Course Description
This hands-on laboratory course reinforces basic chemical concepts from lectures through a series of experiments. Students engage in experience-based investigations to understand how science functions as a mechanism for inquiry into the natural world. The curriculum is designed to develop core scientific skills, including posing meaningful questions, generating testable hypotheses, and planning and conducting investigations in a collaborative setting. Students learn to use scientific models, analyze data variability, and communicate their procedures, results, and explanations through formal laboratory reports. The course places a strong emphasis on developing scientific writing skills, requiring students to produce well-structured reports that integrate data analysis and evidence-based arguments. The primary goal is to train students in the fundamental processes of scientific inquiry.