Exploring Creation with Chemistry

by Jay L. Wile

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932012265
• ISBN13: 9781932012262
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Ingram
• Length: 603 Pages
• Weight: 5.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The best chemistry book for homeschoolers!

I don't think I could have done "homeschool chemistry" without this book! It was very simple and easy to understand; I didn't even need to have my dad explain things to me! The experiments were simple, with mostly household materials (you may have to purchase a few items), and they were very fun! I also respected that this author pointed out our Master Designer in the lessons! I got a 29 on my ACT in science after taking this and Abeka Biology, and then I went on to take advanced biology at a Christian School my Senior year. I went to a 4 year college to study nursing, which has a lot of science classes! With a such a great chemistry foundation, I was able to get a 4.0 in Anatomy and in a chemistry class (it was 5 credits, with organic, general and biologic focuses). I highly recommend this book!!!

Excellent chemistry text

For the past 4 years, I have taught homeschool chemistry classes in my home using this text, as well as Biology and Physics with Wile's curriculum. Wile's texts are so truly readable, making the concepts very understandable. In reading his texts, even I as a teacher have had some "aha" moments, as he has connected some things for me that had not been clear before. If you want your student to truly understand the concepts in addition to being able to work problems, get this text. I do enjoy adding extras to my class, including more high-powered labs, to make an honors class, but this course (as is) is certainly sufficient for a college-bound student. I have taught out of several different texts over the years, and this one is by far my favorite. Most texts are so unreadable that I never assigned reading, using the text only as a source of problems, but with Wile's texts, my students read from cover to cover.

Excellent chemistry program

We have a son who is a rising senior in an engineering program at a well regarded "secular" state school. He sailed through his freshman chemistry there, since he had seen it all before in this book at home. His math wasn't so good, so he traded chemistry help for math help.

Amazing book

I am in 10th grade and have done Dr. Wile's Apologia books for 4 years. I love them. They cover hard concepts (infact I and a couple of other homeschoolers passed the CLEP test for biology) but he is very clear with the way he explains them. Everything makes sense. The website mentioned in the front of the book is very helpful too.

Highly Acclaimed in the Homeschool Community

The other reviewer is very misinformed. This site is for the second edition, which explains and practices sig figs, the factor-label method, and basically everything else very clearly. I feel like everything I'm learning in this book is a piece of cake, and have thus wondered whether this book is rigorous enough for homeschoolers, but looking around more, I find that this book does teach hard chemical concepts, but somehow makes them feel like second grade math. (...)