NAC 2nd Ed 10 page booklet (L-NAC-05) UPDATED 2020

High School
CURRICULUM

A NATURAL APPROAC H TO

CHEMISTRY
SECOND EDITION

Relevant, Comprehensive,
and Accessible to all Students

Table of Contents 1
2
Introduction 3
Scope and Sequence 4
Student Book 5
Laboratory Investigations Manual 6
Teacher's Edition: Student Book Section 7
Teacher's Edition: Laboratory Investigations 7
Section Equipment 8
The Lab-Master® 9

With A Natural Approach to Chemistry, 2nd Edition:

• All students can learn, understand, and do chemistry!
• Core chemistry concepts are made relevant with

examples from nature, the environment, and the
human body.
• Over 50 laboratory experiences are
essential and embedded.
• Fundamental concepts - from bonding to nuclear
reactions - are connected to energy and energy
tranformations.

• An early focus on the atomic/molecular level makes
it easier to understand complex chemical concepts.

• Students learn through the 5E Learning Model:
Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Elaborate.

• Teachers learn through embedded supports
intentionally designed for continued Professional
Development.

Scope and Sequence

Our approach is consistent with learning research that shows students need multiple exposures and varied contexts before
effectively retaining new knowledge and skills. The text has three major parts:

Part 1 Chapters 1- 4: Fundamentals

The introductory chapters present a comprehensive overview of the main ideas in chemistry such as the atomic nature of matter,
systems, temperature and energy. The design of Part 1 is to see the “big picture” before digging down to understand the details.

Chapter 1 The Science of Chemistry Chapter 3 Temperature, Energy and Heat
Chapter 2 Matter and Atoms Chapter 4 Physical and Chemical Change

Part 2 Chapters 5 - 14: Core Concepts

These chapters present in-depth coverage of all major topic areas. They develop a usable understanding of the big ideas laid out in
the first four chapters. This treatment includes strong conceptual development as well as algebra-based quantitative problem
solving.

Chapter 5 The Structure of the Atom Chapter 10 Chemical Reactions

Chapter 6 Elements and the Periodic Table Chapter 11 Stoichiometry

Chapter 7 Bonding Chapter 12 Reaction Rates and Equilibrium

Chapter 8 Compounds and Molecules Chapter 13 Acids and Bases

Chapter 9 Water and Solutions Chapter 14 Gases

Part 3 Chapters 15 - 21: Applications

The final seven chapters provide extension and deeper exploration of significant areas of interest in chemistry.

Chapter 15 Electrochemistry Chapter 19 The Chemistry of the Earth
Chapter 16 Solids and Liquids Chapter 20 Nuclear Chemistry and Radioactivity
Chapter 17 Organic Chemistry Chapter 21 The Chemistry of the Solar System
Chapter 18 The Chemistry of Living Systems

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Introduction Core chemistry content Applications
and overview of chemistry
(in detail)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

4-5 weeks 20-24 weeks 4-8 weeks

Introduce Start with the atom and build Choose 3 or 4 of these 7 optional
fundamental a modern and comprehensive chapters with more advanced
concepts and the big understanding of chemistry
picture of chemistry. material that will spark students
and its relevance. curiosity.

Student Book

Careful attention was paid to the design for readability of the text and
other printed materials. The student book is over 700 pages and is
presented in both hardcover and 100% digital formats.

Laboratory Investigations Manual

In the Engage component of the 5E Model, the introductory investigation lays the foundation for the content to be presented to
the students. More importantly, most chapters begin with an “A” investigation. The “A” investigation is designed to be the primary
engagement activity for the content of the chapter. It is taught before the student has formal exposure to the content through
lessons or readings. This keeps curiosity as a motivating factor because most students cannot predict the outcome of
the investigation before they begin.

• In the development of each investigation, A Natural Approach To Chemistry starts

out with the problem statement.

• Procedures guide the students through the typical experiment and data

collection. After that follows the analysis of data and the critical questions about
the observation and the relation of data to observations.

• Finally, open questions that motivate the development of derivative experiments

are introduced and the relation of the particular investigation to familiar life
experiences is elucidated.

Teacher's Edition

A Natural Approach to Chemistry is designed so that students explore chemistry
directly through lab investigations that are integrated with the lessons in the
textbook. The combined Teacher's Edition contains comprehensive support for both
the Lab Investigations Manual and the Student Book.

Student Book Sections

• The curriculum design of A Natural Approach To Chemistry - which chapters to

do first, and how content is spiraled throughout the rest of the program.

• An overview of the 5E model of instruction, the pedagogical

foundation of the course.

• Concise tables that organize instructional techniques and resources for

each chapter, including differentiation strategies, remedial and advanced
skill sheets, and assessment.

• Advice for recognizing and using the many assessment tools and strategies are included with A Natural Approach To

Chemistry so your students can successfully demonstrate how much they’ve learned from class.

• Quick-reading, concise chapter and section summaries for each of the 21 chapters in the text including our short

list of the most important “big ideas.”

• An answer key that includes worked-out solutions

to all the problems in the text.

SECOND EDITION 5

Teacher's Edition (continued)

Laboratory Investigations Sections

A Natural Approach To Chemistry is designed so that students do many investigations and explore chemistry through direct
experience. The laboratory work is so important that the Laboratory Investigation sections come before the Student Book
sections. The sections for each Lab Investigation include detailed materials and set-up information as well as sample answers
to all the formative assessments and sample data for all student measurements. Detailed example-lesson dialogs provide
experienced insight into how the authors taught each investigation, including useful techniques for the specific equipment
used.

Each chapter contains:

1. Scope and Sequence

A two page spread that outlines the connections between the various components of the curriculum and gives
detailed di erentiated assessment and learning strategies.
The Scope and Sequence contains:

• Connections between student text and

investigations

• Key Vocabulary
• Di erentiated Assessment
• Learning Goals
• Di erentiated Teaching Strategies

2.Teaching the Investigations

This forms the core of the teacher’s guide and it
addresses every part of the laboratory investigations
and their connections to the student text.

• Ideas and tools for

teaching the
investigation

• Sample lesson
• Teaching notes
• Sample data and

analysis for all
investigations

Equipment

A Natural Approach to Chemistry is a coordinated learning system that includes a student book, a laboratory manual with 58
investigations, an easy to use data collection and laboratory system which also includes a spectrophotometer, temperature and
voltage probes, and an innovative, no-flame, test tube heater. The device reads sensor data and communicates with any
computer.

The Lab-Master®

Core Materials Package Complete Materials Package
7

My LAB-AIDS Bookshelf of Digital Resources

My LAB-AIDS bookshelf provides access to the Student Book, Laboratory Investigations Manual, and Teacher's Edition as
well as ExamView testing suite and many other resources. The accompanying DVD contains most of the resources
available through My LAB-AIDS Bookshelf for Teachers.

• Student Book
• Lab Investigations Manual
• Teacher's Edition
• ExamView Testing Suite
• Laboratory Investigation Videos
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Set Up Guides
• Skill Sheets
• Podcasts

Differentiated Skill Sheets. Solved and unsolved skill sheets
are provided for every chapter. The sheets are created in
Microsoft Word so teachers can edit the documents and
add their own questions.

PowerPoints. Each chapter of the text has a PowerPoint
presentation that covers each section in the chapter.
Each investigation also has its own PowerPoint
presentation that contains sample data, calculations,
close-ups, and safety information.

100% Digital Option. In addition to traditional printed books, you can provide your
students with online or pdf versions of the Student Book and Laboratory
Investigation Manual. Students read their resources with our innovative Page-at-
a-Time viewer. The books are also downloadable so that they can be accessed
through their iPad, tablet, eReader or mobile device. These digital versions are
compatible with Adobe’s Read Aloud functionality, enabling text to be read to the
students.

The Five E Model

A Natural Approach to Chemistry was designed around the 5E
model - a proven, well used and successful curriculum design
philosophy that has been used extensively over the past three
decades.

Engage

• The first Investigation (A) in most chapters is specifically designed

to be an engagement

• Each PowerPoint slide begins with an engagement question

• Each chapter begins with a short engaging reading and an interesting

laboratory phenomenon

Explore

• 58 investigations provide shared, concrete experiences involving every major area of chemistry knowledge and skills
• Stimulate student exploration of important aspects of a topic

Explain

• Investigations provide opportunities for students to form and

express explanations for real observations they make

• More than 400 conceptual questions challenge students to apply

content of each chapter

Elaborate

Evaluate • End of chapter connections extend ideas to more context, skills, and

applications

• Interdisciplinary investigations connect chemistry to other areas of

science and also everyday life

• PowerPoint slides provide graphically compelling examples of how

each concept plays out in realistic situations outside the classroom

• External evaluation in the form of homework, quizzes and tests are also part of the equation
• More than 1500 conceptual questions and quantitative problems are provided in the text

• The ExamView test bank has more than 1200 questions with both multiple-choice and open response text banks

Engage your students to experience science and excite them about STEM careers! 9

A NATURAL APPROACH TO CHEMISTRY
SECOND EDITION
Key Program Features

STEM Relevant

Engages students in logical reasoning with real world appliations, program invites students to learn and apply rigorous Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Content, investigations are inquiry based and involves logical reasoning, laboratory
investigations enable students to interpret and communicate STEM information and collaborate as a STEM Team

Critical Thinking

In every laboratory investigation, the students are asked formative questions
that focus on developing critical thinking skills. Students are asked to think
critically about observations that they make and are required to design
derivative experimental procedures that explore a different range of
parameters. This is further developed by asking students to put concepts
together to explain a more challenging phenonmenon, often with
quantitative analysis using their own data.

Literacy

The strong emphasis that A Natural Approach to Chemistry places on laboratory
investigations provides students with many opportunities to develop their oral
and written communication skills. Each laboratory investigation requires a
communication strategy. Students work collaboratively, communicate orally,
listen to others, organize their information, build their arguments, and develop
ways to present information and draw conclusions.

Differentiated Instruction

A Natural Approach to Chemistry
provides multiple instructional
strategies for teaching students with
multiple learning styles; reading, hands-
on activities, working independently,
technology applications, and group
work enabling collaborative and
interpersonal skills.

Professional Development

This chemistry program provides robust
professional development support for
teachers. These include both on-site and
online initial use and follow-up sessions
from certified LAB-AIDS trainers.

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