Chemistry... Illustrated Guide to home chemistry by Thompson question

[Holly IN]

Hello,

 

I am going to be using this book for our labs. I am still trying to find a spine textbook to go with it. I did get the book that Thompson recommended but I looked it through and I am not sure if son will like that part of it. So I am looking at Spectrum Chemistry to use along with it. Not sure if the two are compatable.

 

So if you are using the Illustrated Guide to home chemistry, what spine book are you using with it?

 

Thanks!!

 

Holly

[StephanieZ]

:bigear:

 

I'm curious to hear feedback.

 

We're doing Spectrum for sure next year. . . and I have the Home Illustrated Guide on the shelf. . .

[In The Great White North]

We used Brown and Zumdahl, and had on hand about 4 others of differing levels for whenever dd needed a different explanation.

[Julie of KY]

I teach Illustrated Guide to several homeschool students, but they use various chem texts.

 

Sorry, not much help, but I think you can use just about anything and choices depend more on if you want harder/easier math and differences in the level of the text as well as personal preferences.

 

Some you might look at:

Apologia

Spectrum

Conceptual Chemistry

Singapore's Chemisty Matters

Zumdahl - AP level

... any chem text from the used book store

[Elizabeth in WA]

We will be using the Illustrated Guide this year for labs. My oldest two will be using Zumdahl along with it, and the family that we do labs with will likely be using Apologia. When I planned out my labs, I found that the first group we will do involves separations, and while they will get a quick intro to the chemistry concepts, our primary concern is actual lab techniques. After that, the labs tend to fall after we covered at least the basics of the chemistry, although I am making no effort to line things up directly. Lab technique per se was a major part of my high school and college lab experiences in chemistry, and were not very closely lined up with the lecture portions of class. I do have prelab readings planned, and did make sure the associated math is covered in the textbook (which I think of as lecture portion) before any labs requiring quantitative analysis. My kids are really excited about chemistry labs, so that played into scheduling as many labs as possible and right from the first week of school. I can let you know next year how it all works out, lol.