Discovering Design with Chemistry

The curriculum covers standard high school chemistry content with strong computational emphasis, including a full chapter on measurements and calculations.

Review notes it covers 'standard content for high school chemistry courses' with extensive help with computations and a dedicated first chapter on measurements and calculations

The curriculum provides extensive teacher support materials including answer keys, sample calculations, and direct email access to the author for questions.

Includes complete solutions, sample calculations for experiments, extra teaching videos, and students can 'email questions to Dr. Wile if they need help'

The curriculum is designed for direct instruction through clear, conversational explanations written directly to students with immediate practice opportunities.

Dr. Wile 'writes in a relaxed, conversational style' and 'often poses a question and answers it, just as a teacher might do in a classroom' with examples in orange boxes

The curriculum integrates 46 experiments directly into the text where content is taught, with most using household items and some requiring basic lab equipment.

46 experiments are included 'exactly where it will need to be used' in the lessons, with options for completing 27 experiments without specialized equipment

The curriculum uses color-coded boxes to highlight key terms and equations that must be memorized, suggesting explicit vocabulary instruction.

Pink boxes contain 'statements and equations that must be memorized' and the text uses a conversational style with clear explanations of technical concepts

The curriculum includes Comprehension Check questions throughout chapters and open-book chapter reviews, but limited evidence of systematic spaced retrieval practice.

Purple boxes contain 'Comprehension Check' questions scattered throughout chapters with complete solutions provided, plus chapter reviews before tests

Insufficient evidence provided about alignment to NGSS or specific standards, though it covers standard high school chemistry content.

Review mentions 'standard content for high school chemistry courses' but provides no specific information about standards alignment