Chemistry

Description

For courses in chemistry.

Actively engage students to become expert problem solvers and critical thinkers

Nivaldo Tro’s Chemistry: A Molecular Approach presents chemistry visually through multi-level images—macroscopic, molecular, and symbolic representations—to help students see the connections between the world they see around them, the atoms and molecules that compose the world, and the formulas they write down on paper. Interactive, digital versions of select worked examples instruct students how to break down problems using Tro’s unique “Sort, Strategize, Solve, and Check” technique and then complete a step in the example. To build conceptual understanding, Dr. Tro employs an active learning approach through interactive media that requires students to pause during videos to ensure they understand before continuing.

The 5th Edition pairs digital, pedagogical innovation with insights from learning design and educational research to create an active, integrated, and easy-to-use framework. The new edition introduces a fully integrated book and media package that streamlines course set up, actively engages students in becoming expert problem solvers, and makes it possible for professors to teach the general chemistry course easily and effectively.

Also available with Mastering Chemistry

By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, Mastering personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student.The fully integrated and complete media package allows instructors to engage students before they come to class, hold them accountable for learning during class, and then confirm that learning after class.

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; Mastering Chemistry does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with Mastering Chemistry, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

If you would like to purchase both the physical text and Mastering Chemistry, search for:

0134988809 / 9780134988801 Chemistry: A Molecular Approach Plus Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText — Access Card Package

Package consists of:

• 0134874374 / 9780134874371 Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
• 013498854X / 9780134988542 Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText — ValuePack Access Card — for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach

1. Matter, Measurement, and Problem Solving
2. Atoms and Elements
3. Molecules and Compounds
4. Chemical Reactions and Chemical Quantities
5. Introduction to Solutions and Aqueous Reactions
6. Gases
7. Thermochemistry
8. The Quantum-Mechanical Model of the Atom
9. Periodic Properties of the Elements
10. Chemical Bonding I: The Lewis Model
11. Chemical Bonding II: Molecular Shapes, Valence Bond Theory, and Molecular Orbital Theory
12. Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces
13. Solids and Modern Materials
14. Solutions
15. Chemical Kinetics
16. Chemical Equilibrium
17. Acids and Bases
18. Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium
19. Free Energy and Thermodynamics
20. Electrochemistry
21. Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry
22. Organic Chemistry
23. Biochemistry
24. Chemistry of the Nonmetals
25. Metals and Metallurgy
26. Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds

APPENDICES

• I. Common Mathematical Operations in Chemistry Appendix
• II. Useful Data
• III. Answers to Selected Exercises
• IV. Answers to In-Chapter Practice Problems

Hallmark features of this title

• Conceptual Connections and Self-Assessment Quizzes give students practice studying as they extinguish misconceptions and deepen understanding of key topics.
• 4-step problem-solving approach (Sort, Strategize, Solve, Check) connects concepts to the problem and solution by developing a conceptual plan.
• 2 & 3 column worked examples break down problem-solving steps: the 1st column outlines the problem-solving procedure and reasoning; the 2nd and 3rd columns show how to implement the steps.
• Abundant molecular-level views show the connection between everyday processes visible to the eye and the behavior of atoms and molecules.
• Multipart molecular images show Macroscopic, Microscopic and Symbolic perspectives to help students visualize and understand chemistry.

New and updated features of this title

• Missed This? feature appears in the end-of-chapter Self Assessment Quizzes and odd-numbered Problems by Topic exercise. Missed This? provides sections to read and videos to watch to help students remediate where necessary.
• Chapter 5 provides topically focused coverage. Chemical Reactions and Solutions have been divided into 2 separate chapters (now Chapters 4 and 5): 1 on chemical reactions (including stoichiometry) and another on solutions (including aqueous reactions). This new organization allows a sharper focus in each chapter and reduces the cognitive load for students.

About our author

Nivaldo Tro has been teaching college Chemistry since 1990 and is currently teaching at Santa Barbara Community College. He received his Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University for work on developing and using optical techniques to study the adsorption and desorption of molecules to and from surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum. He then went on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he did postdoctoral research on ultrafast reaction dynamics in solution. Professor Tro has been awarded grants from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, the Research Corporation, and the National Science Foundation to study the dynamics of various processes occurring in thin adlayer films adsorbed on dielectric surfaces. Professor Tro lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Ann, and their four children, Michael, Ali, Kyle, and Kaden. In his leisure time, Professor Tro enjoys mountain biking, surfing, and being outdoors with his family.

For courses in chemistry.

 

Actively engage students to become expert problem solvers and critical thinkers

Nivaldo Tro’s Chemistry: A Molecular Approach presents chemistry visually through multi-level images—macroscopic, molecular, and symbolic representations—to help students see the connections between the world they see around them, the atoms and molecules that compose the world, and the formulas they write down on paper. Interactive, digital versions of selected worked examples instruct students how to break down problems using Tro’s unique “Sort, Strategize, Solve, and Check” technique and then complete a step in the example. To build conceptual understanding, Dr. Tro employs an active learning approach through interactive media that requires students to pause during videos to ensure they understand before continuing.

 

The 5th Edition pairs digital, pedagogical innovation with insights from learning design and educational research to create an active, integrated, and easy-to-use framework. The new edition introduces a fully integrated book and media package that streamlines course set up, actively engages students in becoming expert problem solvers, and makes it possible for professors to teach the general chemistry course easily and effectively.

 

Also available with Mastering Chemistry

Mastering™ is the teaching and learning platform that empowers you to reach every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools developed to engage students and emulate the office-hour experience, Mastering personalizes learning and improves results for each student. The fully integrated and complete media package allows instructors to engage students before they come to class, hold them accountable for learning during class, and then confirm that learning after class. Learn more about Mastering Chemistry.