Chemistry I


 * Required
 * 1 credit
 * Grades Served: 9,10,11,12
 * Prerequisite: none
 * More details available at: http://www.uen.org/core/core.do?courseNum=3620

Chemistry I is organized around major concepts of matter, structure, energy, and change. The course emphasizes the principles and laws that describe the conservation of matter, changes in the structure of matter, and changes in energy. Substances can be described by their chemical structure or properties. Substances can be made of molecules and these molecules are made of atoms. The properties of water are very different from the properties of hydrogen or oxygen of which it is composed. When parts come together, the whole often has properties that are very different from its parts. The formation of compounds results in a great diversity of matter from a limited number of elements. When matter combines, energy is absorbed or released and matter is rearranged to make new substances with new properties.