Chestan Chemistry Tuition

Friday, September 27, 2013

Chapter 1: Introduction to Chemistry

1. chemistry: field of science, which studies the properties, composition and structure of substances found in nature.

2. Everything in the world is composed of matter.
     Smallest and simplest part or matter: ELEMENT

3. Contribution of chemistry: (remember at least 3)
     A. Foid and benerage
     B. Drug and medicibes
     C. Agriculture: fertilizers
     D. Telecommunications: semiconductor
     E. Transport: fuels

1.2 scientific method Student needs to know how to conduct research using SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
1. Observation
2. Making intereference: estimated conclusion
3. Identifying problem
4. Idenfying the variables: manipulated, fixed, responding
5. Forming a Hypothesis: state the correlation between the responding variables and the manipulated variable.
6. Planning and conducting the experiment
7. Collecting data
8. Analysis and interpreting data: tabulate the data and plot graph
9. Drawing conclusion
10. Writing a report