1. South Iredell High School is an IB World School, authorized to offer the Diploma Programme, the Career-related Programme
and the Middle Years Programme. IB World schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging,
international education that South Iredell believes is important for our students.
IB DP Chemistry
2016-2017
South Iredell High School
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299 OLD MOUNTAIN ROAD • STATESVILLE, NC 28677 • PH: 704-528-4154
Instructor: Richard Alsabrook
Classroom: N-118
Phone Extension: 1377
Email: richard_alsabrook@iss.k12.nc.us
Hours Available: Office: 7:30 – 8:00AM, 10:00-11:00AM, 3:25-3:55 PM, other times appt. only
Tutoring: SMARTlunch on reserved days, other times appt. only
Class Schedule:
1st Block 2nd Block SMARTlunch Tutoring 3rd Block 4th Block
A-Day Biology SL1 Planning Wed. and Fri. Chemistry HL/SL1 Biology SL2
B-Day Chemistry HL2 Planning Wed. and Fri. Biology HL1 Chemistry HL2
Course Description: The course will journey through the chemistry international baccalaureate subject guide
where the students will take the practices they have learned from the middle years
program to obtain knowledge to apply them to a set of skills to help propel in making
predictions and creating their own investigations.
Course Objectives: The chart below identifies the material that will be covered over a two-year period. Core
material will be covered by standard level and higher level.
Core Higher Level
Stoichiometric Relationships*
Atomic Structure* Atomic Structure
Periodicity* The periodic table - the transition metals*
Chemical bonding and structure Chemical bonding and structure
Energetics/thermochemistry* Energetics/thermochemistry
Chemical kinetics* Chemical kinetics
Equilibrium* Equilibrium*
Acids and bases* Acids and bases*
Redox processes Redox processes
Organic chemistry Organic chemistry
Measurement and data process* Measurement and analysis
*Topics that have been covered by the 2017 Class

2. South Iredell High School is an IB World School, authorized to offer the Diploma Programme, the Career-related Programme
and the Middle Years Programme. IB World schools share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging,
international education that South Iredell believes is important for our students.
Instructional Format: The class is structure to go from guided practice to group learning ending in independent
assessment. Class will start with a review quiz on material that was covered in the
previous lesson. Following the quiz there will be an interactive lecture. During lecture the
teacher will provide working examples and questions to identify student comprehension.
At the completion of lecture students will group together to complete a task that will vary
from book, internet, or lab activities. Students will independently create a model or lab to
demonstrate their understanding along with an independent assessment.
Academic Honesty: Academic honesty provides a way for students to exhibit transparency in their knowing,
understanding and thinking. Supporting students in demonstrating academic honesty
through direct instruction for meeting academic honesty requirements assists in instilling
principled and ethical behaviors. Academic misconduct is described as a behavior,
whether deliberate or inadvertent, that results in the student, or any other student, gaining
an unfair academic advantage or creating an academic disadvantage other students. If a
student violates the school’s cheating and/or plagiarism policy the disciplinary actions
found in the school’s student handbook will be up held.
Accessibility: The Public Schools of North Carolina, Exceptional Children Division provides local units
with detailed policies for the delivery of special education services. These rules and
regulations are detailed in Policies Governing Services for Children with Disabilities-
Amended July 2014 (http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/policies/nc-policies-governing-
services-for-children-with-disabilities) from the Department of Public Instruction.
Services are provided under the following categorical designations:
Autistic, Deaf-Blindness, Deafness, Developmentally Delayed, Hearing Impaired,
Intellectual, Disability—Mild, Intellectual Disability—Moderate, Intellectual
Disability—Severe, Multiple Disabilities, Other Health Impaired, Orthopedically
Impaired, Speech or Language Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Visual
Impairment.
The Public Schools of North Carolina, Exceptional Children Division, provides parents
with a Parent Rights and Responsibilities in Special Education: NC Notice of Procedural
Safeguards Handbook (as of July 2016). The following is a link to the document:
http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/parent-resources/parents-rights-handbook
Course Evaluation:
Letter
Grade
Percent
Grade
Assessment Percentage
A 100-90%
Quiz 20%
B 89-80%
Exam 60%
C 79-70%
IA 20%
D 69-60%
F 59-0%