Prerequisites: 80% or higher in Honors Biology; teacher recommendation if in Biology; currently enrolled in Honors Algebra II or a higher-level math class

Chemistry I Honors provides students a background for success in college Chemistry by meeting the following objectives: 1) students will develop a lesser sense of memorization, to be replaced by independent formation of concepts, scientific reasoning, and common sense; 2) students will develop competency in solving word problems by the factor-label method; 3) values achieved from the course will be of a practical nature, of an aesthetic nature, and of a preparatory nature for the study of any discipline. Subject matter will include the metric system, atomic theory, chemical nomenclature, writing formulas, balancing chemical equations, periodic trends of the elements, chemical bonding, and gas laws. Students successfully completing this course will be able to think critically about their physical world and be prepared to study Chemistry at the next level.