Unit 1 - Matter matters

• Everything in and around us    14

• Some Periodic Table highlights    18

• How fast?    20

Unit 2 - A subject worth exploring

• A wide-ranging science    26

• Analytical techniques    30

Unit 3 - hands-on

• How to avoid some common lab accidents    36

• Rules of laboratory conducts    36

• Laboratory techniques    38

• Microbiology lab tools    40