The general aims are probably more important than the individual experiments that you will do. To develop a feeling for physical and chemical quantities. To illustrate some fundamental principles To develop a foundation for advanced study in chemistry and related disciplines. To instill careful, organized and effective work habits. To encourage critical thinking.
Chemistry is an experimental science.
Scientific knowledge comes from combining what you have learned in textbooks with what you have learned in the laboratory. Many important facts are learned only in the laboratory, and in many respects, laboratory classes are as useful to your education as piano practice is to a musician. Sometimes you learn through your hands. Familiarity with laboratory work is essential to a realistic understanding of science, even for theoreticians, and experience with the uncertainties and limitations of experimental knowledge is vital to engineers and non-technical citizens as well. Appreciation of Quantities .