Everyday Chemistry.

Catalog description

The course covers basic concepts of chemistry as encountered in our everyday lives - food & metabolic energy, drugs & medicines, soaps & detergents, polymers - and allows students to explore the process of scientific investigation using familiar products and materials. Includes evaluation of scientific claims (e.g., recognizing pseudoscience in commercial chemical products) and the development of a scientific argument based on experimental evidence. The laboratory includes the preparation and analysis of common chemical materials. Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory.