Living By Chemistry is a full-year high school curriculum that incorporates science practices with a guided-inquiry approach. By encouraging students to ask questions and teaching them to collect evidence, students learn how to think like scientists. The new 3rd edition provides topical and necessary focuses on earth science, sustainability, and NGSS-style problem solving.

Note to Students
How to Use This Book
Laboratory Safety

Unit 1 Alchemy
Matter, Atomic Structure, and Bonding 2
Chapter 1 Defining Matter
Chapter 2 Basic Building Materials
Chapter 3 A World of Particles
Chapter 4 Moving Electrons 
Chapter 5 Building with Matter
Unit 2 Smells
Molecular Structure and Properties
Chapter 6 Speaking of Molecules
Chapter 7 Building Molecules
Chapter 8 Molecules in Action
Chapter 9 Molecules in the Body
Unit 3 Atmosphere
Phase Changes and Behavior of Gases
Chapter 10 Physically Changing Matter
Chapter 11 Pressing Matter
Chapter 12 Concentrating Matter
Unit 4 Toxins
Stoichiometry, Solution Chemistry, and Acids and Bases
Chapter 13 Toxic Changes
Chapter 14 Measuring Toxins
Chapter 15 Toxins in Solution
Chapter 16 Acidic Toxins
Chapter 17 Toxic Cleanup
Unit 5 Fire
Energy, Thermodynamics, and Oxidation-Reduction
Chapter 18 Observing Energy
Chapter 19 Measuring Energy
Chapter 20 Understanding Energy
Chapter 21 Controlling Energy
Chapter 22 Radiating Energy
Unit 6 Sustainability
Reversible Reactions and Chemical Equilibrium
Chapter 23 Managing Chemical Change
Chapter 24 Protecting Earth
APPENDIX A Math Spotlights
APPENDIX B Connecting Chemical Concepts
APPENDIX C Answers
APPENDIX D Reference Tables
GLOSSARY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
INDEX