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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Science concepts. The student knows that changes in matter affect everyday life.

substance that occupies space, has mass, and is composed of microscopic particles

Research

Collins, Terry. "Toward Sustainable Chemistry." Science 291, no. 5501 (2001): 48–49. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.291.5501.48

Summary When chemists teach their students about the compositions, outcomes, mechanisms, controlling forces, and economic value of chemical processes, the attendant dangers to human health and to the ecosphere must be emphasized across all courses. Manmade technologies often distribute throughout the environment persistent pollutants that are toxic because they contain elements that are used sparingly or not at all in biochemistry.