Science

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