Chemistry

Weekly 2 hours (2 × 45 minutes held consecutively)

Topic 1: Matter and Equilibrium
(chemistry, matter, atom, atomic nucleus, electron, molecule, element, compound, formula, chemical bonds, equilibrium, intensive and extensive state variables, periodic table)

Topic 2: States of Matter
(characteristics of solid, liquid, and gaseous states on macroscopic and microscopic levels, types of crystal lattices, gas laws, equilibrium phase diagrams)

Topic 3: Mixtures of Substances
(solutions, concentration, solid–liquid and vapor–liquid phase equilibria, freezing–melting–dew point–boiling temperatures, crystallization, distillation, sublimation)

Topic 4: Chemical Reactions
(stoichiometry, equilibrium reactions and their balancing, chemical equilibrium constant, reaction rate, activation energy, catalyst)

Topic 5: Thermochemistry
(endothermic and exothermic processes, reaction heat, latent heat, heat of formation, heat of combustion, heat of neutralization, heat of solution, Hess’s law, bond energy)

Topic 6: Electrochemistry
(redox reactions, oxidation, reduction, galvanic cells, electrolysis, batteries)

Topic 7: Acids and Bases
(acid–base theories, strong and weak acids, strong and weak bases, salts, pH, buffers, indicators)

Topic 8: Metals
(alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, aluminum group, carbon group, d-block elements)

Topic 9: Nonmetallic Elements
(nitrogen group, fertilizers, oxygen group, halogen group)

Topic 10: Organic Chemistry
(organic compounds, basic concepts, description of composition, classification, hydrocarbons, homologous series, petroleum refining, plastics, isomerism, biological examples, molecules containing halogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur atoms, their properties and representatives)

Topic 11: Special Topics, Pharmaceutical Industry

Topic 12: Plastics

Topic 13: Student presentations