Focus on Middle School Chemistry (Level 1) (Grades 5-8)

Course Description

Lectures for each week will consist of the following: a recorded lecture about the chapter material that can be viewed at any time.These lectures will be approximately 10-15 minutes in length and a live lecture covering the history of science, how science is done, and how the discoveries can be used today. The live lectures These will be approximately 30-40 minutes in length. In addition, there will be some discussion about the lab for the week.

You will get to interact LIVE with the teacher through audio/ video chat, text chat, document sharing and whiteboard sharing. This will be just like a real class.

The course package for Focus on Middle School Chemistry (Level 1) (Grades 5-8) online course:

• 11 Recorded lectures that can be viewed anytime - Approx. 10-15 Min. each
• LIVE lectures for Weekly Discussions - Approx. 30-40 Min. each
• First day of class: January 23, 11:00 AM MST
• Instructor: Dr. Sedilla Rodriguez
• Few Lab discussions

Chemistry I Lecture/ Experiment Schedule Fall 2012:

 

• 0. January 23 : Introduction to course and lab
• 1. January 30 : Matter
• 2. February 6 : Molecules
• 3. February 13 : Chemical Reaction
• 4. February 20 : Acids, Bases, and pH
• 5. February 27 : Acid-Base Neutralization
• 6. March 6 : Mixtures
• 7. March 13 : Separating Mixtures
• 8. March 20 : Energy Molecules
• 9. March 27 :Polymers
• 10. April 3 : Biological Polymers – Proteins and DNA

• Note : All participants must have a book bundle. A Book Bundle includes the following three books: a Student
  Textbook, a Student Lab notebook, and a Teacher's Manual and can be purchased at the link : Focus on Middle School Chemistry Book Bundle