Unit 2
In Unit 2, you’ll explore more roots and word endings as they apply to chemical compounds.
Lesson 6: Word Endings
- Defining endings
- Defining noun-, adjective-, and verb-forming endings
- Compound endings
Lesson 7: Numbers
- Number bases in Latin and Greek
- Roman numerals
Lesson 8: Names in Chemistry
- Diminutive endings
- Chemistry concepts
- Elements
- Atoms
- Valence
- Bonds
Lesson 9: Chemistry in the Ancient World
- History of chemistry from ancient world to Scientific Revolution
- Humoralism
- Democritus and early atomic theory
- Alchemy in Rome and the Islamic World
- Chemistry in the Renaissance
Lesson 10: The Periodic Table
- Classical and Modern Elements
- History of periodic table(s)
- Tables by Dalton, Berzelius, and Mendeleev
- Discovery of new elements
- Synthetic and radioactive elements
Project 2: Compounding Terms
- Applying knowledge of endings and more Greek and Latin roots to analyze chemical names.