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Your COMPLETE Chemistry Solution

Textbook + e-Book + Equipment

PASCO’s Essential Chemistry curriculum is the only curriculum solution that includes a Student Textbook, Student e-Book, Teacher e-Resources, Student Lab Manual, Teacher Lab e-Resources, and Equipment Kits, all at a very affordable price. This 3-D STEM program includes a full year of instruction for both General and Honors Chemistry classes. Use our complete solution or integrate Essential Chemistry into your existing curriculum.

Essential Chemistry is multiplatform and works on iOS, Android™, Chrome™, Windows®, and Mac®. What’s more, it includes 24/7 online access, as well as correlations to NGSS and your state standards.

Essential Chemistry Includes:

  • Innovative and interactive media
  • Flexible assignment options
  • Award-winning wireless equipment
  • Interactive simulations
  • Lessons follow the 5E design
  • Chemical equation solver
  • 3-D molecular modeling
  • 24/7 online access
Essential Chemistry Collection

7-minute Overview Video

Simulation Videos

Student Textbook

  • 24 chapters cover a full year of instruction for General and Honors Chemistry
  • One main idea per page
  • Quality illustrations
  • 71 complete investigations
  • 4 Engineering Design Projects
  • Section and Chapter Reviews

Teacher e-Resources for textbook

  • Correlation to NGSS and your state standards
  • Teacher User Guide
  • Teacher e-Book with 5-year access
  • Student e-Book with 5-year access
  • SPARKvue software

Student Lab Manual

  • More than 70 labs and activities
  • Labs are completely integrated with PASCO sensors, equipment, and software, including our Standard Equipment Kit.
  • Answer keys

Equipment

  • Standard Equipment Kit supports 47 labs
  • Individual sensors and apparatus can be ordered separately

Student e-Book

  • Same great features and layout as the print book
  • Multiplatform: works on your devices
  • Interactive simulations and Equation Solver
  • Formative assessment
  • Infinite Test Bank
  • Embedded animations

Teacher e-Resources for Lab Manual

  • Editable documents
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Answer keys
  • Video lab assistance
NGSS Alignment

Essential Chemistry is correlated to NGSS and state standards. The curriculum is constructed around the three dimensions:

  • Science and Engineering Practices
  • Crosscutting Concepts
  • Disciplinary Core Ideas

EQuIP Rubric for Essential Chemistry (PDF)

Student Textbook
EC-6350

This rigorous yet accessible textbook includes core Chemistry topics that cover a complete year of instruction. The lessons follow the 5E model and include tools for ELL students, as well as tools for students with different learning styles. And the curriculum aligns to your standards for both regular and advanced coursework.

The accessible textbook includes one main idea per page, quality illustrations, 71 complete investigations, four Engineering Design Projects, and Section and Chapter Reviews. The 24 chapters cover these topics:

  • The Science of Chemistry
  • Measurement and Analysis
  • Classifying Matter
  • Temperature and Heat
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Moles
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Stoichiometry
  • Atomic Structure
  • Bonding and Valence
  • Energy and Change
  • Gasses
  • Solutions
  • Reaction Rates
  • Equilibrium
  • Acids and Bases
  • Oxidation and Reduction
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nuclear Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • The Earth
  • The Universe
Essential Chemistry Textbook Cover

View List of Investigations
(Acrobat PDF)

Student Bookstore

Student e-Book
EC-6350-EB1/EC-6350-EB5

The multiplatform Essential Chemistry e-Book includes an electronic version of the full textbook, more than 70 labs and activities, interactive simulations, an Equation Solver, 3-D molecular modeling, and embedded animations and simulations. It also includes:

  • Same features and layout as the print book
  • 24/7 online access
  • Formative and summative assessment
  • Infinite Test Bank
  • One-year access (EC-6350-EB1) or five-year access (EC-6350-EB5)
Student e-Book Student Bookstore

Teacher e-Resources for Textbook
EC-6351

These useful all-digital resources include:

  • Correlation to NGSS and your state standards
  • Teacher User Guide
  • Teacher e-Book with 5-year license
  • Student e-Book with 5-year license
Teacher Resources

Comprehensive Chemistry Investigations

Student Lab Manual
EC-6352

The Essential Chemistry Laboratory Investigations Student Manual is a print-consumable book with more than 70 labs and activities as well as answer keys.

Teacher Lab e-Resources
EC-6353-DIG

These useful all-digital resources include:

  • Editable documents
  • PowerPoint presentations
  • Answer keys
  • Video lab assistance
Student Lab Manual

Essential Chemistry Standard Equipment Kit
EC-6361

This equipment kit will outfit a single chemistry lab station of 2-5 students. When used in conjunction with the Essential Chemistry program, including the e-Book and lab manual, it creates a complete solution for teaching high school chemistry. It can also be used to supplement your existing textbook, serving as the lab component of your curriculum. This use is supported by the more than 70 standards-based Essential Chemistry labs that are available for free download in the PASCO DIgital Library.

Includes one of each of the following:

  • Wireless Temperature Sensor
  • Wireless pH Sensor
  • Wireless Conductivity Sensor
  • Wireless Pressure Sensor
  • Wireless Voltage Sensor
  • Wireless Colorimeter & Turbidity Sensor
  • Molecular Model Set
  • Electrode Support
  • Condenser
  • Periodic Trend Cards
  • Spectrum Cards
  • Periodic Table
  • Gratnells® Storage Case
Essential Chemistry Kit

To learn more about PASCO's complete curriculum solutions, please contact a PASCO Education Specialist or phone 1-916-786-3800 to speak with a representative.