My Basic Chemistry blog is to help all who have problems with chemistry. I am taking chemistry this semester. So far, I have an excellent teacher who makes the class very interesting and fascinating. I will post everything that I learn in this class and share any experiments that I will do. I am creating the blog because one of my methods of memorizing is rewriting course materials, which will help me with chemistry. I hope not to bore you, so I will do my best to write interesting topics.
One week of school already passed. Today on chemistry class I learned how to solve problems using a scientific approach.
One of the most important things we do in everyday life is to solve problems. There are several steps that almost everyone uses to solve problems: 1.Recognize the problem and state it clearly. In science we call this step making an observation.
2. Propose possible solution to the problem or possible explanation for the observation. In chemistry it is call formulating ahypothesis.
3. Decide which of the solution is the best.To do this we search our memory for new information. In science we call searching for new information performing an experiment.
One we have a set of hypothesis that agrees with our various observations, we assemble them into a theory that is often called a model. Here is some example of using the scientific method in real life. Making an observation. Looking for house keys. Formulating hypothesis1.: "My keys are in my jacket pocket." Performing an experiment1.Look in jacket pocket, keys not there. Formulating hypothesis2.: "They are on top of my dresser." Performing an experiment 2. - Look on dresser, keys not there Formulating hypothesis3. - "I left them in my bag last night" Performing an experiment 3. - Look in the bag; keys are there.
