Chem Resources

[ice_blockie]

Well there are several textbooks:

StudyOn Chemistry 2, (The new version of Chemical Connections 2)
Nelson Chemistry 3 & 4,
Chemistry Dimensions 2, and of course
Heinemann Chemistry 2

as to chocolic's question, it really depends on how your school does things and your chem teacher...

if your chem teacher only uses heinemann then maybe you should get another (or a study guide as above)...to make sure you have all bases covered BUT HOWEVER keep in mind that:

Heinemann is written by the same people (chemistry education association) who write the exams, so why would they go look at other people's textbooks... some stuff is slightly different in other textbooks...especially organic chemistry where some textbooks just split the 'organic pathways' chapter in heinemann and skip parts ...errghh
 
the only good points would be the diagrams and illustrations (StudyOn Chemistry has good organic chemistry diagrams, but Chemistry Dimensions has good chemical analysis diagrams and Nelson for me is way too confusing )

explanations might be clearer but i find that harassing the teacher until i get it is better. lol

[bec]

What about books that just have exercises in them? I've heard NEAP is good, but what else is out there for exam-style questions?

[Mao]

What about books that just have exercises in them? I've heard NEAP is good, but what else is out there for exam-style questions?

revision books are good, but for trying to learn/sort out confusion about things, it is often better to have another textbook to reference to.

I happen to have all four of those textbooks, if you want a preview.....

[iamdan08]

overall, which one do you think is best mao?

[ice_blockie]

im not mao but i like studyon chemistry (it has mp3 study guide wooo)....hehehehe

[Mao]

heineman is most comprehensive, studyon is more graphically appealing, dimension is the best organised, and nelson is written in such a way that no one understands....

[Pandemonium]

^ i disagree, nelson is actually written quite well for the theory sections.

[Chocoholic]

Heinemann is written by the same people (chemistry education association) who write the exams, so why would they go look at other people's textbooks... some stuff is slightly different in other textbooks...especially organic chemistry where some textbooks just split the 'organic pathways' chapter in heinemann and skip parts ...errghh
 

Thanks.....i mite just stick to heinemann, chem is one of my fav subjects and so far I've had no problems understanding concepts(even though my teacher doesn't teach). If i purchase other textbooks i'll prob feel smarter but not end up using them efficiently...so yeah i dont think ill get them..

[Glockmeister]

What about books that just have exercises in them? I've heard NEAP is good, but what else is out there for exam-style questions?

Could consider looking at Checkpoints for Chemistry.

[Mao]

I have found checkpoints to be fairly average for new materials.
its basically a regurgitation of past exam papers.

the NEAP one is excellent.
A+ exam pack is good, (a pack of graduating difficulty + topics exams), but NEAP is by far the best.