Chemistry
- Basic Skills for Science - Unit 1- updated 8-05
Welcome
to Chemistry
- there is much
for you to do in this course. This web site will be a guide to help you
get it all done, and done well.
There
are many resources at this site to help you prepare at home for this
course. You will not have nightly homework problems from a book as you
do in many courses. Instead, you are asked to STUDY what
we have covered, in addition to writing lab reports and an occasional
worksheet we were unable to complete in class.
What you will find
here:
1. a calendar to
help you plan what to do when.
2. a list of what
you are supposed to know for the unit - use it as a checklist in your
study.
3. Text reading assignments
and when you should have them completed.
4. Web links to sites
that will help you on the different topics covered in class.
5. Some of the information,
questions, assignments and activities from class.
Once you have looked
over this page, you might want to make it a Favorite on your browser.
Next, show it to a parent. Then email us and let us know how you plan
to use this to help you succeed.
Need your textbook? Go to http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/chemistry/mc/index.html#
and click on Math Handbook to download a color pdf file of all things math for
science. The page order is kinda messed up, but you will find a great reference
for sig figs, dimensional analysis and scientific notation.
What you have to know
- check off items as you get it figured out!
1. What are observations and inferences and how they differ.
2. Four evidences of chemical change
3. Lab Safety rules and procedures
4. What are qualitative and quantitative observations and how they differ.
5. What is an MSDS and how it is used.
6. What are chemical and physical properties and how they differ.
7. What are chemical and physical changes and how they differ.
8. How matter is classified based on composition.
9. Be able to classify materials based on composition.
10. What are intensive and extensive properties.
11. The names and symbols for the 14 most common elements
12. What are accuracy and precision and how they differ.
13. How to use significant figures to show the proper precision of any measurment
or calculation.
14. How to express numbers in scientific notation
15. How to use your NON-graphing calculator to enter number in scientific notation.
16. Basic metric units and prefixes for metric units.
17. Dimensional analysis or Factor/Label methods for problem solving.
Chemistry
- Basic Skills for Science - Unit 1- updated 8-05