Developed by a team of highly talented authors and consultants with many years of teaching experience

Accurate, relevant, and up-to-date; content thoroughly reviewed by leading academics as well as pedagogical reviewers

Easy-to-navigate, student-friendly text design that features a minimum of distracting elements

"Prerequisite Concepts and Skills" listed in each chapter opener alert students to what they need to know before they begin the chapter

Specific Expectations are clearly posted at the beginning of each section within a chapter. A brief review of key concepts and skills learned in Grade 11 Chemistry eases students into the new Grade 12 material

Many opportunities for problem solving based on a carefully developed, student-friendly problem-solving model and numerous practice problems

Appropriate balance of ExpressLabs, ThoughtLabs, Investigations, and Design-Your-Own Labs

All labs have been carefully checked by an experienced STAO Safety Committee reviewer

An abundance of well-crafted review questions for each section, chapter, and unit; all questions are coded to the Achievement Chart categories

Concept Checks, Problem Tips, and Concept Organizers reinforce student comprehension

All numerical answers to practice problems and review questions are provided in the student text

Appendices and data tables at the back of the student text provide quick reference, skill reinforcement, and supplementary practice problems

Additional electronic support to assist implementation: 
- a CD-ROM features an interactive student e-book, enhanced by animations, simulations, video clips, and original probeware activities
- a web site [www.mcgrawhill.ca/links/chemistry12] supports research, projects, and enrichment opportunities
- supplementary CD-ROMs feature blackline masters, labs, and problems in modifiable format, as well as fully worked solutions to all problems in the student text