Chemistry Principles through the Environment Honors

• Course #4415XA
• 1 Credit/Science- Required for Center students
• 36 Weeks- Available at the Specialty Center for Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Varina High School
• Prerequisite: Successful completion of Biology Principles through the Environment

Description

• Consider tangible solutions to real-world problems or issues, creating a product that meets a need for an authentic audience
• Utilize science and engineering practices
• Conduct experimental and analytical laboratory investigations
• Investigate reaction rate, thermodynamics, redox reactions, stoichiometry, kinetic molecular theory, gas laws, atomic structure, periodicity, bonding, colligative properties, and equilibrium
• Emphasize the importance of research and fieldwork that validates and or challenges ideas
• Study advanced chemistry content in preparation for AP Chemistry or other advanced physics coursework