Chemistry is the central science because it deals with the molecularity of the world.
Chemistry is useful because an understanding of its core principles lead to an understanding of many important problems, both practical and otherwise, in associated disciplines and in technology. Modern chemical research is focused on revealing new concepts or interactions between concepts a well as new facts that are important for a variety of reasons. As in any discipline, scholarship possibilities abound. This definition of scholarship fits well with the basic elements of chemical education discussed above and provides the possible foci for research in chemical education.