Chemistry 502: Year Long Project

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Chemistry 502 Year Long Project

• Jennifer Tareila

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Penncrest High School

• Typical suburban school
• Approximately 1300 students in grades 9 through
  12
• 5 guidance counselors 2 Assistant Principals 2
  Teachers-on-Assignment
• Small minority populations (African American,
  Asian, and Hispanic)
• Broad socioeconomic range fairly affluent
• 97 proceed to college over 70 to 4 year
  colleges

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General Facilities

• Recent Renovations have created
• Guidance and Career Center Suite
• Library
• Large Cafeteria
• Gymnasium with walking track and rock wall away
  team locker rooms
• 6 new science classrooms

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Normal Day

• 7 periods
• Lunch not a class period
• Most students in grades 9, 10, and 12 have a
  study hall (Juniors do not)
• Day begins at 730 with homeroom, ends at 215
• Labs for all Chemistry, all Physics, and AP
  Biology once a week

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Available Technology

• 3 laptop carts with IR connections and printers
  (may be 4 in September)
• 2 computer labs
• 18 computers in library
• All computers have internet access and are linked
  to the library
• 10 computer projectors

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Science Classrooms

• Technology
• 5 student computers and a teacher workstation
• Printer
• 3 mobile computers

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Science Classrooms

• Seating in front
• Lab area in back
• Students usually need to sit in lab area in most
  rooms
• Gas and water at each lab station, including
  demonstration bench in front of room
• Emergency shower and eyewash

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Course schedule

• Chemistry (2H)
• General/ Standard chemistry
• Chemistry Connections to our Changing World
  (Prentice Hall)
• Biology II (2H)
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Human Biology (Thomson)

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Teaching Philosophy

• Hands-on
• Practical Applications/ Connections
• Integrated- Big Picture
• Student Centered

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Project Goals

• To increase interest
• To increase participation
• To increase retention of information

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Methods

• Incorporate articles and presentations on a
  regular basis
• Cooperative learning utilizing PIM
• Using available technology to have students
  research and present real life applications

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Evaluation

• Student surveys
• Anecdotal evidence
• Teacher observation
• Student performance on exams