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We have finished Apologia General Science and Apologia Physical Science, which we loved, but we'd like something 'light' before getting stuck into Apologia Chemistry late next year. So I'm looking for a fun chemistry textbook, like Apologia, but no maths. Is there such a thing? Ds is 8th grade. 

 

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There is a Conceptual Chemistry book.  We have it, and while not the greatest of chemistry texts, it isn't half bad.  It's FAR better than the majority of middle school science texts (Holt, Glencoe, et al.).  It sets things up fairly nicely for a more serious dive into chemistry (pre-AP or AP).

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I'd recommend just exploring chemistry without a textbook.

 

MIT has a bunch of chemistry demo videos that do lots of teaching.

 

The elements book is great:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Visual-Exploration-Universe/dp/1579128955

 

Hands on Experiments - I like the book 150 Captivating Chemistry Experiments

http://www.amazon.com/Captivating-Chemistry-Experiments-Household-Substances/dp/0971848025

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I've run head-on into this issue also.  I thought the conceptual chemistry materials out there weren't that great, so I went with a combination of McHenry's The Elements, McHenry's Carbon Chemistry, and ACS Middle School chemistry.  I picked and chose among the lessons and kind of cobbled together my own scope and sequence from those.  I also got as supplements Chris Oxlade's chemistry books, which are excellent, as it turns out.  If you are not up to that kind of messing around with scope and sequence, Real Science 4 Kids high school level is pretty good, but won't last a year, even at half speed.

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Thanks!  Good stuff!

Can I just suggest a fun supplement? We love Peter Weatherall, and he now has a chemistry DVD/CD of songs and short explanation videos. My hubby teaches chem at Uni and has actually played a couple for his students to help cement a concept:)
http://www.kidsinglish.com/video_clips/chem_vids_short_clips/chem-songbook.html

 

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There is also a free chemistry that we did in middle school. You can find it at http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/lessonplans/  It didn't require any math and my daughter really enjoyed it. You will need to get the supplies for the labs but most of the items were things we already had. A few of the labs we had to go buy supplies and on some we ended up just watching a video on the lab but most of them can be done pretty easily at home. 

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