Chemistry Notes
Chapter 1.
INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY:
MATTER AND CHANGE
Addresses part of Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, content standard 1

• Course procedures

  Seats Textbooks E-mail Supplies in room Emergency procedures

  Online pages Supplies you will need (online) What to do if absent (online) Course syllabus and readings (online) Course schedule; assignments; labs (online)

• What is chemistry?
  Chemistry Matter Short overview
• What is science?

  Observations Hypotheses Testable (falsifiable) Hypothetico-deductive method

  Facts (observations) are gathered A hypothesis is formulated The hypothesis is tested If the hypothesis is falsified, it is often modified, then retested A hypothesis repeatedly tested and never falsified becomes a theory

• "Learning by doing";   labs;   lab safety
  
• How to use your book;     practice problems at end of each chapter
• Matter Definitions
    States of matter:   Solid / Liquid / Gas
• Chemical and physical properties;
    Chemical and physical changes
• Elements and compounds Slide show Printable periodic table
  
• Mixtures (homogeneous, heterogeneous) and pure substances
• Separation of mixtures

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Course Expectations

rev. Dec. 2010

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