Integrated Physics and Chemistry Syllabus

IPC Syllabus
Mr. Morgan
Phone:  (618) 939-3455
Email: amorgan@wcusd5.net

Course Description:Integrated Physics & Chemistry (IPC) is a course designed for students seeking knowledge in the field of chemistry and the physical world.  The fall semester will be geared towards matter and all its forms, the atom, the periodic table, and chemical reactions.  The spring semester will be focused towards motion, forces, waves, energy, and electricity.  Both semesters will require basic algebraic math skills.  Laboratory activities and hands-on experiences will reinforce class concepts.  Grades received in this course will be determined by total points.  At the end of both semesters, there will be a comprehensive exam. 

Make-up Work:

If days of class are missed due to excused absences, the student is required to get missed assignments upon return to school.  Work assigned before the absence is due upon return to school.  Any missed quizzes or exams that were scheduled before the absence may be administered upon return to school.  It is ENTIRELY the students’ responsibility to find out what assignments were missed during an absence.  Make-up work will not be allowed with an unexcused absence.  This is school policy. Cheating Policy:Cheating will not be tolerated.  Looking at another students’ paper, talking during exams or quizzes, and allowing other students to see his or her paper will be considered cheating and will result in a zero for that grade.  Repeated offenses will be dealt with more strictly.  Students under suspicion of cheating may be subjected to an investigation including, but not limited to, questioning of parties involved and an oral or written re-test based on the same material.  The students involved may be given a zero pending the outcome of the investigation. Main Classroom Expectations:

            1. Be in assigned seat before class begins.

            2. Be prepared everyday with all necessary materials.

            3. Do not talk or move about the room without permission from teacher.

            4. Follow directions closely.

                5. Respect yourself and others.

 Classroom Discipline Plan:            No Rules Broken……………….3 by 5 inch notecard may be used for final            1^st Verbal Warning……………...phone call home, 3 by 5 in. notecard may be used for final2^nd Verbal Warning…………….Detention (30 minutes), may not use a notecard on final, phone call home            3^rd Verbal Warning……………..Detention (1 hour), phone call to parent, Referrel to     Assistant Principal   

Integrated Physics & Chemistry

Tentative Schedule

First Semester

Course Intro/Safety                                          Not in Textbook

Chapter 1                                                         Science Skills

Chapter 2 & 3                                                  Properties and States of Matter

Chapter 4 & 5                                                  Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

Chapter 6                                                         Chemical Bonds                                                          

Chapter 7                                                         Chemical Reactions                                         

Second Semester

Chapter 11                                                       Motion

Chapter 12                                                       Forces and Motion

Chapter 13                                                       Forces in Fluids (Sections 1 and 2)

Chapter 14                                                       Work, Power, and Machines

Chapter 15                                                       Energy

Chapter 17 & 18                                            Waves, Sound, and Light

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(we will only get to the following chapters  if time permits)

Chapter 19 & 20                                            Optics and Electricity