Description
Instructor(s)/Supervisor(s)/Coordinator(s): Frederick Fu Kit SHEONG, Ming Wai Emily TSANGThis common core course takes students on a chemical journey, through which they will learn what is chemistry and how chemistry connects with our daily life and sustainable development. Students will engage in a self-guided study project; they will also learn chemical concepts through many real-life case studies. The basic ideas and principles of chemistry, as well as important chemical topics related to human activities and our environment will be discussed in this course: such as air, water, metals, minerals, air pollution, global warming, ozone depletion, batteries, fire and fuels, food and drinks, household chemical products and plastics. Students taking this course are not required to have studied Chemistry before.