Course Overview

Unit 1: Deals with the Kinetic Theory and the resultant division in the real world between solids, liquids and gases, and pure substances and mixtures.

Unit 2: Looks at the basic building blocks of matter - the elements and atoms. The periodic table and atomic theory.

Unit 3: Investigates the way matter forms. How the atoms of the different chemical elements join together. The law of constant composition and formulation.

Unit 4: Introduces the law of conservation of mass, quantitative chemistry and balanced equations. The mole theory and Avogadro.

Unit 5: Brings all of the previous units together in the study of acids and bases.

Unit 6: Studies the common gases, how to manipulate and test for them safely.