Chemistry Themes to Remember

Priorities for the summer: remember big ideas long after the course is over.
1. How Chemistry fits into the Science family, what its role is, what it helps us understand.
2. Weigh in: Which is worse? Water shortages vs. Water pollution?
   Know the chemical properties of water that bear on these two issues. Debate online and in class. Inform yourself first. Have an informed opinion. Be able to argue either side.
3. Understand the Chemistry and issues around global warming and air pollution, including the chemical processes.
4. Have an understanding of the invisible world of matter underneath the 'surface.'
5. Know how the periodic table works and be able to describe the order that is natural in the world of matter.
Keep these themes in your blogs and thoughts throughout the summer and be able to discuss and debate them well.