Welcome to Chemistry SAT class!

任课教师: 蔚健

Sunday: 3:40 – 5:00 PM second class

教室/Room 203

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Please purchase
Textbook
Kaplan SAT Subject Test Chemistry 2011-2012
Reference materials: optional
Princeton Review: Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, 2011-2012 Edition.

Please bring a calculator to each class.
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NCLS is offering a class this year on SAT Chemistry during the second period. The following information may help students and their parents decide whether the course is appropriate for students.

What is SAT Chemistry?
The SAT Chemistry Test or SAT Chemistry Subject Test is an optional single-subject test that you can take to showcase your understanding of chemistry. You might choose to take this test if you are applying to college to study science or engineering. The test is intended to help you with the college admission process.

What does the SAT Chemistry course do?
The two primary objectives of the course are:
I. Improving students’ understanding of chemistry principles and proficiency in applying these principles to problem solving.
Students will improve their understanding of the fundamental concepts of chemistry and their problem solving skills by applying these principles.
II. Preparing students for the SAT test.
The course will provide information on the SAT test, offer advice and guidance on preparing for the tests, and administer practice tests.
While this is a special course to help students prepare for SAT Chemistry, the ultimate goal of the course is to improve students’ understanding of the fundamental concepts of chemistry and their problem solving skills by applying these principles.

Why is NCLS offering the SAT Chemistry course?
The chemistry courses offered by top high schools in US cover a vast amount of chemistry knowledge in a very short of amount of time with high intensity and fast pace. It is far more both in depth and breadth than the most of our parents experienced in their high school chemistry courses.
The SAT Chemistry test consists of 85 questions. The first 23 questions numbered 1-23 are ‘classification questions’. The next 16 questions, numbered 101-116, are called ‘relationship analysis questions’. The SAT Subject Test in Chemistry is currently the only SAT that incorporates the relationship analysis questions. Relationship Analysis Questions require the student to identify the truth value of two statements. If both statements are true, the student will then have to analyze the relationship between the two statements to see if the second statement correctly explains the first statement. The last 46 questions numbered 24-69 are standard multiple choice questions. The Metric System of measurement is used.
SAT Chemistry is not a memorization-type test. While students are expected to have an understanding of the fundamental concepts of chemistry, most of the test will involve organizing and interpreting information. With respect to the types of skills that will be needed to succeed with the SAT Chemistry Test, you can expect:
45% application of knowledge
35% synthesis of knowledge
20% fundamental knowledge and concepts

This course does not offer laboratory teaching. Can students effectively learn and improve their performance in SAT Chemistry test?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – “Furthermore, the oft-quoted prerequisite of lab-experience is sometimes unnecessary for the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry due to the nature of the question concerning experiments; most laboratory concepts can simply be memorized beforehand”.

Who should take the SAT Chemistry course?
High school students
• algebra with understanding of the second-year algebra concept of logarithms,
• has taken or is taking a year of general chemistry,
• some lab experience

Course Teaching Plan:
We will cover each topic below in two-week period.
We will have in class practice excises every week.

The course topics covered include:
1. Atomic structure
2. The Periodic Table
3. Chemical bonding and molecular structure
4. Chemical reactions and stoichiometry
5. Gas and the Gas Laws
6. Liquids, solids and phase changes
7. Solution chemistry
8. Chemical equilibrium
9. Thermochemistry
10. Chemical kinetics – rates of chemical reactions
11. Acids, bases and salts
12. Redoxchemistry and electrochemistry
13. Nuclear chemistry
14. Carbon and organic chemistry
15. Environmental chemistry
16. Laboratory
17. Basic Measurement and Calculation Review
18. Chemical Formulas Review: Nomenclature and Formula Writing
Practice Tests
Practice Tests Are Your Best Friends!
Practice test 1, Mid term of the Fall semester
Practice test 2, Final of the Fall semester
Practice test 3, Mid term of the Spring semester
Practice test 4, Final of the Spring semester

Textbook: Kaplan SAT Subject Test Chemistry 2011-2012
Reference materials: Princeton Review Cracking the SAT Chemistry Subject Test, 2011-2012 Edition.

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