Honors Chemistry

This rigorous laboratory science course is designed for students who excel in science and are college-bound. Students study matter, change and energy; scientific measurement; problem solving; atomic structure; chemical names and formulas; chemical quantities; chemical reactions; stoichiometry; states of matter; behavior of gases; chemical periodicity; ionic and covalent bonds; water and aqueous systems; properties of solutions; reaction rates and equilibrium; acids and bases and their salts. The use of a scientific calculator is required.