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5 Periods

5 Credits

Prerequisites: Students recommended for this course must have had a core evaluation with a resultant Individualized Education Plan

This is the second year science course. Students will explore the relationship of Chemistry to many of todays medical and ecological issues. They will apply basic chemical knowledge of the structure of matter and energy relationships to the problems of living in a modern, technical society. The learning strands include: Properties of matter, Atomic structure, Periodicity, Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions and stoichiometry, Gases and Kinetic Molecular theory, Solutions, Acids and Bases, Equilibrium and Kinetics, Thermo chemistry, and Oxidation-Reduction and Electrochemistry.