Can someone please explain

[Pip]

a conceptual science v. an empirical science. I think I know but I would like some clarification. I believe the conceptual would be for non-sciencey students. Do the conceptual science books still have good experiments? Are they easier to use in a home setting where you don't have access to a full lab? So far, I have found the Hewitt Conceptual Physics and a Conceptual Chemisty by Suchoki (sp?) Is that the Conceptual Chemisty I see people here using?

Thanks.

[Corraleno]

Hewitt & Suchoki are the most popular, but there are other "Conceptual Science" texts out there. For example, Kinetic Books has an interactive online Conceptual Physics course.

Generally the conceptual courses focus on presenting the main concepts of the subject; they're less technical and have less math. They are not less "empirical," though ~ it's still the same science, with the same basis in observation and experiment. It's just a difference in how the material is presented, not how it's acquired.

You can do the same sort of experiments in a "conceptual" science class that you'd do in a regular class, although you'd have to take into account the math level of the student.

Jackie