# Science

## What are they?

To answer this, we must go back and ask, why to atoms form molecules? The answer is, they all wish they were noble gases! Noble gases have their outer, or valence, electron shells completely full, which makes them so perfect, they don't need to interact with anything.

## Kinematics

Kinematics is all about motion. Motion is a change in position relative to a frame of reference

### Vocabulary

scalar vs vector distance vs displacement speed vs velocity frame of reference acceleration

### Vectors

Vectors can be manipulated in two ways, by trigonometry or on a Cartesian coordinate system

### The four kinemetic equations

$$d = v_it + \frac{1}{2}at^2$$ $$v_f^2 = v_i^2 + 2ad$$ $$v_f = v_i + at$$ $$d = \frac{v_i + v_f}{2}t$$

## Physics 12

This physics course deals extensively with vectors. If you haven't already taken, or are not currently taking Calculus, you're in big trouble.

## Resources

The Physics Hypertextbook

## Practice Worksheets

Mr. Guch's Cavalcade o' Teaching - basic procedures, atomic structure, periodic tables, etc.

about.com - more balancing equations practice sheets

## Atomic structure

Chem4Kids - Atom Basics
Atomic Structure - introduction to periodic table is good, the rest is best left for university

## Acid-Base Reactions

Wisc-Online Acid-Base Reactions