Chemistry is the study of the properties of matter and energy. The CP Chemistry course at Temecula Preparatory School is a laboratory-based, college preparatory science course. It utilizes a combination of laboratories, activities, discussions, technology, lectures, demonstrations and other visual aids to give students a solid background in a broad representation of chemistry topics. The topics covered in this course are consistent with the California State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and include: Atoms, Isotopes, Ions, Chemical Bonding, Chemical Reactions, Stoichiometry, Gases, Thermodynamics, Solutions, Acids and Bases, Reaction Kinetics, Nuclear Chemistry, and Atmospheric Chemistry. The course fulfills the physical science requirement for high school graduation and is an A through G course recommended for admission to the University of California.
Prerequisites: Algebra I with a grade of C+ or better.
Review the agenda for the week of 8/25/25.
Assignment Assigned Due
Optional: Use Cornell Notes Template 08/11/25 --
Optional: Prepare for Math Skills Assessment Quiz on Block Day (Basic Math and Algebra I) 08/11/25 08/13-14
Review Syllabus; Contract is due Monday 08/11/25 08/18/25
Review Safety Contract (also due Monday) 08/12/25 08/18/25
Finish Safety Poster, review Safety Rules and Lab Equipment, and prepare for Safety Test 08/13-14 08/15/25
Read pages 4 through 9 08/15/25 08/18/25
Absentees: Watch "Origins: Earth is Born" and complete the worksheet 08/19/25 08/25/25
Read pages 23 through 30 and finish front of Worksheet 1-1 08/20-21 08/22/25
Finish back of Worksheet 1-1; read pages 16 through 18 08/22/25 08/25/25
Finish front of Worksheet 1-2 08/25/25 08/26/25
Review Worksheet 1-1 Key; read pages 18 through 22 and finish back of Worksheet 1-2 08/26/25 08/27-28
Review Worksheet 1-2 frontside Key, finish Sig. Figs. Worksheet, and prepare for quiz 08/27-28 08/29/25
Read pages 44 through 48 08/27-28 08/29/25
Finish Worksheet 1-3 08/29/25 09/02/25
Review Worksheet 1-2 Key and Worksheet 1-3 Key and prepare for quiz; finish Unit 1 Pretest 09/02/25 09/03-04
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes: an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense.
Carl Sagan (1997)