Young, Geller
©2006
ISBN: 0-13-196069-5
High School binding

For a Calculus-based AP* Physics course

• New edition of best-selling Sears & Zemansky text
• For algebra-based AP* Physics course
• The most reliable foundation in physics refined for the students of today
• Comes packaged with MasteringPhysics™—the most advanced, educationally effective, and widely used online physics tutorial and homework system in the world.
  • MasteringPhysics™ provides a next-generation solution for assigning uncompromising quantitative and conceptual online homework, giving each student help precisely where and when they need it, and evaluating student performance in detail on an individual and class level
• Visual Summaries present mathematical, visual and descriptive representations side-by-side for each key concept from the chapter
• Great real-life applications are critical for understanding why physics is important and for piquing students' interest. Interesting applications are integrated throughout the text and in the margins without disturbing the flow of the text
• Explicit 3-step global problem solving strategy SSR (Set up, Solve and Reflect) gives students a consistent framework for solving problems
  • Set up focuses on setting up problem/sketching figures—steps students often skip
  • Solve beings with a plan for solving the problem
  • Reflect gets students to consider what they've learned
• Unique hand-rendered pencil-style illustrations accompany many of the worked examples encouraging students to sketch out the problem and representing what a teacher might realistically expect a student to draw

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