A physics course for 9th to 11th grade covering essential physics concepts. Introductory Physics is a mastery-oriented text specially designed to foster content mastery and retention when used with the companion resource materials available on CD from Centripetal Press. Another key feature of Centripetal Press texts is the integration of related subjects: history, mathematics, language skills, epistemology (the philosophy of knowledge) as well as frequent references from the humanities. Fresh pedagogical ideas and presentation make this text a superior choice for all learning environments where rigor and lucidity are desired in a text.

Introductory Physics

Teen & Young Adult

Mays, John D.

Education & Reference

Centripetal Press

ASPC is designed for honors-level or accelerated high school freshmen. It is a physical science text that trims away the fat and goes deep so that students get a solid preparatory foundation in these two subjects. Centripetal Press advocates a "physics first" approach to the high school science sequence. In short, having a light physics-based course in 9th grade creates the possibility of carry-over into later science course in a way that the standard "biology first" sequence does not. Energy, work, heat transfer, the atomic model, the periodic table, substances, atomic bonding, and other subjects require only Algebra I mathematics. (Freshmen using ASPC should have already completed Algebra I in the 8th grade.) In addition to these subjects, important skills in the laboratory, plus unit conversions, scientific notation, metric prefixes, and the writing of lab reports are essential skills that students will thoroughly learn in this text. Imagine going on to accelerated 10th grade chemistry with all of these skills and concepts firmly in hand! The chemistry class can cover more ground when they do not need to cover those essentials. And the practice of building upon skills already learned supports the "mastery learning" paradigm employed in every Centripetal Press textbook.

Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC)

Children's Books

Science, Nature & How It Works

The purpose of the Novare Chemistry Supplement is to provide background to students who will be using our text Chemistry for Accelerated Students (CAS). CAS was specifically designed for accelerated sophomore students, concurrently enrolled in Algebra 2, who used our text Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC) the previous year as freshmen. We would like for capable students to be able to use CAS for sophomore chemistry even if they did not study from ASPC the previous year. This supplement provides students with the necessary background to make that possible.

Novare Chemistry Supplement

Science & Math

Chemistry

Novare Science and Math

The activities in this book are the results of those years trying things out and improving my home-made apparatus to increase the reliability and accuracy of the results. These experiments and teacher demonstrations are the ones I presently do in my own classes, the little carts and friction boxes now gathering dust in a closet. Most of these experiments can be performed very inexpensively. In my descriptions I indicate how to do the experiment with little investment, making the experiments accessible to schools and homes with limited funds. Over the years I have enhanced some of these experiments with digital electronics for data collection. This makes the experiment more interesting to the students, who are surrounded with digital electronics and tend to find anything else uninteresting. The electronics also increase accuracy significantly, improving results and making the analysis more satisfying. But my experience has shown that the simple act of doing an experiment outside with a pickup truck is so exciting for the students that they will love it whether you collect force data with fancy digital equipment or with lowly bathroom scales purchased from a discount store, as I did for many years. If budgetary constraints are an issue for you, start doing the experiments without the fancy digital equipment. You can modify the experiment and add the electronics over time as funds become available. I know there are a lot of books out there with ideas for science experiments. But the emphasis in this book is on experiments that are captivating, are low cost (at least initially), provide solid opportunities to do physics (and a little chemistry), and use equipment that is either already familiar or worth knowing about. I hope some of these experiments will enhance your own classes.  

Experiments for Physics: Modeling Nature

Experiments, Instruments & Measurement

Six experiments to accompany Introductory Physics and ASPC <ul>
<li>The Pendulum Lab</li> <li>The Soul of Motion Lab</li> <li>The Hot Wheels Lab</li> <li>DC Circuits</li> <li>The Solubility Lab</li> <li>The Density Lab</li> </ul>
Experiments are designed to teach students how to function in a laboratory, how to take measurements, how to calculate and account for error, how to use new equipment, and how to create a proper lab report on a computer from scratch. From the intro: " The activities in this book are the results of those years trying things out and improving my home-made apparatus to increase the reliability and accuracy of the results. These experiments and teacher demonstrations are the ones I presently do in my own classes, the little carts and friction boxes now gathering dust in a closet. Most of these experiments can be performed very inexpensively. In my descriptions I indicate how to do the experiment with little investment, making the experiments accessible to schools and homes with limited funds. Over the years I have enhanced some of these experiments with digital electronics for data collection. This makes the experiment more interesting to the students, who are surrounded with digital electronics and tend to find anything else uninteresting. The electronics also increase accuracy significantly, improving results and making the analysis more satisfying. But my experience has shown that the simple act of doing an experiment outside with a pickup truck is so exciting for the students that they will love it whether you collect force data with fancy digital equipment or with lowly bathroom scales purchased from a discount store, as I did for many years. If budgetary constraints are an issue for you, start doing the experiments without the fancy digital equipment. You can modify the experiment and add the electronics over time as funds become available. I know there are a lot of books out there with ideas for science experiments. But the emphasis in this book is on experiments that are captivating, are low cost (at least initially), provide solid opportunities to do physics (and a little chemistry), and use equipment that is either already familiar or worth knowing about. I hope some of these experiments will enhance your own classes."

Experiments for Introductory Physics and ASPC

This solutions manual contains fully detailed solutions for all of the computational problems contained in my text Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC). Teachers and students using that text should find this manual to be a valuable resource. When comparing your results to the results shown here and to those in the text, keep in mind that the last digit is always uncertain because of the way significant digits in measurements are defined. When two results match except for a small difference in the most precise digit, we say that the results match. Because of rounding in calculators, it will not be uncommon for results shown here to differ from the answer key in the text or from your result by or two in the most precise digit. I have checked and double checked the solutions to make them as accurate as possible. However, in any manual of this kind it is inevitable that errors remain. If you find an error, we would be much obliged if you would inform us of it by sending an email to info@novarescienceandmath.com. ASPC is a physical science text intended for accelerated 9th grade students. It aligns with the "physics first" paradigm advocated by Novare Science &amp; Math. For more information on our mission and products, please visit http://novarescienceandmath.com

Solutions Manual for ASPC

Education & Teaching

Mays, Rebekah L.

Schools & Teaching

Principles of Chemistry uses a mastery-learning paradigm designed to bring students to a excellent grasp of concepts and skills. The author’s conversational style is a favorite with students, and combined with a special skill for lucidity and detail, this text is what has been sorely missing from education. Students also appreciate the smaller profile and lighter weight of our books—something everyone notices immediately. This is possible because of the text covers an amount that can reasonably be covered in one year, rather than being stuffed with unnecessary chapters. The history of modern chemistry, mathematics and technical communication is emphasized throughout to effect the integration of chemistry with other subjects. Integration preserves a course from feeling compartmentalized and not relevant to other subjects. That’s certainly not how the real world is. Real chemists use math and writing skills, and their field is greatly enhanced by their knowledge of the lineage of great scientists upon whose shoulders they stand. All Centripetal Press texts are rigorously reviewed and vetted by professional scientists. This text is recommended for students with a minimum math competency of Algebra II due to the appearance of logarithmic calculation when learning about pH values. Otherwise, math skills only involve basic formula solutions. Companion Resources for General Chemistry <ul>
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<li>Principles of Chemistry: Solutions Manual for worked-out answers to all calculation problems.</li> <li>Principles of Chemistry: Resource CD includes chapter tests, answer keys and other resources.</li> <li>Chemistry Experiments for High School Students contains complete instructions and materials lists for 20 experiments.</li> <li>Chemistry Experiments for High School at Home for environments that do not have access to a laboratory.</li> <li>The Student Lab Report Handbook, a concise guide to writing premier lab reports for high school and undergraduate studies.</li> </ul>
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Principles of Chemistry

Steps to solving calculation problems in Introductory Physics, 2nd edition. The Solutions Manual is a useful supplement to students, homeschooling environments, or anyone who would like help with the working out of calculation problems in Introductory Physics. Appropriate for grade-level 9th to 11th grade students, Introductory Physics incorporates math, history, and epistemology alongside the beautiful graphics and lucid text in a modestly-sized volume that students will appreciate. This book was designed for grade-level freshmen, but it is also suitable for physics in the sophomore or junior year. In fact, optional chapters are added for the benefit of schools where physics occurs in 10th or 11th grade and students can move more quickly through the material. Mathematical problems are rigorous and challenging, but only assume that students are taking Algebra I concurrently. The text is not suitable for an upper-level vector/trig physics course; for a vector-based text, see our book Physics: Modeling Nature. A common question we hear goes something like, “Is this text a real physics course?” Understandably, people wonder if a freshman level physics course will “count,” will it be a full credit, will students be short-changed. The answer is, Yes, this is a full physics course that counts a full science credit. In fact, if our mastery-learning paradigm is followed, students will know physics better at the end of the course than with any other method.

Solutions Manual for IP2e

Physics

Suitable for any honors chemistry course, this text is especially suited to follow our ASPC text for accelerated high school sophomores. This text starts where Centripetal’s ASPC leaves off, with some fundamentals already under the belt: density, substances, and the periodic table. (Not covered those yet? Don’t worry. We have a supplemental booklet to quickly get students up to speed on those concepts. Ask about our Chemistry Supplement.) This text is for students who can move a little faster, who don’t need as many explanations, and who can handle a little bit harder exercises. Some additional concepts and chapters are included over our General Chemistry text making this a perfect college prep or STEM-strong option for charter schools, private schools, and home schooling contexts. From our "Textbook Philosophy" page: "Science and math education are in crisis nationwide. College freshmen increasingly need remedial classes before they can begin their college coursework. Educators usually take it for granted that students will not retain what they’ve learned more than a couple of weeks. Standardized tests govern the curriculum. And for years, the United States has been falling behind other nations in science and math. There are many areas that need to be addressed to bring excellence back to science and math education. Textbook design is one of them."

Accelerated Chemistry

Designed for grade-level 9th to 11th grade students, Introductory Physics the perfect non-vector course that covers key concepts and skills for success in future science courses. Elegant, hype-free graphics and lucid text in a modestly-sized volume that students will appreciate.
Introductory Physics is a superior choice for a non-vector-based physics course. Centripetal Press textbooks strive to draw students upward into the adult world of scientific investigation. Therefore, the illustrations are aesthetically pleasing and free of media-influenced hype that dominates many textbooks today. Specializing in lucid, accurate narrative and enabling a mastery-oriented learning paradigm, this text is the first of it’s kind.

Introductory Principles in Physics

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