Private: Faculty of Arts and Science – Sciences
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Open Textbooks and Concordia Courses
| Open Textbook Title | Potentially Relevant Courses |
| Chemistry: Atoms First | |
| Chemistry 2e: OpenStax | Has been integrated in CHEM 205 |
| Introductory Chemistry – First Canadian Edition | |
| Chemistry: The Central Science (Map) | |
| The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry |
Description and Access
Chemistry: Atoms First
This OpenStax textbook was developed with chemistry professors and a pedagogical approach, with Chemistry OpenStax as the foundation. As the name suggests, this text uses an “atoms first” approach to the subject which involves the introduction of atomic and molecular structure at the beginning of the course material. This text has been successfully adopted.
Includes: instructor resources, exercises, solutions, simulations, and summaries
Chemistry 2e: OpenStax
This OpenStax textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. Chemistry 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course.
Includes: interactive exercises and real-world applications
Has been integrated in CHEM 205.
Introductory Chemistry – First Canadian Edition
This text is an adaptation of David W. Ball’s Introductory Chemistry open textbook that was developed by a chemistry professor at Vancouver Island University as part of the B.C. Open Textbook Project. This text has been successfully adopted and includes over 20 additional sections.
Includes: instructor resources, exercises, solutions, examples, and summaries
Chemistry: The Central Science (Map)
This LibreText resource follows the published Chemistry: The Central Science textbook by Brown et al. but is under a Creative Commons license.
Includes: exercises, solutions, summaries, and simulations
The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
This peer-reviewed open textbook was developed to suit a one-semester General, Organic and Biological Chemistry course.
Includes: Test questions following examples, end-of-chapter exercises
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