Chemistry

Understanding chemical principles through experimental observations and data, and how these principles can be used to explain phenomena in daily life. Prerequisite: MA08 Algebra I and MA17 Geometry. Chemistry is an College Prep Program requirement; General Program elective

This High School Course is also offered as part of the College Prep Correspondence Diploma program and the General Correspondence Diploma program.

Credits: 1 Unit

Course ID: SC07

Course Area: Science

Course Type: College Prep, General

Study Method: Correspondence

Key Topics:
The enterprise of chemistry; measuring and calculating; matter; atomic structure; electron clouds and probability; periodic table; chemical formulas; the mole; chemical reactions; periodic properties; typical elements; chemical bonding; molecular structure; polar molecules; kinetic theory; solids; liquids; gases; gases and the mole; solutions and colloids; colligative properties; reaction rate and chemical equilibrium; acids, bases, and salts; solutions of electrolytes; oxidation-reduction; electrochemistry; energy and disorder; nuclear chemistry; nuclear chemistry; classes of organic compounds; organic reactions and biochemistry.

Text:
Chemistry, Glencoe