• This course is designed to serve as a foundation for other high school science courses. It will emphasize the basic laws of chemistry and physics. Laboratory and problem solving activities will be utilized to cover the curriculum. This course will include the following units: Scientific Inquiry, Properties and Classification of Matter, Structure and Properties of Atoms, Chemical Bonding and Reactions, Forces and Motion, Nature, Conservation, and Transfer of Energy, and Nature and Properties of Mechanical and Electromagnetic.