Honors Chemistry is an advanced chemistry course that will prepare you for AP Chemistry, if
you choose to take it. Therefore, the amount of material covered will be more and the pace
will be faster. You must stay on top of the work and do not let yourself fall behind. Please
come see me immediately if you feel you may be experiencing any difficulties.

 

Students who successfully complete the Honors Chemistry course should demonstrate a
good grasp of the fundamentals of chemistry and should develop an intuition that allows
them to find their way through a wide variety of chemical problems, both qualitatively and
quantitatively. Students should be able to master, synthesize, and symbolically represent
conceptual principles. The emphasis in lecture, lab and discussion will be centered upon the
six “Big Ideas” proposed by the College Board with a focus placed on the student’s ability to
visualize and understand chemical processes at the subatomic or particulate level. Labs will
incorporate both teacher-directed (more traditional) labs and inquiry -based, student directed labs to encourage the development of the critical analysis of both procedures and
collected data.