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The second edition of Atoms First by Burdge and Overby builds on the innovative approach established in the first edition—focusing on helping students construct the "story of chemistry," beginning with the atom. Changes are intended to make the story flow even better, while maintaining and expanding the student-centered pedagogical features that have made this book so popular with professors and students alike.
Worked Examples
Each Worked Example is now followed by three Practice Problems: Attempt, Build, and Conceptualize.

Practice Problem A (now called "Attempt") asks the student to apply the same Strategy to solve a problem very similar to the Worked Example. In general, the same Setup and series of steps in the Solution to the Worked Example can be used to solve Practice Problem A.

Practice Problem B (now called "Build") assesses mastery of the same skills as those required for the Worked Example and Practice Problem A, but everywhere possible, Practice Problem B employs a slightly different perspective and cannot be solved using the same Strategy used for the Worked Example and for Practice Problem A. This provides the student an opportunity to develop a strategy independently, and combats the tendency that some students have to want to apply a "template" approach to solving chemistry problems.

Practice Problem C (called "Conceptualize") provides an exercise that probes the student's conceptual understanding of the material. Practice Problems C are new to this edition and most employ concept and molecular art. Some Practice Problems Attempt and Build have been incorporated into the problems available in McGraw-Hill Connect and can be used in online homework and/or quizzing.