Table of Contents

Unit 1: The big ideas of chemistry * Introduction: The big picture * The atomic theory of matter * Numerical connections - the mole * Connecting atoms - ionic bonding * Connecting atoms - metallic bonding * Connecting atoms - covalent bonding * The periodic table * Organic chemistry * Polymers * Surface interactions * Connecting chemical reactions and equations Unit 2: Environmental chemistry 12. Introduction: Environmental Chemistry 13. Water as a solvent 14. Acids and bases in the environment 15. Numerical connections - stoichiometry 16. Oxidation and reduction 17. The Earth's atmosphere 18. Gases 19. Green chemistry