Secure Forum: All MHS classes have a secure interactive forum to communicate with tutors, parents and classmates. Tutors will use this platform to communicate about classwork and assignments.

Parents and students access the forum by signing into the website using the username & password created on the membership form and clicking on "forum".

Assignments & Supplies: Binders with curriculum will be handed out for organizing course work. Homework is assigned on our interactive course forums. Class supplies required will be posted on the forum throughout the year.

Chemistry (3rd - 7th Grade) (Tues & Thurs)

We will use curriculum designed for learning these basic topics in the class and home. “Hands on activities” will include lab work, graphic organizers, and “kitchen chemistry labs” with an emphasis on safety. This course will provide two (2) hours per week of study. Homework assignments will provide additional class hours. Families will need to ensure a full five (5) hours per week are being spent on chemistry. Topics to be covered will include Defining Chemistry, Explaining Atoms, an Introduction to the Periodic Table, Rules of Molecules, Matter, and Basic Reactions.

Chemistry I (8th - 12th Grade) (Tues & Thurs)

(1 Credit for High School)

Study in Chemistry I this year will focus on supporting Tennessee State Standards for high school credit with enrichment topics drawn from the State of NY Regents course descriptions. The course will involve lecture, formal lab activities, “kitchen science” and homework assignments. Homework assignments will include review of topics covered as well as research-based questions. Homework is provided so parents can document necessary hours at home to meet state standards. Classes at the home school sessions will provide three hours of classroom instruction only. State standards for a five-hour full course credit requires four hours of class activity in addition to a two hour laboratory. Parents are required to make up the difference at home. Homework completion will be tracked to help parents determine grades, and homework quizzes will be used to see how complete the work is. Take home exams will be given four times during the year and will be scored. How the exams are administered and the results of those scores are the function of the parent. Topics covered include History of Chemistry, Elements and the Periodic Table, Electron Theories, Chemical Reactions and Nuclear Chemistry.

Chemistry II (9th - 12th Grade) (Tues & Thurs)

(1 Credit for High School)

Study in Chemistry II this year will focus on supporting Tennessee State Standards for high school credit with enrichment topics drawn from the State of NY Regents course descriptions. The course will involve lecture, formal lab activities, “kitchen science” and homework assignments. Homework assignments will include review of topics covered as well as research-based questions. Homework is provided so parents can document necessary hours at home to meet state standards. Classes at the home school sessions will provide three hours of classroom instruction only. State standards for a five-hour full course credit requires four hours of class activity in addition to a two hour laboratory. Parents are required to make up the difference at home. Homework completion will be tracked to help parents determine grades, and homework quizzes will be used to see how complete the work is. Take home exams will be given four times during the year and will be scored. How the exams are administered and the results of those scores are the function of the parent. Topics covered include: Gas Laws, Organic Chemistry (Biological
and Plastics/Solvents), Lesser know sub-atomic particles, Rates of Reaction, Enthalpy, Light Emission, Reactions and Salt Bridges.