Resources for General Chemistry for Majors (C-ID CHEM 110 and 120 S)

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Chemistry 110 – General Chemistry for Science Majors I, with Lab (C-ID CHEM 110)

OER Textbooks for Chemistry 110

• OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) (CC BY)

  OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This text is accompanied by a student solutions manual, PowerPoint slides, and test banks. It is supported by several 3^rd party homework and laboratory activity vendors. It is used by several colleges and undergoes a review and correction process.

• OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) (CC BY)

  OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This text is accompanied by a student solutions manual, PowerPoint slides, and test banks. It is supported by several 3^rd party homework and laboratory activity vendors.

• General Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach (Halpern, 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)

  This text uses an “atoms-first” approach and covers topics in both 1^st and 2^nd semester general chemistry courses.

• General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)

  General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) (CC BY-NC-SA)

  Online version of the text appears to be more user-friendly than the PDF version of the text.

Additional OER for Chemistry 110

• Chemistry 11 Lab Manual (Santa Monica College; 2021) ; Chemistry 11 Lab Manual (Santa Monica College; 2021) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC) This lab manual includes a semester-long set of wet chemistry experiments designed for a 1^st semester general chemistry course. It is continually maintained by faculty at Santa Monica College.
• CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything (Cooper and Klymkowsky, 2019): CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything (Cooper and Klymkowsky, 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
  Uses an “atoms-first” approach. Focuses on “big ideas” in chemistry, and asks students to analyze systems. Should be used with additional resources (text is approximately 250 pages for a two-term course).
• General Chemistry Supplement (Eames) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This general chemistry “text” was written by Emily V Eames as a supplement to a standard textbook. It includes both “overview” sections, providing summaries of most important info, and “story” sections, providing richer knowledge of history and applications.
• Concept Development in Chemistry (Hutchinson, 2013); Concept Development in Chemistry (Hutchinson, 2013) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This text dives deep into how scientists learned about several topics in chemistry. It asks students to use experimental evidence to develop models for molecular scale phenomenon, and test these models.
• General Chemistry 1: Open and Free Course (Open Learning Initiative) (CC BY-NC-SA)
  This is an online course, divided into course modules with reading and practice problems. It could be used to supplement a course, or to provide additional self-checks for students.
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Chemistry 120S – General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A (C-ID CHEM 120S)

OER Textbooks for Chemistry 120S

• OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) (CC BY)

  OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This text is accompanied by a student solutions manual, PowerPoint slides, and test banks. It is supported by several 3^rd party homework and laboratory activity vendors. It is used by several colleges and undergoes a review and correction process.

• OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) (CC BY)

  OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This text is accompanied by a student solutions manual, PowerPoint slides, and test banks. It is supported by several 3^rd party homework and laboratory activity vendors.

• General Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach (Halpern, 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)

  This text uses an “atoms-first” approach and covers topics in both 1^st and 2^nd semester general chemistry courses.

• General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)

  General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) (CC BY-NC-SA)

  Online version of the text appears to be more user-friendly than the PDF version of the text.

Additional OER for Chemistry 120S

• Chemistry 11 Lab Manual (Santa Monica College; 2021) ; Chemistry 11 Lab Manual (Santa Monica College; 2021) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC) This lab manual includes a semester-long set of wet chemistry experiments designed for a 1^st semester general chemistry course. It is continually maintained by faculty at Santa Monica College.
• Chemistry 12 Lab Manual (Santa Monica College; 2021) ; Chemistry 12 Lab Manual (Santa Monica College; 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC) This lab manual includes a semester-long set of wet chemistry experiments designed for a 2^nd semester general chemistry course. It is continually maintained by faculty at Santa Monica College.
• Structure and Reactivity in Organic, Biological, and Inorganic Chemistry (Schaller, 2019) ; Structure and Reactivity in Organic, Biological, and Inorganic Chemistry (Schaller, 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC) Textbook focuses on reactivity of species. May be used to supplement primary text for sophomore-level organic chemistry.
• CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything (Cooper and Klymkowsky, 2019); CLUE: Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything (Cooper and Klymkowsky, 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
  Uses an “atoms-first” approach to text. Focuses on “big ideas” in chemistry, and asks students to analyze systems. Should be used with additional resources (text is approximately 250 pages for a two-term course).
• General Chemistry Supplement (Eames, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  This general chemistry “text” was written by Emily V. Eames as a supplement to a standard textbook. It includes both “overview” sections, providing summaries of most important info, and “story” sections, providing richer knowledge of history and applications.
• Concept Development in Chemistry (Hutchinson, 2013); Concept Development in Chemistry (Hutchinson, 2013) – LibreTexts (CC BY) This text dives deep into how scientists learned about several topics in chemistry. It asks students to use experimental evidence to develop models for molecular scale phenomenon, and test these models.
• General Chemistry 2 Open and Free Course (Open Learning Initiative); CC BY-NC-SA
  This is an online course, divided into course modules with reading and practice problems. It could be used to supplement a course, or to provide additional self-checks for students. Does not cover all topics typically discussed in 2^nd semester general chemistry courses.
• Selected ChemCollective virtual lab activities, tutorials, and scenario-based activities; Selected ChemCollective virtual lab activities, tutorials, and scenario-based activities – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-ND)
  These activities can be used to supplement a lecture text by giving the students an interactive learning experience. For virtual labs, a goal is introduced in a one paragraph description.
• Selected PhET interactive simulations (University of Colorado – Boulder); Selected PhET interactive simulations (University of Colorado – Boulder) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
  PhET simulations can be used to supplement a lecture text by giving the students an interactive learning experience. Several chemistry specific simulations are available. For many of these, authors have shared lesson plans that can be accessed on the website.
• Selected activities from Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resources (VIPER) Specific license varies by activity. This site is both a repository of inorganic chemistry teaching materials and a user-friendly platform for social networking tools that facilitate virtual collaboration and community building.
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Free Copyright-protected Resources for Chemistry 120S

• ChemReaX Simulation by ScienceBySimulation (2018) The freely available software is intended for chemistry students and their teachers at the undergraduate and high school (AP/IB) levels. The web-based software can run a variety of virtual chemical reactions and perform what-if experiments. Tools for chemical thermodynamics, equilibrium, kinetics, and acid-base interactions are available.
• GasSim by ScienceBySimulation (2018) GasSim is a gas law modeling and simulation tool, intended for undergraduate and high-school students in chemistry or physics courses. GasSim includes a database of gas properties for 76 gases. It provides a simple interface that allows the user to vary the temperature, volume or the number of moles of a selected gas, and evaluates the pressure as a function of the chosen simulation variable using three different gas models: the ideal gas model, the van der Waals model, and the Peng-Robinson model. GasSim is designed to serve as a virtual lab that students can use to experiment with and develop a deeper understanding of ideal and real gas laws.
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