The matter structure Teaching unitCourses:CHEMISTRYYear: Year 1 of Bachelor's in BiotechnologyDegree: Bachelor's in BiotechnologyDescriptionA review about the structure of matter and the chemical bond, the basis to understand the rest of the subjectObjectivesStudents should know and understand the structure and properties of matter at an atomic and molecular level, as well as the laws that govern it, and their influence in their chemical reactivityTo identify the different states of matter and their chemical properties. To understand the matter transformation processes.Ability to interpret, analyse and solve chemistry basic problemsTo apply the chemistry knowledge from the theoretical sessions on the laboratorySubjectsLecture topicsThe atomThe periodic table and some atomic propertiesThe chemical bond IThe chemical bond IIAggregation states of matterIntermolecular forcesSolutionsLaboratory topicsMolecular structure. Building molecular models: diatomic molecules and molecules with a single central atomMolecular structure. Building molecular models: molecules with a more than a single central atomIntroduction to the chemistry laboratory