almondbutterandjelly Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Is there a chemistry book similar to the biology book, Hoagland's Exploring the Way Life Works? It is so wonderfully visual and easy to understand. Does such a chemistry book exist? Bonus points if you also know of a Physics book in a similar style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 I don't know of a chemistry text like this (been looking for one), but my ds recommends The (New) Way Things Work by David Macaulay as a physics book. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Bloomfield has a highschool level physics book that could work. Physics of Everyday Life or something like that. I don't know of a chemistry one. The CK12 ebook one has videos and such linked into it, but it reads like a normal textbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Oh! Maybe try out Chemistry in the Community by the ACS. It was written for highschool kids who aren't on a STEM track. I was planning to use parts of it for my STEM-heavy 7th grader. There are lots of illustrations and experiments. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albeto. Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 You might find Manga Book Of series a handy supplement. http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Biochemistry-Masaharu-Takemura/dp/1593272766 http://www.amazon.com/Manga-Guide-Physics-Hideo-Nitta/dp/1593271964/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_z There are also Cartoon Guides series. http://www.amazon.com/The-Cartoon-Guide-Chemistry-Series/dp/0060936770/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Chem com is great, but you need the teacher's edition. It's discovery based, so there's a lot that's not in the student book. I found the TE used at McKay's (a used bookstore). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in NY Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Have you ever seen Ellen McHenry's Chem Stuff? The Elements Carbon Chemistry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 You could try the Science 101 series. Not exactly what you're looking for but it could work with some supplement....., maybe. Here's a sample 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dina in Oklahoma Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hello ~ My DD started out using Chemistry: Concepts and Problems: A Self-Teaching Guide by Houk, but it just didn't click. So we switched to The Extraordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things, Fourth Edition (Thank you Moria in Maine!), along with Fascinating Chemistry (http://fascinatingeducation.com/fascinating-chemistry-2/ ), and Landry Academy labs. In addition, we are supplementing with Chemistry 101, Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Chemistry of Cooking, Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy, and science encyclopedias, This new combination is really working and we will continue with a spine, Fascinating Biology, Biology 101, supplementary reading and labs at home next year. Hope this helps, Dina 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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