Conceptual Chemistry Alive! is the author-created website supporting Conceptual Chemistry, a textbook that focuses on the basic concepts of chemistry and how these concepts apply to our daily experiences.
Conceptual Chemistry Alive! features over 200 video lesson tutorials given by the author, John Suchocki These video lessons are a "talking textbook." They are an excellent resource for students who, in addition to reading the textbook, need to "see and hear" the concepts in action. Each video lesson averages only 7 minutes in length. For some videos, it may seem the author moves through the curriculum rather slowly. For others, you may be compelled to hit the rewind button repeatedly. Please skip and meander through these videos as you see fit so as to optimize your learning.
Also featured on Conceptual Chemistry Alive! are numerous worksheets, called Practice Pages, which are minds-on, pencil-pushing activities designed to guide you through some of the tougher concepts presented in the textbook. The Practice Pages are formated as .pdf files that you may freely download and print.
The CCAlive! Special Topics are a compilation of articles that highlight real-world applications of the concepts of chemistry. These articles are an extension of the "Contextual Chemistry Spotlight Essays" appearing between each chapter of the textbook. This in-progress feature of ConceptualChemistry.com is created primarily by students who write the articles as a special assignment.
Students are encouraged to explore the many EXTRAs also available through this website. This includes author-generated answers to the Practice Pages, RATs and Discusssion Questions.
The Conceptual Chemistry curriculum is becoming increasingly popular with home schools seeking college-prep chemistry. For this reason, we have developed a home school area of this website dedicated to answering questions or concerns regarding the use of Conceptual Chemistry within a home school environment.
Note: To use this website, your internet browser must have the QuickTime plugin enabled. We recommend the FireFox browser for its simplicity and broad compatibility.
The CCAlive video lessons are now compatible with iPads, iPhones, and other web-based mobile devices.
This website is supported through the generosity of its users. Thank you for your contributions. Now, as an incentive for donations of $15 or more, the author will personally send you a copy of his "Quick Overviews", which are detailed two-page summaries of each chapter. Click here for a sample. Click here to go straight to our PayPal donation page. Thank you!
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The 4th edition of Conceptual Chemistry does NOT contain a DVD. All the resources that would have been put on such a DVD are now freely available here at ConceptualChemistry.com. The older 3rd edition of Conceptual Chemistry, however, was bundled with a DVD-rom. If you are using this 3rd edition, then there are a few things you should know about its DVD.
First, all that is contained on this DVD-rom and more are now freely available to you here at ConceptualChemistry.com. Second, to use the DVD-rom you will need to have a username and activation code. This username and activation code must be entered into the preferences page of the CCAlive! application, which should be installed onto your hard drive.
To obtain a personalized username and activation code, you need to register your CCAlive! serial number (which looks like this: ABC-123-4567). You should find this serial number on a small square sheet of paper found within the DVD sleeve. You can also use the scratch-off serial number found within your textbook.
IMPORTANT: The CCAlive application on the DVD-rom is not compatible with Windows VISTA nor Window 7.