Chemistry in the Community: (Chemcom)

by American Chemical Society

Book Overview

Touted as the most successful NSF-funded project published, Chemistry in the Community (ChemCom) by the American Chemical Society (ACS) offers a meaningful and memorable chemistry program for all levels of high school students. ChemCom covers traditional chemistry topics within the context of societal issues and real-world scenarios. Centered on decision-making activities where students are responsible for generating data in an investigating, analyzing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1429219521
• ISBN13: 9781429219525
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Length: 864 Pages
• Weight: 4.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.7" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Great purchase!

The book displays information in a very creative and interesting manner which motivates my students to read it! Can't beat the price as well!

Innovative Curriculum

Are your students tired of the traditional curriculum and bored with the dry presentation of your current text? ChemCom embeds the content standards of chemistry in a series of topical units designed to catch the interest of students and thus increase their involvement and learning. Units on Water, Resources, Petroleum and Air use numerous in-text activities to stimulate students into seeing how chemistry is vital to understanding these current environmental and political issues. Chemistry concepts are introduced and then later reinforced as the student progresses through the eight units. Interesting labs that non-science majors can relate to and learn from complement the many in-text activities. This curriculum is fun to teach and it works!