INTERGRATED PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS

 

 

Course Description:

In Integrated Physics and Chemistry, students conduct field and laboratory investigations, use scientific methods during investigation, and make informative decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem solving.  This course integrates the disciplines of Physics and Chemistry in the following topics: motion, waves, energy transformations, properties of matter, changes in matter and solution Chemistry.

 

Course Requirements:

1.      At least three major exams will be given during each nine week period

2.      Nine Week Exam

3.      Labs

4.      Notebooks, containing all work done during each nine-week period, will be turned in at the end of each grading period.

 

EXTRA CREDIT:

PIONEERS OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE

 

 

MAIN IDEA:

 

You will choose a scientist, from the list below, who played a role in determining the structure of the atom.  The paper should describe who the scientist was, what the person did, why and how the work was done and discuss the significance of the discovery.  In you research, you should also look for information about the scientist's personal life. 

 

 

SCENTIST:  (CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING)

 

Niels Bohr                                J.J. Thomson                                        Henry Mosley

Werner Heisenberg                   Erwin Schrodinger                                Marie Curie

Ernest Rutherford                     Enrico Fermi                                         Albert Einstein

Robert Oppenheimer                Ernest Rutherford                                 Edward Teller

 

 

SPECIFICATIONS:

 

Each paper must include at least three references.  References must be photo copied and turned in along with your paper.   Format for this paper should be MLA.  The paper must be a minimum of three pages typed (12pt. Font).

 

 

Grading:

 

1.      Major Test(s) = 50%

  1. Homework (Homework, quizzes and labs) = 40%
  2. Nine Week Exam = 10%

 

 

 

Course Outline:

 

Below is a list of the Units and Chapters that are included in our IPC text.  If you click on the chapter you will find information pertaining to the subject as well as Web links and online study tools.  You can also access the student edition of our text by using the user name and password listed below.  We will be covering Chapters 1-4 during the first nine weeks.

User Name:

      TXIPC

Password:

 9UKASp73hu

 

v     Energy and Motion
 Chapter 1: The Nature of Science 
 Chapter 2: Motion and Speed 
 Chapter 3: Forces 
 Chapter 4: Energy 
 Chapter 5: Work and Machines 
 Chapter 6: Thermal Energy 

v     Electricity and Energy Resources
 Chapter 7: Electricity 
 Chapter 8: Magnetism and Its Uses 
 Chapter 9: Radioactivity and Nuclear Reactions 
 Chapter 10: Energy Sources 

v     Energy on the Move
 Chapter 11: Waves 
 Chapter 12: Sound 
 Chapter 13: Electromagnetic Waves 
 Chapter 14: Light 
 Chapter 15: Mirrors and Lenses 

v     The Nature of Matter
 Chapter 16: Solids, Liquids, and Gases 
 Chapter 17: Classification of Matter 
 Chapter 18: Properties of Atoms and the Periodic Table 
 Chapter 19: Chemical Bonds

v     Diversity of Matter
 Chapter 20: Elements and Their Properties 
 Chapter 21: Organic Compounds 
 Chapter 22: New Materials Through Chemistry 

v     You and the Environment
 Chapter 23: Solutions 
 Chapter 24: Chemical Reactions