CHEMISTRY - Regents

Who Should Take Chemistry Regents?

Any student who has successfully completed Physics 9 should enroll in Chemistry Regents. Students should have average or above average reading skills and should be able to solve basic algebraic problems.

What Will We Be Studying In Regents Chemistry?

Chemistry Regents follows a course of study prescribed by the NYS Board of Regents. Topics covered include: matter and energy, atomic structure, bonding, the periodic table, the mathematics of chemistry, kinetics and equilibrium, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction reactions and electrochemistry, organic chemistry, and nuclear chemistry.

What Will Be Expected Of Me?

You will be expected to take notes regularly, to perform lab investigations, to write lab reports, interpret graphical information, and to work mathematical problems in chemistry. You may expect that to adequately complete homework and lab assignments you will need to spend a minimum of two hours per week on preparation outside the classroom.

How Is The Course Taught?

Lectures, group work, videos, and labs.

What Are The Completion Requirements?

Students will be required to take the NYS Regents examination in Chemistry in June. Students must complete 1200 minutes of laboratory work, which must be submitted, graded, recorded, and stored at school in order to sit for the Regents examination.

1 unit of credit Prerequisite: Physics 9, Physics 9 honors, or recommendation by a guidance councilor for new incoming students.

CHEMISTRY - Honors

Who Should Take Chemistry Honors?

Honors Chemistry is an SAT II Chemistry level science course for those students who feel they would like to be challenged. Students currently enrolled and in excellent academic standing in Physics-9 Honors and Geometry or equivalent should consider this course.

What Will We Be Studying In Chemistry Honors?

The Honors Chemistry course will prepare students to sit for the SAT II Chemistry exam as well as the Chemistry Regents Exam. It is an enriched and more mathematical course than the standard Regents Chemistry curriculum. Emphasis is placed on an in-depth study of chemical concepts as well as certain topics beyond those required by the NYS Regents Syllabus; i.e., extensive presentation of the Gas Laws, Electronic Structure, Bonding, Thermodynamics, Acids and Bases, Kinetics, and Oxidation-Reduction reactions.

What Will Be Expected Of Me?

Students will be required to complete 1200 minutes of laboratory work and to submit laboratory reports that demonstrate conceptual understanding of the topic or principle. The mathematical relationships used are rigorous and integral to the problem-solving techniques required for in-depth understanding. Students may expect that to adequately complete homework and lab assignments they will need to spend a minimum of four hours per week on preparation outside the classroom.

How Is The Course Taught?

A variety of methods will be employed. Lessons will include the use of demonstrations, models, videos, charts, and hands-on laboratory work.

What Are The Completion Requirements?

Students will be required to take the NYS Regents Examination in Chemistry in June. Students must complete 1200 minutes of laboratory work, which must be submitted, graded, recorded, and stored at school in order to sit for the Regents examination.

1 unit of credit Prerequisite: Physics 9 honors or a recommendation from the student’s 9th grade teacher