Through a variety of classroom and laboratory activities, by the end of the chapter, the students will be able to:

1 - Use the scientific method to solve problems.

2 - Work safely in the lab.

3 - Describe the three states of matter (on the particle level) in terms of energy, particle motion, and phase transitions (1.3)

4 -  Explain, at the molecular level, the behavior of matter as it undergoes phase transitions (6.3). 

5 - Draw models to represent solids, liquids, and gases on a particle level.  Defend your models.

6 - Identify, explain, and distinguish between physical and chemical properties used to classify / describe matter, given examples of both types. (1.1)

7 - Define Density, calculate the density of a substance, and explain why the sample size of a pure substance doesn't alter the density. 

8 - Distinguish between chemical and physical changes (1.1)  Give examples of both.

9 - Distinguish between pure substances and impure mixtures on the particle level (1.2).  Give examples of both.

10 - Distinguish between elements and compounds on the particle level. (1.2) Give examples of both. 

11 - Distinguish between mixtures as heterogeneous or homogeneous (1.2).  Give examples of both.