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The Science of Plants - Understanding Plants and How They Grow
Tom Michaels, Matt Clark, Emily Hoover, Laura Irish, Alan Smith, and Emily Tepe · University of Minnesota
An approachable guide to the fundamentals of plant science. Created for horticulture students, gardeners, science teachers, and anyone interested in understanding plants and how they grow. This is the required text for HORT 1001/6001 Plant Propagation at the University of Minnesota Department of Horticultural Science.
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Analytical Chemistry Volume II (Harvey)
David Harvey · DePauw University
This is the second volume of David Harvey's Analytical Chemistry 2.1. It concentrates on instrumental methods
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Inorganic Coordination Chemistry
Kai Landskron · Lehigh University
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A CURE for everyone: A guide to implementing Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences
Jonathan J.-M. Calède · The Ohio State University
In this book, I undertake a review of the literature on Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) and present original data from a survey of instructors at the Ohio State University. The main goal of this publication is to be a practical guide for teachers wishing to develop and implements this type of High-Impact Practice in their course.
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Children, Families, Schools, and Communities
Joan Giovannini · Holyoke Community College
Children, Families, Schools, and Communities is an introductory text in the field of Child and Family Studies. It provides a lens for understanding the evolving definition of “family”. It promotes strategies for culturally sustaining and deeply collaborative relationships.
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Psychology of Gender, Jeanne Taylor, LMFT
Jeanne Taylor, · Citrus College
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Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Social Life
Vera Kennedy · West Hills College Lemoore
The book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology. Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life has stressed learner-centered teaching with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning. As such, it is expected the instructor will serve as the mediator between the content of this book and learners’ understanding of material on multiple and higher levels.
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Introductory Chemistry
CK-12 · CK12
An introductory chemistry Libretexts Textmap organized around the textbook Introductory CK-12.
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Explorations Lab and Activities Manual
Explorations · LibreTexts
The Explorations Biological Anthropology Lab Manual includes 1-4 labs/activities for each of the sixteen chapters and three appendices in Explorations.
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Social Problems (GRCC Edition)
Emily Pain · Grand Rapids Community College
This textbook, which draws heavily from Social Problems: Continuity and Change and from Inequality and Interdependence: Social Problems and Social Justice examines contemporary and historical social problems such as those related to poverty, education, health, drugs, and other areas. We invite students to imagine equitable solutions, to take action yourself, and to co-create a more just world.
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Environmental Science (WCTC)
Suzanne Joneson · Waukesha County Technical College
This course is designed for an 8-week term in Environmental Science. This course serves as General Education credits for freshmen and sophomore non-majors. This text emphasizes foundational learning in core environmental topics.
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Music in Early Childhood
Janine T. McGrath · Seminole State College
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CHE 202: Organic Chemistry II
Hernan D. Biava · Brevard College
This is your FREE textbook for Organic Chemistry II
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LCC: General Chemistry
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Overweight Bodies, Real and Imagined
Sarah Gilleman · Holyoke Community College
This compilation gathers OER sources on body weight, nutrition, and movement, and it also problematizes the cultural meaning of these readings. Roughly, this anthology is divided into two parts--informational and theoretical--in depicting how medical research and journalism influence and are influenced by social stereotypes, constructed ideas about bodies, food, and individual choices within social systems.
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Math 091: Essentials of Intermediate Algebra
Patrick Kwon · Highline College
This text addresses intermediate algebra and aims to develop understanding of functions (linear, exponential, and quadratic) as well as proficiency with simplifying expressions involving integer exponents, solving linear inequalities, and solving linear equations in two variables.
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Calculus
CK-12 Foundation · LibreTexts
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Introductory Chemistry (Petersen)
Anne Petersen · Introductory Chemistry (Petersen)
This text is designed as an introduction to the experimental science of chemistry. Using mathematical word problems and chemical terms, students will have an overview of inorganic chemistry. This course is suited for those who have no high school chemistry experience. This course serves as preparation for General Chemistry or the first course of a two-semester sequence that satisfies the requirements of allied health programs (e.g. nursing or dental hygiene) that require one year of chemistry.
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Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Pieter Kok · University of Sheffield
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Chemical Principles
Ta-Wei Li · National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Study of the essential principles of chemistry including atomic and molecular science, states of matter, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, and reaction kinetics, which constitutes the foundation of modern chemistry.