| Includes topics that students have traditionally found difficult and breaks them into sections, examining each one step by step. There are an array of opportunities for students to test their scientific skills through the analysis and interpretation of diagrams, tables and graphs. Students will also extend their reasoning and literacy skills as they are guided through the application of theoretical concepts to practical examples. Research tasks are included to expand students' knowledge of the history of chemistry and the contributions of individual scientists.
Topics Included:
- Separation
- The three states of matter
- Separating gases from the atmosphere
- Movement of particles
- Elements
- The Periodic Table
- The development of atomic theory
- Forming ions
- Lewis electron dot structures
- Ionic and covalent compounds
- Metals and metallic bonding
- Chemical reactions
- Naming compounds
- Valency and formula
- Introduction to carbon chemistry
- Acids bases and indicators
- Acid reactions
- Acids and metals
- Relative atomic mass
- Alchemy- the ancestor of chemistry. |
