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Honors Inorganic Chemistry (HS) - **May be offered 2019-2020** Covers a comprehensive
variety of topics for honors high school chemistry such as a lab safety certification, in-depth
stoichiometry, solution chemistry, thermochemistry, nuclear chemistry, energy in chemistry,
electrochemistry, and an introduction to organic chemistry in a fun and engaging experience. Our
course is unique among home school chemistry courses because we use a much more hands on
approach with many different models, interactive activities, and real chemicals that are not
accessible to most home school families. Students will leave the course with a collection of lab
reports that demonstrate they completed the classic labs that colleges are looking for upon
admission. This is often a deficit of home educated students because the curriculum normally
available does not always supply this. Students leave the course with a working knowledge of
what they were taught. They demonstrate this with a hands-on midterm and final exam.
Prerequisite: High School Chemistry and permission from Dr. Thai. Required Textbook: Baron’s
AP prep book supplemented by Zumdahl and Zumdahl Chemistry Instructor: Becky Thai

Honors Organic Chemistry (HS) - **May be offered 2020-2021** Organic Chemistry is offered
as a year-long elective science course to enrich what is being offered by parents and other
institutions as a typical high school chemistry course. This is an honors course and is open by
invitation only. Invitations will be extended to those students who have been awarded an 85% or
greater in general chemistry. There is much less math involved than in general chemistry,
however there is a fair amount of memorization for naming and some abstract concepts are
presented. Most things are done with hands on application and there is an emphasis on learning
how to identify unknown substances through organized testing procedures and flow charts.
Prerequisite: Must have completed a year of general chemistry. No exceptions will be granted.
Required Textbook: pending Instructor: Becky Thai