Table of Contents

Introduction. Part I: Basic Concepts of Chemistry. Chapter 1: What Is Chemistry, and Why Do I Need to Know Some? Chapter 2: Matter and Energy. Chapter 3: Something Smaller Than an Atom? Atomic Structure. Chapter 4: The Periodic Table (But No Chairs). Chapter 5: Nuclear Chemistry: It'll Blow Your Mind. Part II: Blessed Be the Bonds That Tie. Chapter 6: Opposites Do Attract: Ionic Bonds. Chapter 7: Covalent Bonds: Let's Share Nicely. Chapter 8: Chemical Cooking: Chemical Reactions. Chapter 9: Electrochemistry: Batteries to Teapots. Part III: The Mole: The Chemist's Best Friend. Chapter 10: The Mole: Can You Dig It? Chapter 11: Mixing Matter Up: Solutions. Chapter 12: Sour and Bitter: Acids and Bases. Chapter 13: Balloons, Tires, and Scuba Tanks: The Wonderful World of Gases. Part IV: Chemistry in Everyday Life: Benefits and Problems. Chapter 14: The Chemistry of Carbon: Organic Chemistry. Chapter 15: Petroleum: Chemicals for Burning or Building. Chapter 16: Polymers: Making Big Ones from Little Ones. Chapter 17: Chemistry in the Home. Chapter 18: Cough! Cough! Hack! Hack! Air Pollution. Chapter 19: Brown, Chunky Water? Water Pollution. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20: Ten Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry. Chapter 21: Ten Great Chemistry Nerds. Chapter 22: Ten Useful Chemistry Web Sites. Appendix A: Scientific Units: The Metric System. Appendix B: How to Handle Really Big or Really Small Numbers. Appendix C: Unit Conversion Method. Appendix D: Significant Figures and Rounding Off. Index.

About the Author

John T. Moore Ed.D. has been a teacher for more than thirty years. Numerous grants have permitted him to focus on the professional development of elementary and middle school teachers in science.