FINAL GRADE BASED ON TOTAL EARNED POINTS (POINTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
THE CLASS IS BASED ON TOTAL POINTS, APPROXIMATELY 1400 GIVE OR TAKE +/-(50 TO 100).
HOWEVER, THE TOTAL POINTS MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE WHICH MAY CHANGE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS FOR AN A; a B, AND a C (NOT HIGHER ONLY LOWER)
GRADE
POINTS
A
~1200 TOTAL POINTS (1200-1400)
B
~1000 TOTAL POINTS (1000-1199)
C
~800 TOTAL POINTS
(800-999)
D
~600 TOTAL POINTS (600-799)
F
~BELOW 600 TOTAL POINTS
COURSE GRADE BREAKDOWN
YOUR FINAL GRADE IS BASED ON TOTAL POINTS (~1400 MAXIMUM):
APPROXIMATE 440 MAXIMUM POINTS
FOR CHEMISTRY COURSE CONTENT VIA ONLINE QUIZZING (VIDEO QUIZZES & END OF CHAPTER
QUIZZES)
APPROXIMATE 300 POINTS FOR IN-CLASS CLOSED BOOK WEEKLY CHAPTER TESTING
APPROXIMATE 100 POINTS FOR 17 CHAPTER ONLINE VOCABULARY QUIZZES
APPROXIMATE 60 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR ONLINE MIDTERM (CHAP 1-6)
APPROXIMATE 50 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR IN-CLASS/CLOSED BOOK MIDTERM MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM (CHAPTERS 1-6)
APPROXIMATE 50 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR ONLINE END TERM(FINAL) EXAM (CHAP 7-14, 16) EXAM
APPROXIMATE 50 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR IN-CLASS END TERM CLOSED BOOK FINAL EXAM, (CHAPTER 7-17)
APPROXIMATE 50 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR THE 17 CHAPTER ONLINE VOCABULARY FINAL EXAM
APPROXIMATE 25 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR IN-CLASS/CLOSED BOOK MIDTERM VOCABULARY EXAM (CHAPTERS 1-6)
APPROXIMATE 25 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR IN-CLASS/CLOSED BOOK END TERM VOCABULARY FINAL (CHAPTERS 7-14,16)
APPROXIMATE 160 MAXIMUM POINTS FOR PAPER & PENCIL AND ONLINE HOMEWORK
APPROXIMATE 50 POINTS
FOR REQUIRED GASOLINE PROJECT
APPROXIMATE 25 POINTS FOR SCIENTIFIC METHOD PROJECT #1 OR #25
APPROXIMATE 010 POINTS FOR THE 1ST WEEK EXPLORATIONS. (EMAIL, CONTRACT)
APPROXIMATE 005 POINTS FOR THE THREADED DISCUSSION
APPROXIMATE TOTAL 1400 POINT
Summary of Projects/Papers/Activities (Projects have been revised-see Blackboard Course Assignments):
Each of the following Activities may take one to four hours to complete.
1. Scientific Method (Chapter 1) (~25 Points)
2. Measurement via Gasoline Project (Chapters 1&16&17) (Begins Week 1 and ends last week of term) 35 points) (Required)
3. Critical Thinking-Create Personal Thermometer (Chapter 2) (~10 points)
4. About Elements & Atoms (Chapter 3) (~10 points)
5. About Compounds (Chapter 3)(~32 points)
6. About Electron Configuration (Chapter 4)(~10 points)
7. About Electricity from Nuclear Power Plants (Chapter 5&17) (~10 points)
8. Building Molecules on line(Chapter 6) (~10-20 points)
9. Water Quality (Chapters 7-8-16) (~10 points)
10-11-12-13. Hybrid and Electric Cars (Chapter 11) (Four activities) (10-20 points each)
14. World Without Oil (Chapter 12 & 17))(15 points)
14a.Online Chemical Reactions Lab (Chapter 9) ~20-30 points
15. Photovoltaic Renewal Energy Source (Electricity)(Chapter 17) ~10 points
16. Wind Renewal Energy Source (Electricity)(Chapter 17) ~10 points
17. Solar Thermal Renewal Energy Source (Electricity)(Chapter 17) ~10 points
18. Diet Analysis (Chapter 13)(10-15 points)
19. A Prescription Drug Analyzed (Chapter 14)(5-10 points)
20. Toxicology of Commercial Products and Household Chemicals(5-10 points)
21, Climate Change (Chapter 1, 16, 17) (10-20-30 points)
22. E.M. Pulse (Chapter 17 section 17.3) (10-15 Points)
23. Dr Days Cancer Cure Videos (Chapter 14) (10 -15points
24. The Controlled Experiment Demonstration (Chapter 1) ~20 points (Optional or Project #1)
25. Isomer # Problem (Chapter 12) ~20-30 points
33. Metric System/Dimensional Analysis Activity: Gimli Glider ~20 points
26...32.More will be added as the term progresses.
Course Evaluation is optional: 20 extra credit points (10 Points FSCJ & 10 points Rate My Professor). These surveys are anonymou1.
Students must notify via email that they have submitted the
course/instructor evaluation by make a screen print of the popup box
stating the task has been completed. (Do not send a copy of the survey
to your instructor). The FSCJ evaluation window is open to the student
during the last two weeks of the term and may not be completed after a
final grade has been assigned (March 1). Your instructor may not see
your survey until after the final grades have been submitted to the
college (March 1).