CHEM 503 - Chemistry for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

(3 hours) Prerequisites: Acceptance into Graduate School. Principles of chemistry as related to the interaction of humans with their environment and chemistry with society. Topics include the historical development of the atomic structure, periodic table and its use in predicting elemental reactions, physical structures and properties, acids, and basses. Also, the historical development of acid-base theories, energy and thermodynamics, polymers, water and air pollution.