Honors Chemistry (Period 4)

Course Description

I would like to welcome you to the world of chemistry. It is a fascinating world filled with marvels that will enlighten your minds as well as excite your interest in the world around us. This world is challenging and will make demands of your time, but rise to the challenge and you will be rewarded with knowledge that will allow you to see our world in a wonderful new way. 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.

This first semester of chemistry will cover topics dealing with matter and its changes, making proper scientific measurements, atomic structure, periodic trends, bonding, the mole, stoichiometry, and naming. The second half of the course will deal with chemical reactions, acids and bases, the gas laws, states of matter, solution chemistry, and thermochemistry.