Gonick and Criddle introduce a variety of chemistry concepts - as well as related physics concepts like wave/particle duality - through cartoons. I ordered this book for use in my secondary science class. This alternative introduction to various topics in biology will likely engage students who struggle with textbooks. In addition, the text could be modified (by removing some key words to create scaffolded notes) and used as illustrated notes for students to complete during class.

As a science teacher, I LOVE this book, as well as the other similar science books by this author. I love this book because it has a lot of comics/pictures to help explain harder topics in chemistry to students. I reccomend getting this book and keeping it in your classroom library and have students pull it when they do not understand a topic or do read alouds with this class as you go over each section in your class in order for the students to have a better understanding. ( )

This book really simplified chemistry, and even made it fun! I really enjoyed reading it. It speaks about how the Periodic Table of Elements are arranged. ( )

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This book may be helpful to students who have had a successful introductory class in chemisty. It uses funny pictures to explain basic chemistry, atomic theory, combustion, solubility, entropy, reaction stoichiometry, and the history of chemistry. I would recommend it to any high school student who is interested in studying science or is taking a chemistry class. I gave it a low rating because the reader actually has to to have a basic/intermediate understanding of chemistry to be able to understand the book or the jokes. I felt the book could have been written at a lower level in order to capture a high school audience, it appears an AP Chemistry student may enjoy it best ( )