Chemistry for Changing Times

( http://www.prenhall.com/hill ). This user-friendly site emphasizes that chemistry is an open-ended learning experience, with interesting applications in our daily lives as well as exciting new developments. Features include: Key Concepts: a collection of learning goals and key terms to help students identify what they should know, understand, and be able to do after reading the chapter. Definitions of key terms can be accessed through the online glossary. Review Activities: a variety of quiz opportunities to help students assess their understanding of chapter-specific content, with the choice to view helpful hints and receive instant feedback on selected answers. Instructors have the option to assign any of these online self-grading activities for homework credit or simply allow students to work at their own pace toward mastery. Media Enhancements: selected review questions are enhanced with media assets, including short movies, animations, and 3D molecules, to help students visualize and improve conceptual understanding of content. Students identify and follow media icons in the textbook to website, making connections between concept and content. Critical Thinking Activities: collections of thought-provoking questions designed to encourage students to apply knowledge of chemistry content when making everyday decisions. Pearsons Research Navigator, included as a Companion Website offering, connects students to four exclusive databases of source material including the EBSCO Academic Journal and Abstract Database, New York Times Search by Subject Archive, "Best of the Web" Link Library, and Financial Times Article Archive and Company Financials, helping them quickly and efficiently make the most of their research time. Green Chemistry MediaLabs: online versions of the Green Chemistry MediaLabs found in the textbook to promote online research, then communicate their findings and results in a variety of reporting out strategies.Prentice-Hall, Inc Staff is the author of 'Chemistry for Changing Times', published 2006 under ISBN 9780132220859 and ISBN 0132220857.