Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics & Kinetics: A Guided Inquiry was developed to facilitate more student-centered classroom instruction of physical chemistry using Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL). These activities guide students through a wide variety of topics found in a typical undergraduate treatment of Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Kinetics. When feasible, the activities incorporate a molecular point of view, supported by very simple models to help chemistry students grapple with the abstract, formal, and mathematical structure of thermodynamics. The activities introduce entropy prior to concepts of work and enthalpy, which enables deep connections between molecular properties and macroscopic properties. The activities have been tested both in settings that teach quantum first and those that teach thermodynamics first, and they serve students well in both contexts.Kendall Hunt is excited to partner with The POGIL Project to publish materials in a variety of disciplines that are designed for use in active learning, student-centered classrooms. POGIL is an acronym for Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning. Because POGIL is a student-centered instructional approach, in a typical POGIL classroom or laboratory, students work in small teams with the instructor acting as a facilitator. The student teams use specially designed activities that generally follow a learning cycle paradigm. These activities are designed to have three key characteristics: They are designed for use with self-managed teams that employ the instructor as a facilitator of learning rather than a source of information. They guide students through an exploration to construct understanding. They use discipline content to facilitate the development of important process skills, including higher-level thinking and the ability to learn and to apply knowledge in new contexts. 

Table of Contents:
Fundamental 1: Measurable Properties  Extension 1.1: Kinetic Molecular Theory Extension 1.2: Microscopic Gas Models Fundamental 2: Counting Configurations Fundamental 3: Driving Force Fundamental 4: Heat Transfer Fundamental 5: Entropy Extension 5: Temperature Fundamental 6: Work Fundamental 7: Variable Changes Extension 7: Path Dependence Fundamental 8: Energy Transformations Fundamental 9: Microscopic Energy Changes Fundamental 10: Processes Extension 10: Cycles Fundamental 11: Boundary Changes Extension 11: Legendre Transforms Fundamental 12: Laboratory Conditions Extension 12: Working Equations Fundamental 13: Composition Changes Extension 13: More Cycles Fundamental 14: Reaction Equilibrium Extension 14: Temperature Dependence of Equilibrium Fundamental 15: Phase Equilibrium Extension 15: Phase Rule Fundamental 16: Solution Equilibrium Extension 16: Vapor-Solution Phase Diagrams Fundamental 17: Colligative Properties Extension 17: Solid-Solution Phase Diagrams StatMech 1: Entropy & Probability Extension SM1: Boltzmann Distribution StatMech 2: Partition Function StatMech 3: Translational Partition Function StatMech 4: Molecular Partition Function Kinetics 1: Introduction to Chemical Kinetics Kinetics 2: Activation Energy Kinetics 3: Transition State TheoryAppendix