent of your classwork grade will be reduced.

Laboratory (15%)
-All labs must be completed in a timely manner to receive the full 15 points.
-In order to be eligible to sit for the Regents Exam, 1200 minutes (20 hrs) of labs must be completed and documented
-Each of these labs must receive a passing score in order to qualify

Projects (5%)
Calendar/ Updates
-Please visit class page and Remind App