Active Chemistry

“Active Chemistry has the content and rigor you expect — qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics and the periodic table. Active Chemistry introduces students to these chemistry concepts through exploratory, engaging, and exciting themes such as: ‘Artist as Chemist’, ‘Chemical Dominoes’, ‘Ideal Toy’,’Cool Chemistry’, ‘Cookin’ Chemistry’, ‘Forensic Chemistry’ and more. Like Active Physics — Active Chemistry follows our proven instructional approach to science, with the same innovative flexibility to fit your state frameworks, while giving students a purpose for learning chemistry.”

CHE 43 A&B

Active Chemistry  

CHE 43 covers all the traditional chemistry topics in a non-traditional format.  The teacher’s edition has activities and other materials to go with each section. 

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 Active Physics

 “Active Physics was developed by Dr. Arthur Eisenkraft and leading physicists, physics teachers and science educators under the auspices of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics.  Each Active Physics chapter was written by a dedicated team of physicists and high school teachers, supported by prominent technical editors, educational technology specialists, cognitive scientists and math curriculum specialists.  Active Physics is taking the lead in the "Physics First" Movement across the nation.  Usual physics course work over the year is very predictable: mechanics in the fall, followed by waves in the winter, then electricity and magnetism in the spring.  In contrast, Active Physics takes a whole new approach. Keeping the National Science Education Standards in mind, it includes thematic science units the students can relate to: Communication; Home; Medicine; Predictions; Sports; Transportation and Light Up My Life.”

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PHY 14 A-D & PHY 15A-K

Active Physics

PHY 14 A-D Active Physics Core Select & 3 Teacher’s Edition

PHY 15 A & B Active Physics Communication & Teacher’s Edition

PHY 15 C & D Active Physics Home & Teacher’s Edition

PHY 15 E & F Active Physics Medicine & Teacher’s Edition

PHY 15 G & H Active Physics Predictions & Teacher’s Edition

PHY 15 I & J Active Physics Sports & Teacher’s Edition

PHY 15 K Active Physics Transportation

Active Biology

 “Active Biology's chapters follow the same proven learning approach to science as Active Physics. They were designed and built on the same research-based instructional strategy that weaves together science content with a pedagogical approach that ensures increased student motivation, understanding and performance. The Chapters were derived from materials that were originally developed by Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) and repurposed into the Active Learning format which is strongly correlated with what we want students to know and to be able to do. Active Biology, along with Active Physics, Active Chemistry and EarthComm, gives you the flexibility to create an integrated course of your choice.  In Active Biology, students are introduced to biology concepts on an appropriate basis as they explore chapters like ‘A Vote for Ecology,’ and ‘A Highway Through the Past.’”

BIO 27 A&B

Active Biology

Chapter 1 covers: Diversity, Energy Flow, Population Size, Competition, Succession, The Water Cycle, Photosynthesis, Respiration, Carbon Cycle, and Nitrogen & Phosphorous Cycles. 

Chapter 2 covers: Adaptations, Heredity, Natural Selection, Fossil Record, and Mass Extinction & Fossil Records.  The teacher’s edition has activities and other materials to go with each chapter.

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Investigating Earth Science

& EarthComm

 “We all turn to experts when we want the right advice, and when it comes to Earth science, who else would we turn to, ask questions of, and learn from, than the leading Earth scientists at the American Geological Institute (AGI). That is why the Education Department of AGI, with support from the National Science Foundation, created the inquiry-based Investigating Earth SystemsTM curriculum. In this standards-based program, your students use the same set of inquiry processes as scientists. This ensures you and your students that the research they conduct is valid and reliable. Expert scientific content is only part of the total solution for achieving student literacy.  That's why It's About Time supports Investigating Earth SystemsTM with professional development packages and specially designed material kits that are tested and approved by AGI to be successful for scientific inquiry.”

ERT 18 A-T

Investigating Earth Systems

ERT 18A&B Energy Resources & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18C & D Materials and Minerals & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18E & F Oceans & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18G & H Climate and Weather & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18I & J Fossils & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18K & L Soil & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18M & N Earth in Space: Astronomy & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18O & P Rocks and Landforms & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18Q & R Water & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 18S & T Our Dynamic Planet & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 17 A-K

EarthComm

ERT 17A  Earth Comm

ERT 17B & C Earth’s Fluid Spheres & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 17D & E Earth’s Natural Resources & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 17F & G Understanding Your Environment & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 17H & I Earth System Evolution & Teacher’s Edition

ERT 17J & K Earth’s Dynamic Geosphere & Teacher’s Edition

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Interactions in Physical Sciences

 “InterActions in Physical Science is a year long physical science course for seventh or eighth grades. Its inquiry-based approach is designed to engage students in building understanding of basic concepts and skills. Students perform hands-on, minds-on activities, that follow a learning cycle of four phases:

• Finding out students' initial ideas about a topic
• Development of new or changed ideas
• Confirmation of students’ ideas by comparing them with formal   science ideas
• Application of agreed ideas to new situations”

MSS 73 A-C

Interactions In Physical Science

• Section A has two units that cover:  Science Experiments, Introducing Interactions, Interactions & Properties, Energy Description of Interactions, and Mechanical Interactions & Energy. 
• Section B has two units that cover:  Mechanical Interactions and Forces, Gravitational Interactions, Mass Conservation, and Energy Conservation. 
• Section C has three units that cover:  Materials & Their Interactions, Interactions & Phases, and Chemical Interactions.  The teacher’s editions have activities and other materials to go along with each section. 

Math Connections

" Imagine every one of your students gaining increased understanding of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, and discrete mathematics:

       Your honor students rising to a higher challenge.

       Your grade level students excelling.

       Your students-at-risk understanding, enjoying, and doing mathematics.

This is what MATH Connections is all about.  By providing your students with a rich mathematics curriculum, in a way that makes sense in their world, they will:

        Learn more mathematics

        Be able to apply math in real-world settings

        Perform better on standardized tests

        Succeed in mathematics”

MIT 19 A-D

Math Connections 

MIT 19 has four books in the series, two student editions, and two teacher editions.  The student editions cover the basic math concepts, and the teachers editions have activities and other materials to go along with each section.

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