heydebigaleQuestion for #chemiverse folks:
Does anyone have a favorite book for teaching environmental chemistry to environmental science majors?
The students I teach have taken Gen Chem I&II, but have not had O-Chem.
B Haas@heydebigale I taught environmental chem this fall (as an elective for chem majors & minors). I used Manahan’s 11th ed Env Chem book (https://www.routledge.com/Environmental-Chemistry/Manahan/p/book/9780367558871). I didn’t love the book. The ebook had a lot of annoying formatting errors, the end of chapter problems were really not my speed. I did like the organization of chapters. I ended up having the students mostly engage with other materials
Environmental Chemistry
With clear explanations, real-world examples and updated ancillary material, the 11th edition of Environmental Chemistry emphasizes the concepts essential to the practice of environmental science, technology and chemistry. The format and organization popular in preceding editions is used, including an approach based upon the five environmental spheres and the relationship of environmental chemistry to the key concepts of sustainability, industrial ecology and green chemistry. The new edition pro
@heydebigale I used so many other sources for class that I kept a course bibliography document. I’m happy to share it if you’d like (once I finish updating it with the last handful of things from the end of the semester)
@belehaa that would be amazing 🥹
@heydebigale I just posted it on my website: http://bethhaas.me/environmental-chemistry
@belehaa thank you!!