Chemistry

- used at CCAC - includes homework system - includes assessments - includes slides - includes lab manual

Textbooks

OpenStax Course Materials for Chemistry
OpenStax is part of Rice University and has adapted and updated the best practices of traditional publishing to create and deliver free, high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks. Free OpenStax resources include electronic textbooks, nonautomated assignments and assessment banks, Blackboard packages, PowerPoint slides and more. Low cost instructor resources from OpenStax Technology Partners, such as WebAssign, include automated homework and assessment systems, virtual labs and other learning resources.

OpenStax Chemistry Atoms First 2e
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Chemistry: Atoms First 2e is a peer-reviewed, openly licensed introductory textbook produced through a collaborative publishing partnership between OpenStax and the University of Connecticut and UConn Undergraduate Student Government Association. This text is an atoms-first adaptation of OpenStax Chemistry 2e. Free OpenStax resources include an electronic textbook, a full course site, test/quiz banks, a lab manual, PowerPoint slides, a Blackboard package, a Full Course Site from Sowela Technical Community College, and more. Low cost instructor resources from OpenStax Technology partners include automated homework and assessment systems.
OpenStax Organic Chemistry 10th Edition
John McMurry's Organic Chemistry is renowned as the most clearly written book available for organic chemistry. Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition continues to meet the scope and sequence of a two-semester organic chemistry course that follows a functional group approach. Free OpenStax resources include an electronic textbook, test/quiz banks, PowerPoint slides, a Blackboard package, and more. Low cost instructor resources from OpenStax Technology partners such as Aktiv and WebAssign include automated homework and assessment systems. Consider for CHEM 201 & 202.
Lumen Learning OHM Chemistry for Majors
This course provides an opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them, meeting the scope and sequence of most general chemistry courses. Topics include stoichiometry, thermodynamics, and nuclear chemistry. This course is designed to be taught over a series of two semesters. Based on OpenStax Chemistry 2e, course materials are supplemented by faculty resources developed by Jessica Garber-Morales of Tidewater Community College and Shawn Shields of Germanna Community College. Lumen Online Homework Manager (OHM) draws from thousands of interactive assessment questions to help students master math and other quantitative skills.Free OpenStax resources include high quality, openly licensed electronic textbooks, nonautomated assigments and test/quiz banks, instructor slide decks, and more. Low cost OHM packages cost less than $40 per student and include the free Lumen Learning resources, automated assignments and assessments, online problem sets, interactive learning activities, and tools to improve faculty-student connections. To arrange a Blackboard download and receive an ISBN to enter into Follett Discover, see a CCAC librarian or contact lumenlearning.com. Students purchase an access code through the Bookstore Information link in the CCAC Course Catalog or the CCAC Online Bookstore

Note: LibreTexts Bookshelves contain texts that are curated by the LibreTexts Development team.

LibreTexts Bookshelf - Chemistry General Textbook Subjects
General subjects include Introductory, Conceptual, and GOB Chemistry, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, and Biological Chemistry, and Environmental Chemistry. Many textbooks are included under each general subject. See below.
LibreTexts Bookshelf - Introductory, Conceptual, and GOB Chemistry Textbooks
Textbooks include Beginning Chemistry (Ball), three Introductory Chemistry texts, Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (Ball et al.), Introduction to General Chemistry (Malik), Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry (Malik), Map: Fundamentals of General Organic and Biological Chemistry (McMurray et. al), and more.
LibreTexts Bookshelf - General Chemistry Textbooks
Textbooks include ChemPRIME (Moore et al.), Structure & Reactivity in Organic, Biological and Inorganic Chemistry (Schaller), Chem1 (Lower), General Chemistry - An Atoms First Approach (Halpern), Interactive Chemistry (Moore et al.), CLUE: Chemistry the Universe, and Everything, Chemical Principles (Dickerson), and much more.
Curated List: ATD Chemistry Textbooks
Achieving the Dream’s curated collection of Chemistry textbooks includes General Chenistry - Lecture & Lab and Introductory Chemistry - Lecture & Lab. Under Discipline, select Chemistry.
Curated List: ASCCC OERI Chemistry Resources
The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) OER Initiative (OERI) Discipline Leads provide this curated lists of resources in these subject areas: Chemistry 100/101/102, Chemistry for Majors, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics, Organic Chemistry and more.

OpenStax Course Materials for Physics & Earth Sciences

Course Materials

Phet Interactive Simulations
From University of Colorado Boulder Phet has various chemistry simulations to aid in students understanding.
Wisc-Online Chemistry
Videos and other learning objects for chemistry.