Chemistry in the Earth System

Teacher Purchase Only

This title is for teacher purchase only and is not sold to students. This product can only be purchased when ordering a class set (20+) of student editions of the same title. Please contact the sales team for more information.

Product Description

Chemistry in the Earth System has been developed and written specifically to address the content and aims of the CA-NGSS framework for the three course model, including the performance expectations for HS-PS and HS-ESS as outlined in that document. The Teacher’s Edition is a version of the student book with additional features specifically designed to aid the teacher’s implementation of the CA-NGSS framework. These features include:

• Extended contents with the 5E structure outlined
• Indicator flags to identify extension or more difficult content
• Summary alignment of all activities to Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas, Crosscutting Concepts, and Performance Expectations
• Suggested answers in place
• Long answers to research questions at the back of the book
• Embedded coding in chapter introductions to identify the three dimensions of the NGSS framework in context
• Explanations of the pedagogical approach and strategies for differentiated classrooms

Contents

• Combustion and Energy Transfer
• Heat and Energy in the Earth System
• Atoms, Elements, and Molecules
• Chemical Reactions
• Chemistry of Climate Change
• The Dynamics of Chemical Reactions & Ocean Acidification
• Basic skills for chemistry students