It is taught at a college level, and tends to be very demanding (Includes homework after each class period).
Course goals are to prepare students for the first semester course of college chemistry and to prepare students for the AP Chemistry course.
Together with AP chemistry, this course is designed to be the equivalent of a full 6 � 8 credit college chemistry lecture and lab course.
At the end of AP chemistry, students are encouraged to take the national exam given by The College Board. The exam scores may enable the student to receive credit for the first year of chemistry at many colleges and universities.
Units include assigned reading materials, instructional sessions, laboratory activities, quizzes, tests and sample problems from the free-response section of previous AP exams.
Lab activities include questions similar to those on the AP exam that are designed to analyze concepts, procedures, calculations and effects of errors.
Tests are similar in style but shorter than the AP exam: Sections of the test include multiple choice items, writing net ionic equations, essays and free response problems.
From TEA: In Chemistry, students conduct field and laboratory investigations, use scientific methods during investigations, and make informed decisions using critical thinking and scientific problem solving. Students study a variety of topics that include: characteristics of matter; energy transformations during physical and chemical changes; atomic structure; periodic table of elements; behavior of gases; bonding; nuclear fusion and nuclear fission; oxidation-reduction reactions; chemical equations; solutes; properties of solutions; acids and bases; and chemical reactions. Students will investigate how chemistry is an integral part of our daily lives. (TAKS 112.45)