Living by Chemistry (2018 Update)
Second Edition| ©2015 Angelica M. Stacy
Designed to help all students to learn chemistry, Living by Chemistry is a full-year high school curriculum that incorporates science practices with a guided-inquiry approach. Students of all levels will gain a deep understanding of chemistry with this program. With Living by Chemistry,
Designed to help all students to learn chemistry, Living by Chemistry is a full-year high school curriculum that incorporates science practices with a guided-inquiry approach. Students of all levels will gain a deep understanding of chemistry with this program. With Living by Chemistry, students learn chemistry in the same way that chemists work by asking questions, collecting evidence, and thinking like scientists.
Living by Chemistry is the product of a decade of research and development in high school classrooms, focusing on optimizing student understanding of chemical principles. Author Angelica Stacy assisted in the development of the NGSS standards and served on the AP Chemistry redesign committee. She designed Living by Chemistry as an introduction for students who will take AP Chemistry or additional college classes. The curriculum was developed with the belief that science is best learned through first-hand experience and discussion with peers. Guided inquiry allows students to actively participate in, and become adept at, scientific processes and communication. These skills are vital to a students further success in science as well as beneficial to other pursuits. Formal definitions and formulas are frequently introduced after students have explored, scrutinized, and developed a concept, providing more effective instruction.
LBCs innovative curriculum offers much more than traditional programs. To help engage students of all levels, the curriculum provides a variety of learning experiences through activities, discussions, games, demos, lectures, labs, and individual work.
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Bringing Chemistry to Life
Designed to help all students to learn chemistry, Living by Chemistry is a full-year high school curriculum that incorporates science practices with a guided-inquiry approach. Students of all levels will gain a deep understanding of chemistry with this program. With Living by Chemistry, students learn chemistry in the same way that chemists work by asking questions, collecting evidence, and thinking like scientists.
Living by Chemistry is the product of a decade of research and development in high school classrooms, focusing on optimizing student understanding of chemical principles. Author Angelica Stacy assisted in the development of the NGSS standards and served on the AP Chemistry redesign committee. She designed Living by Chemistry as an introduction for students who will take AP Chemistry or additional college classes. The curriculum was developed with the belief that science is best learned through first-hand experience and discussion with peers. Guided inquiry allows students to actively participate in, and become adept at, scientific processes and communication. These skills are vital to a students further success in science as well as beneficial to other pursuits. Formal definitions and formulas are frequently introduced after students have explored, scrutinized, and developed a concept, providing more effective instruction.
LBCs innovative curriculum offers much more than traditional programs. To help engage students of all levels, the curriculum provides a variety of learning experiences through activities, discussions, games, demos, lectures, labs, and individual work.
Features
Employs Guided Inquiry: Living By Chemistry uses an inquiry-based approach to encourage students to ask questions and propose explanations based on evidence. This "experience-first" program is supported by daily lesson plans with hands-on activities to guide students’ in-class discovery. The student edition then supports in-class activities with at-home reading to further explain concepts.
Engages and Differentiates: Living By Chemistry's six units focus on big ideas of chemistry and frame core concepts within every-day, real-world contexts. The hands-on activities support all learners and capture students' interest while improving retention of concepts.
Ideal Preparation for the AP® Chemistry Course: Author Angelica Stacy assisted in the development of the NGSS standards and served on the AP® Chemistry redesign committee. She designed Living By Chemistry as an introduction for students who will take AP® Chemistry or additional college classes.
Research Based: Living By Chemistry was developed as a National Science Foundation project and is the product of a decade of research and development in high school classrooms focusing on optimizing student understanding of chemical principles.
Chapter Openings introduce the main ideas and learning goals of the chapter.
Example Problems and Exercises provide students with many opportunities to practice problem solving.
Featured Demos, Activities, and Labs allow students to see the concepts covered in the chapter and work on them firsthand.
Math Spotlights: Quick reviews of important math topics.
Unit Reviews revisit the big ideas and also give students practice in test-taking. New to the Updated Second Edition: Each unit review ends with an engineering project that puts the concepts of the unit into action.
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- Pre-AP® course tips
- Connecting Chemical Concepts
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"I believe we have implemented the materials very close to how Angelica had envisioned. Following the embedded learning sequence has proved very effective for our students. We realize, and believe, that LBC is much more than a chemistry book, but that it is a rich, robust curriculum that meets the needs of students to reach a deep, contextual understanding of chemistry."
—Sharon M. Sikora, Punahou School (HI)
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Table of Contents
Unit 1 | Alchemy
Matter, Atomic Structure, and Bonding
Chapter 1: Defining Matter
Chapter 2: Basic Building Materials
Chapter 3: A world of Particles
Chapter 4: Moving Electrons
Chapter 5: Building with Matter
Unit 2 | Smells
Molecular Structure and Properties
Chapter 6: Speaking of Molecules
Chapter 7: Building Molecules
Chapter 8: Molecules in Action
Chapter 9: Molecules in the Body
Unit 3 | Weather
Phase Changes and Behavior of Gases
Chapter 10: Physically Changing Matter
Chapter 11: Pressing Matter
Chapter 12: Concentrating Matter
Unit 4 | Toxins
Stoichiometry, Solution, Chemistry, and Acids and Bases
Chapter 13:Toxic Changes
Chapter 14: Measuring Toxins
Chapter 15: Toxins in Solution
Chapter 16: Acidic Toxins
Chapter 17: Toxic Cleanup
Unit 5 | Fire
Energy, Thermodynamics, and Oxidation-Reduction
Chapter 18: Observing Energy
Chapter 19: Measuring Energy
Chapter 20: Understanding Energy
Chapter 21: Controlling Energy
Chapter 22: Radiating Energy
Unit 6 | Showtime
Reversible Reactions and Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 23 Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 24: Changing Conditions
Appendix A - Math Spotlights
Appendix B - Connecting Chemical Concepts
Appendix C - Answers to Selected Exercises
Appendix D - Reference Tables
Glossary in English and Spanish
Index
Authors

Angelica M. Stacy
Angelica M. Stacy is the author and lead developer of Living By Chemistry. In addition to her research and publications in solid state, physical, and inorganic chemistry, she has distinguished herself as an outstanding educator, receiving numerous awards and honors in education and holding the President's Chair for Teaching at the University of California from 1993 to 1996.
Dr. Stacy is a vibrant and enthusiastic educator whose interest in developing a high school chemistry curriculum arose out of her desire to help students attain a better understanding of the principles and concepts in chemistry. In 2005, the National Science Foundation named Dr. Stacy a Distinguished Teaching Scholar.
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Teacher's Edition for Living By Chemistry
Angelica M. Stacy | Second Edition | ©2016 | ISBN:9781464156397New to the second edition, The Teachers’ Edition offers complete support for this innovative, full year inquiry-based high school chemis...
New to the second edition, The Teachers’ Edition offers complete support for this innovative, full year inquiry-based high school chemistry program. Each unit begins with a four-page introduction before the wraparound content. The introductory pages include an explanation of the unit’s theme and suggested pacing guides for standard and block schedules. The margin notes that wrap around the student pages provide teachers with complete detailed daily lesson plans for a full year of chemistry.
Teacher's Resource Flash Drive for Living By Chemistry
Angelica M. Stacy | Second Edition | ©2016 | ISBN:9781464156403Supporting teacher resources can be found on the TRFD including student worksheets, student worksheets with answers, transparencies, handouts and othe...
Supporting teacher resources can be found on the TRFD including student worksheets, student worksheets with answers, transparencies, handouts and other printed hands-on manipulatives, lesson PowerPoint presentations, image files from student edition, prepared unit and chapter assessments, a midterm and final assessment, and lab skills assessments.
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Teacher's Resource Flashdrive for Living by Chemistry (High School; 2018 Update)
Angelica M. Stacy | Second Edition | ©2015 | ISBN:9781319234799Designed to help all students to learn real chemistry, Living By Chemistry is a full-year high school curriculum that incorporates science prac...
Designed to help all students to learn real chemistry, Living By Chemistry is a full-year high school curriculum that incorporates science practices with a guided-inquiry approach. Students of all levels will gain a deep understanding of chemistry with this program. With Living By Chemistry, students learn chemistry in the same way that chemists work – by asking questions, collecting evidence, and thinking like scientists.
Living By Chemistry is the product of a decade of research and development in high school classrooms, focusing on optimizing student understanding of chemical principles. Author Angelica Stacy assisted in the development of the NGSS standards and served on the AP® Chemistry redesign committee. She designed Living By Chemistry as an introduction for students who will take AP® Chemistry or additional college classes. The curriculum was developed with the belief that science is best learned through first-hand experience and discussion with peers. Guided inquiry allows students to actively participate in, and become adept at, scientific processes and communication. These skills are vital to a student’s further success in science as well as beneficial to other pursuits. Formal definitions and formulas are frequently introduced after students have explored, scrutinized, and developed a concept, providing more effective instruction.
LBC’s innovative curriculum offers much more than traditional programs. To help engage students of all levels, the curriculum provides a variety of learning experiences through activities, discussions, games, demos, lectures, labs, and individual work.
Teachers will save time with the new teacher’s edition because all components of a successful lesson, from warm-up to wrap-up are included in a familiar wrap around style.
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