HC Syllabus Quiz

True or False?

Honors chemistry involves more mathematics than Regents Chemistry.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

True or False?

Honors chemistry covers less topics than Regents Chemistry.

• True

• False

True or False?

Honors chemistry moves at a faster pace than Regents Chemistry.

• True

• False

What score is the highest that a late assignment can receive?

• 80%

• 65%

• 50%

• 25%

Answer explanation

Yes. Timely work and practice is crucial to keeping up with the fast pace of honors chemistry. The penalty for late work is meant to help motivate you and keep you on task.

What course grade is expected to be maintained by Honors students?

• 80%

• 90%

• 70%

• 65%

Answer explanation

If you cannot achieve this and maintain an 80%, you might be shifted to a non-honors class.

If your final course grade falls below an 80%, you might be prohibited from continuing in honors and college-level science courses in your future high school years.

What percent of your marking period grade is based on Learning Tasks? (e.g. homework, class & groupwork, participation, notebook checks)

• 25%

• 60%

• 30%

• 40%

True or False?

Claiming work as your own when it is not or attempting to gain unfair advantage on a quiz/exam is not a big deal.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Cheating is not tolerated.

How many "State Labs" are there in this course? (These are the labs that MUST be completed with satisfactory grade... 65% or higher... to be eligible to sit for the Regents Exam)

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Answer explanation

If you are absent when these take place or you do very poorly on them, you must make them up.

Failure to do so means you won't get course credit (since sitting for the Regents Exam is an expectation for completing the course)

Answering with a single word...

What is chemistry the study of?

Answer explanation

matter is general term. It is anything that has mass and takes up space (has volume).

Besides energy, matter is what we deal with most in our everyday lives. (all forms of it built from just a few types of building blocks, called atoms)

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

True or False?

There are no forms of support for you outside of classtime in case you are struggling or simply want higher achievement.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

EDI (Extended Day Institute), afterschool with Mr. Martino, mutual free period with Mr. Martino (if available), friends, web resources, Regents Review starting in April...

Please seek these out if you need or want them.