CHEMCOM

Chemistry in the Community

 

What is ChemCom all about?

Chemistry in the Community is an alternative approach to chemistry for college-bound high school students. The ChemCom approach recognizes that while only a few students will become chemistry majors (>1%), all will become citizens required to make decisions for themselves, their communities, and the nation, on issues involving chemistry.

The ChemCom program emphasizes problem solving and decision making skills and is built around several types of student activities. These activities include three levels of decision making exercises, all of which require student participation and cooperation.

The textbook used is ChemCom Chemistry in the Community Second Edition A Project of the American Chemical Society, Kendall Hunt publisher.

 

Supplying Our Water Needs

  1. Introduction
  2. The Quality of Our Water
  3. A Look at Water and Its Contaminants
  4. Investigating the Cause of the Fish Kill
  5. Water Purification and Treatment
  6. Putting It All Together

 

Conserving Chemical Resources

  1. Introduction
  2. Use of Resources
  3. Why We Use What We Do
  4. Conservation in Nature and the Community
  5. Metals: Sources and Replacements
  6. Putting It All Together: How Long will the Supply Last

 

Understanding Food

  1. Introduction
  2. Foods: To Build or To Burn
  3. Food as Energy
  4. Foods: The Builder Molecules
  5. Other Substances in Foods
  6. Putting It All Together: Nutrition Around the World

 

Nuclear Chemistry in Our World

  1. Introduction
  2. Energy and Atoms
  3. Radioactive Decay
  4. Nuclear Energy: Powering the Universe
  5. Living with Benefits and Risks
  6. Putting It All Together

 

Chemistry, Air, and Climate

  1. Introduction: Living in A Sea of Air
  2. Investigating the Atmosphere
  3. Atmosphere and Climate
  4. Human Impact on Air We Breathe
  5. Putting It All Together: Is Air a Free Resource?

 

Health: Your Risks and Choices

  1. Introduction
  2. Risk and Personal Decision Making
  3. Your Body's Internal Chemistry
  4. Acids, Bases, and Body Chemistry
  5. Chemistry at the Body's Surface
  6. Chemical Control: Drugs and Toxins in the Human Body
  7. Putting It All Together: Assessing Risks

 

Check out these WebSites related to Chemistry.
  1. Science Learning Network: Home
  2. ChemCom HomePage
  3. Nutrition Science & the Winter Olympics
  4. Mole Day
  5. Periodic Table: WebElements
  6. Periodic Table: Links
  7. Periodic Table
  8. LabNet Home Page
  9. American Chemical Society - Home Page
  10. Chemistry Home Page: Lecture Hall

 

 

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