CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTAL GRADING POLICY

TESTS:                      100 points each.

                                    All work and calculations must be shown.

                                    NO LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.  Home work not done will lower your   average for the quarter by  1  point per assignment.

LAB REPORTS:      In order to take the Chemistry RegentsExam in June all students must satisfactorily complete the New York State Lab Requirement.

                   LabReport Format:  See Instructor.

                   MostLab Reports will include:

                   1.  Student Name/Section/Teacher.

                   2.  Title (underlined and in capital letters).

                   3.  Objective (stating the purpose of the lab).

                   4.  Data Page (all data must indicate properunits and significant figures).

                   5.  Calculation Page (must show all work,formulas used and proper units).

                   6.  Conclusion and/or Questions (stating outcomeof lab or what you                                                                 determined).

                Satisfactory Lab Grade:   6-10 points.

                Late Labs:                            Minus  5 points if not handed in on the due date.

                No Lab:                                 Zero points.

                                    NOTE:  Labs that receive an unsatisfactory gradewill be returned for revisions and will not count towards your Lab Requirementuntil revised.

STUDENT ABSENCES:

If you are absent from class forany reason you are responsible for getting the notes and homework assignments.  If you miss a quiz or exam you must make it up the day you return to class.  If you do not promptly makeup a quiz or exam it will count as zero points. If you are absent on a day when a homework or lab report is due, you must hand in that assignment on the day you return to class or it will beg raded as being late.

QUARTERLY GRADES:

                                    Add up all points awarded and divide by the total possible points you could have earned.  This is your grade for the quarter.