While this seems like a nice concise definition, is it really helpful? First of all, what is matter, what is meant by "its changes". Hopefully throughout this course you will learn just what is meant by matter, and experience all of the wonder and excitement of its changes.

To start you down your journey, let's have you look at some sites put out by the American Chemical Society.

Chemistry is Everywhere! - Read this article and then go to the Forum to discuss how you think chemistry affects your life.

National Historic Chemical Landmarks - This site features a time-line spanning the last 400 years of chemistry. Use this time-line along with any other website you wish to create your own presentation of:

Chemistry: Past, Present and Future

Go to the assignment page for more information.