Includes index.

Introduction to chemistry -- Matter and change -- Scientific measurement -- Problem solving in chemistry -- Atomic structure and the periodic table -- Chemical names and formulas -- Chemical quantities -- Chemical reactions -- Stoichiometry -- States of matter -- Thermochemistry : heat and chemical change -- The behavior of gases -- Electrons in atoms -- Chemical periodicity -- Ionic bonding and ionic compounds -- Covalent bonding -- Water and aqueous systems -- Solutions -- Reaction rates and equilibrium -- Acids and bases -- Neutralization -- Oxidation-reduction reactions -- Electrochemistry -- The chemistry of metals and nonmetals -- Hydrocarbon compounds -- Functional groups and organic reactions -- The chemistry of life -- Nuclear chemistry.

Chemistry is one branch of knowledge that grew from human curiosity about the world. Chemistry is the study of the composition of matter -- the stuff things are made of -- and the changes that matter undergoes. - p. 3.

Grades 9-12.