Course Description:
This course focuses on the analysis of properties of matter and chemical changes. Using the appropriate chemical language, symbols, and stoichiometry, students will learn to carry out the quantitative analysis of chemical systems. Students will also learn to explain the properties of the elements and their periodicity, the structure of matter according to the types of chemical bonds (Lewis structure, VSEPR theory, hybridization of orbitals), the main macroscopic properties of matter (intermolecular forces), and verify various chemical and physical properties of matter experimentally.
Course Context:
This is the first of two mandatory chemistry courses for all profiles. It constitutes a prerequisite for the following courses: Foundations of Cellular Biology, Evolution and Ecology, Chemistry of Solutions, Organic Chemistry, all biology or chemistry optional courses carrying the 0GNF competency, and Integrative Project in Science.
- Teacher: Diana Bellows
- Teacher: Andrew Porter