The rules on how to award grades has changed, Letter grades are now required by OSPI and RSD at the high school level. YOUR GRADE WILL EFFECT YOUR GPA. To earn a letter grade you must engage in learning. You must submit, revise and resubmit based on teacher and community feedback, and participate in the CANVAS assignments. Students in this course may earn a “A” and receive credit for the course ,OR an “I” and receive an Incomplete for the course.

Contact: danielle.lin@rentonschools.us Office hours T &Th, 10-12
At least 3 assignments will be posted by Friday due the following Friday, on a weekly basis, on CANVAS, check Modules
Students earn an “A” for credit, or “I” for an incomplete, both affect your GPA
How to Zoom as a HHS student: https://hazen.rentonschools.us/students/how-to-attend-a-zoom-meeting

Below you will find details about the learning opportunities by week. The most current week is at the top:

Last week of the trimester- Week: 6/15-6/19

Thank you for participating. As your last assignment, please complete the Spring Trimester Exit Survey.

Week: 6/8-6/12 Last week of new chemistry content- last week for seniors** Letter Grading is now required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the "Ionic Bond Notes" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Ionic Bonding & Formulas" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Who defines normal? " ASSIGNMENT
Optional resource if you are feeling confused: Ions and Ionic Compound video

Week: 6/1-6/5 Periodic patterns and Ions** Grades are required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the "Something Shocking" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Ion Formation Notes" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Ionic Bonding Clues" ASSIGNMENT
Optional Resource if you are feeling confused: Periodic Electrons and Ion Formation pdf

Week: 5/25 is Memorial Day~ 5/26-5/29 Apply what you learned: Mobile particles and the Van de Graaff Videos** Grades are required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the "Build an atom part 3" ASSESSMENT
Complete the ""Ms. Lin's Video and Your Prediction" ASSIGNMENT (this should take no more than 10 minutes to complete)
Complete the ""Reveal Video and Your Explanations" ASSIGNMENT

Week: 5/18-5/22 Atoms and their particles ** Grades are required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the ""Wonder" full Research" ASSIGNMENT
Review your subatomic particle notes:
Complete the "Build an atom part 1" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Build an atom part 2" ASSIGNMENT

Week: 5/11-5/15 Apply what you learned...and spread wonder ** Grades are required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the "Apply what you learned" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Take a walk" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "I wonder survey" DISCUSSION

Week: 5/4-5/8 Solubility and polarity applied to Soap** Grades are required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the "Soap is both" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Let's Explore" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Revise your molecule" DISCUSSION

Week: 4/27-5/1 Solubility continues **Grades are now required by OSPI and RSD**

Complete the "Solubility Notes" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Design a Molecule to Clean Up This Mess" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Solubility Quiz" QUIZ

Week: 4/20-4/24 Polarity and Solubility continues

Complete the "Polar or nonpolar" QUIZ
Complete the "Solubility Lab" ASSIGNMENT
Complete the "Why does the CDC recommend washing for 20s with soap and water to combat the Covid-19 virus?" DISCUSSION

Week: 4/13-4/17 (Journal Expectations, and Begin Solubility Unit)

Complete the Journal Notes Expectations and Matter Review ASSIGNMENT
Complete the Polarity Notes ASSIGNMENT
Complete the Solubility Vocab and Diagram ASSIGNMENT

Week: 4/6-4/10 SPRING BREAK- no assignments posted. Turn-in time for week 3/30-4/3 extended until 4/13.

During Spring Break I posted a Module called"Above and Beyond -POGILs" . The PDF files in this module are completely optional. These documents include traditional chemistry concepts that are covered in Chemistry A. You may choose to complete any or all of the documents- it is your personal choice.

Week: 3/30-4/3 (Introduction survey and Canvas Skills)

Complete the All About You QUIZ
Complete the Atom and Molecule ASSIGNMENT
Complete the Read and Summarize ASSIGNMENT

Grading

How we conduct classes and award grades and credit is controlled by what the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction guides us to do. This guidance on how to award grades and/or credit has changed, but for now we will proceed as follows: Students in this course may earn a “A” and receive credit for the course OR “I” and receive an incomplete for the course.

To earn a grade, you should engage in learning. For this trimester, you will begin by mastering CANVAS navigation so that as a class, we can grow in our skills at exploring phenomena at the chemical level throughout the term.

You can ensure your “A” by doing the following:

Submit at least one assignment each week
Revise at least one assignment based on teacher feedback per investigation topic
Participate in 50% of the quizzes offered through CANVAS

Traditionally Chem A covers more NGSS standards than we will be able to do this term. If you choose, you may do enrichment activities which include but are not limited to POGIL handouts, to cover the basic NGSS standards of the traditional course. These options are provided as enrichment activities and will NOT be required or graded. However, we can provide feedback or help on these activities.

Words of Encouragement

We understand that doing work in a class with only one letter grade is new for most of you, and that you are trying to figure out what that means for your work in your classes. We also understand that during this pandemic, some of you are facing new challenges which will influence your work in different ways. Letter grades only tell a part of the story of you as a student. Colleges and Universities recognize that, which is why they require letters of recommendations and personal essays, and not just your transcripts, in your applications. Every student across the nation is facing this, so you are not alone. You will all be a part of a nationwide cohort with grades influenced by the pandemic on your transcripts. While we have outlined the weekly suggested effort for an "A" in this course, we want you to do your best work. We (all your teachers, not just in chemistry) will be paying attention to your efforts, attitudes, and hardships overcome over the coming weeks. It is not the grading system that sets you up for success in future classes or settings; it is your effort, curiosity, and response to feedback that does that. We are in this with you. Remember: Chem-Is-Try

These links are provided for those interested in information related to COVID-19 disease (SARS CoV-2, name of the virus that causes the disease)

CDC Corona virus page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

World Health Organization Corona virus page: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it

Global cases of Corona virus: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Genome: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/sars-cov-2-seqs/

*NEW* interesting article that updates numbers often:https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-updates-united-states.html

Treatment: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/who-launches-global-megatrial-four-most-promising-coronavirus-treatments