pinhole chem textbook

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From: kathy saito (ksaito@foothill.net)
Date: Thu Oct 21 1999 - 17:38:16 PDT 

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:38:16 -0700
From: kathy saito <ksaito@foothill.net>
Subject: pinhole chem textbook

Hi Geoff -

For non-Honors Chem, we are using "ChemCom: Chemistry in the Community."
PROS: good for showing how chemistry applies to students' lives, good for
students who aren't strong in math, good microscale labs that are easy to
set up and do. CONS: not good preparatory course for students who plan to
major in a science in college - they will struggle in a college chemistry
course, cannot just "teach by the book".

For Honors Chem, we are using Brown-Lemay's "Chemistry: The Central
Science." PROS: a challenging book, goes fast - good for an Honors/AP
course, lots of example problems for students to look at. CONS: It goes a
little too fast for a 1st year Chem course (lots of schools use this for
their 2nd year AP course) - assumes the kids have seen the stuff before,
many of the problems stress unit conversions too much (ie. a student is
trying to solve for moles and the given is in micrograms).

Hope that helps!

Kathy Saito
Folsom High School

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