Enduring Understandings:
1. Scientists follow specific steps to gain understanding of the world around them
2. Energy changes accompany changes in matter
3. Properties and reactions of matter can be quantified
4. Lab activities apply the processes of scientific investigation, and must be conducted safely, communicated, and evaluated
Essential Questions:
1. What is the importance of scientific measurement?
2. How do chemists solve problems?
3. Could a scientist conduct an experiment without utilizing numbers?
Vocabulary
Quantities
Units
Factor Label Method/Dimensional Analysis
Significant Figures
Scientific Notation
Metric System
Density
Mass
Volume