Loesje22000 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 If dd will continue her foreign languages track she will not only have an integrated math exam, but also an integrated science exam. Practically it means she will have a 12th grade exam with some chemistry, several biology and a lot,of physics topics. For Physics and Biology I found textbooks covering our examtopics, but Chemistry seems to be a little bit odd to me. She just has to learn about chemistry in relation to food and health in a human body. Anybody knows a texbook/course about that? She has to learn more about sacharids, lipids and the chemistry of food in your body then about chemical reactions. She will learn about polymeres though. In grade 9+10 we will cover IGCSE Chemistry so she will have some more general chemistry under her belt before this. Integrated science is a 3 hour subject in grade 11+ 12 and Chemistry seems to be the smaller part, so i am not looking for a yearfilling project. I hope anybody has soms suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hmm, sounds like what she may need is very basic organic chemistry. Most of that may be covered in a good biology program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Here are a couple of texts used at the local community college in the 1 semester course for allied health majors (nursing, dental hygiene, etc.). No prior chemistry exposure is required. Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Hope you find what you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 She might like MIT opencourseware class on Kitchen Chemistry as enrichment. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2009/index.htm ETA: The course has its YouTube channel and my kids like the videos. (PS: can't find the channel link now :( ) ETA: The advanced kitchen chemistry also by MIT opencourseware link http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/chemistry/5-s16-advanced-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2002/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Thanks! I had no idea how it was called in English. I will take a closer look at the links and thanks for the enrichment! We can use that :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Here are a couple of texts used at the local community college in the 1 semester course for allied health majors (nursing, dental hygiene, etc.). No prior chemistry exposure is required. Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Hope you find what you are looking for. Yes, the Bettelheim book seems the right one based on the brief content. Is there a huge difference between editions? Is biochemistry a very changing science? How soon is an edition 'too old' in this field of science? Do you or anybody else know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 There is not much difference between editions, in my experience. If I needed to purchase the Bettleheim, I would not hesitate to get that 7th edition. The explanations are better in the Bettleheim than the Timberlake (in my opinion). Best wishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 She might like MIT opencourseware class on Kitchen Chemistry as enrichment. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2009/index.htm ETA: The course has its YouTube channel and my kids like the videos Can you help me find the YouTube Channel? I try searching for it, but no luck Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Can you help me find the YouTube Channel? I try searching for it, but no luck I might have gotten the videos series mixed up, my kids like to cook. We watched this series by Royal Society of Chemistry and my boys liked it. They were amused by umami for days. http://www.rsc.org/education/teachers/resources/kitchenchemistry/00_video.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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