Chemistry Basics     (6-8th grade)

Thursdays from 11:15- 12:15 in room 229

Description: 30 lessons in 5 units with hands on activitites including making model atoms, breaking covalent bonds, making gas expand.  We will learn: Chemistry terms, notations, and rule unit.  This is a strong, basic chemistry course for Jr. High students.  Each class will have an experiment or observation along with the lesson of the day.

• Intro to Chemistry:  basics, chemistry tools, matter, the elements, mixtures and compound
• Adoms and molecules: atomic number, atomic mass, periodic table, molecules
• Nature of Chemistry:  chemical bonds, formulas, naming compounds, reactions, acids, bases and salts
• State of Matter:  solids and liquids, gases, gas laws, state change, solutions
• Organic Chemistry:  hydrocarbons, alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, esters, biochemistry

 Cost is $20/pp for the entire school year payable on or before August 1, 2008.

Teacher:  Linda Abel   Nowilive4Him@verizon.net