Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach
SECOND AP® EDITION
Help your students visualize chemistry and succeed on the AP® Chemistry exam with Norton’s cohesive learning system
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Featuring hundreds of AP® practice questions in the textbook and Smartwork, Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach, Second AP® Edition, gives students the most cohesive learning system to visualize chemistry, think critically, and solve problems like scientists, preparing them to excel on the AP® test and in college.
THE MOST COHESIVE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR AP® CHEMISTRY
To understand the most difficult concepts in AP® Chemistry, students need to have a firm grasp of atomic structure. That’s why we start with atoms and spiral up in complexity. The book, animations, and problems in Smartwork are unified by a research-backed, atoms-focused visual program and an easy-to-remember approach to problem-solving that helps students think critically instead of relying on memorization.
PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS FOR EXAM DAY
Every AP® practice question has been written, edited, and accuracy-checked by teachers with deep knowledge of the AP® course and exam. The textbook includes 237 AP®-style questions—206 multiple-choice questions and 31 free-response questions—in addition to the 288 AP® questions in Smartwork. On top of that, the AP® Test Bank offers 500 more AP® questions, including 100 new to this edition.
SMARTWORK FOR AP® CHEMISTRY
Smartwork offers answer-specific feedback for students, allowing them to absorb concepts as they build their understanding and test their knowledge, with activity reports that give teachers robust data on their progress. Smartwork includes 250 AP® multiple-choice questions and 38 new AP® free-response questions, in addition to the AP® questions found in the textbook and test bank.
STEPWISE FIGURES
Stepwise Figures in the ebook—48 in total, about two per chapter—are a visual tool that helps students understand chemistry better. Drawn from the authors’ teaching experience, Stepwise Figures help students break down complex graphs and figures into annotated components.
CHEMTOURS: GUIDED INQUIRY
ChemTours: Guided Inquiry empower students to navigate step-by-step through complex concepts and processes, promoting a deeper understanding of core content. Feedback after each attempt gives students the opportunity to course-correct, and the View Solution feature builds confidence by allowing every student to progress in the assignment. For instructors, comprehensive analytics support flexible and responsive teaching.
AP® Test Bank
The AP® Test Bank contains 500 AP®-style questions. Multiple-choice questions are based on data sets, equations, and molecular structures, while task-based short and long free-response questions are provided for each chapter. All AP®-style questions are classified by AP® Learning Objective, Science Practice, and Topic Number. The test bank also includes over 3,300 traditional multiple-choice and short-answer questions.
AP® Course-Planning and Pacing Guide
The AP® Course-Planning and Pacing Guide provides comprehensive lesson-planning and correlation to the College Board Framework, teaching hints, activity suggestions, advice on what critical content to cover, and full solutions to the AP® textbook questions.
AP® Correlation Guide
The AP® Correlation Guide shows how the book aligns to the AP® Chemistry framework.
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