This document provides an overview of Week II of a Chemistry I course, including a pretest on the overview and key ideas of chemistry, reviewing matter and changes by completing element reports and sections of Chapter 1, discussing observations versus inferences and physical versus chemical changes through examples and a concept map, and conducting the candle lab experiment to observe physical and chemical changes and complete a report summarizing their observations and conclusions. Students are assigned to complete element reports, review Chapter 1, pre-read Chapter 2, and finish writing their candle lab report as homework.