There are several ways to earn extra credit in this class. Only one extra credit assignment can be completed each quarter, and since there are four assignments you may pick and choose which one you will complete each quarter. Each assignment is worth 50 points which will boost your grade by three percentage points each quarter. Here's an example, if you have an 86.5 in the class and you complete an extra credit assignment and get full credit on the assignment, your grade will increase from an 86.5 to an 89.5 for an A in the course.
1. Create a video that has you teaching a concept that you have mastered in my course. Some examples of concepts are: Le Chatelier's Principle, Stoichiomestry, drawing of Lewis structures, Gas Laws, etc. If the concept you want to teach is not listed here, come to me before or after class and verify the concept with me so I can approve it. Once your video is completed, post the video on SchoolTube, and then post the link of your video in the Dropbox for Extra Credit Assignments. Once this is completed, send me an email that the assigment has been posted and I will begin grading the assignment immediately, I should have your grade back to you within a few days.
2. Create your own periodic table that can be used as a household item. Some examples include a shirt, blanket, shower curatin, table, or whatever you may wish for it to be. The entire periodic table must be on the item and the item will be turned into me before 9 weeks exams.
3. Create a Jeopardy type game board with questions that cover an entire quarter's worth of Chemistry. The game board must have six categories, with five different questions in each category. The questions must be in the form of answers, and the answers must be in the form of a question. The more creative the game or board is, the more likely I am to go above the 50 points.
4. Design a three dimesnional structure based upon the different bonding structures that compounds can have. Some examples are octahedrals, trigonal pyramidal, and tetrahedral. The different elements and lone pairs of electrons must be displayed and there must be a key turned in that shows which element is which and where the lone pairs are. When this is complete, we will hang each structure in the class so that our class can be chemically decorated!
1. Create a video that has you teaching a concept that you have mastered in my course. Some examples of concepts are: Le Chatelier's Principle, Stoichiomestry, drawing of Lewis structures, Gas Laws, etc. If the concept you want to teach is not listed here, come to me before or after class and verify the concept with me so I can approve it. Once your video is completed, post the video on SchoolTube, and then post the link of your video in the Dropbox for Extra Credit Assignments. Once this is completed, send me an email that the assigment has been posted and I will begin grading the assignment immediately, I should have your grade back to you within a few days.
2. Create your own periodic table that can be used as a household item. Some examples include a shirt, blanket, shower curatin, table, or whatever you may wish for it to be. The entire periodic table must be on the item and the item will be turned into me before 9 weeks exams.
3. Create a Jeopardy type game board with questions that cover an entire quarter's worth of Chemistry. The game board must have six categories, with five different questions in each category. The questions must be in the form of answers, and the answers must be in the form of a question. The more creative the game or board is, the more likely I am to go above the 50 points.
4. Design a three dimesnional structure based upon the different bonding structures that compounds can have. Some examples are octahedrals, trigonal pyramidal, and tetrahedral. The different elements and lone pairs of electrons must be displayed and there must be a key turned in that shows which element is which and where the lone pairs are. When this is complete, we will hang each structure in the class so that our class can be chemically decorated!
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