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Many BC science teachers were students when they first used Hebden Chemistry Student Workbooks.

It’s not surprising that they recommend the same books to their students.

Jim Hebden thinks teaching chemistry should be as easy as taking it, so he provides FREE teachers’ materials:

  • Free Teachers’ Guides for both Grades 11 & 12
  • Notes on Enriching the Teaching of Chemistry
  • General chemistry resources
  • Chemistry Labs

Hebden 11 & 12 are Now Available digitally!


For all additional workbook materials, please contact us and we can send you the appropriate files! Below is a list of workbook materials available:

  • Chem AP Notes
  • Chemistry 11 Related
  • Demonstrations
  • Elementary Science
  • Lab Experiments
    • Chem 11 Labs
    • Chem 12 Labs
  • Other Lab-Related Stuff
  • Student Resources
  • Teacher Resources
    • Creative Problem Solving
    • Hebden Chem 11 Teacher’s Manual
    • Hebden Chem 11 Workbook Addenda
    • Hebden Chem 12 Teacher’s Manual
    • Other Support for Teaching Chemistry

  • The Jim Hebden Chemistry Bursary will be awarded to a student who has performed service for their school and/or community while maintaining the grades in science that are necessary for success in post-secondary education. This year, the bursary will remain $1000. The $1000 bursary, to be used for post-secondary studies, is presented annually by Western Campus Resources, the exclusive distributor of the best-selling Hebden Chemistry Workbooks 11 & 12. Please note that the bursary is applicable only to B.C. students.

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    The 2025 Hebden Bursary Award deadline has been extended until May 16th, 2025

    The winner of this year’s bursary will be posted by Tuesday, June 3rd!


    The 2025 Hebden Chemistry Bursary Recipient

    We would like to thank each and every one of our participants in this year’s Hebden Bursary. This year, we received over 80 applications. It has been an honour reading all of the applications and truly a difficult task to narrow it down to just two winners! For the 2025 Hebden Bursary Award, we have selected two people. One from Port Moody Secondary and another from Mount Douglas Secondary. Both recipients have been contacted and notified that they have won.

    Western Campus appreciates all applicants of the Hebden Bursary. We would like to graciously thank every one of the students and teachers who took the time to apply.

    The Jim Hebden Bursary is a $1000 award given annually by Western Campus Resources, the exclusive distributor of Jim Hebden’s best-selling Chemistry Workbooks. The Hebden Bursary is awarded to a graduating student who demonstrated an above-average proficiency in Chemistry, distinguished themselves in their community, and has potential to excel in the study of chemistry at the post-secondary level. Mr. Hebden is a former BC Science Teacher of the Year who taught chemistry for three decades in Kamloops, BC.

    North Peace Secondary

    As a side note, I’ve been teaching with the Hebden texts for 23 years now. They are by far, the best high school Chemistry texts ever written! In fact, I’m 55 now (yup, I started teaching late in life), but I used the old Hebden texts when I was in high school myself. The old Green and Yellow ones. I’m a great fan!
    What makes them the best is that they have lots of practice questions, and at various levels, and the answers are all worked out in detail in the back of the book, and these books are tailored to the curriculum, without overwhelming amounts of extra information. Detailed, but to the point.

    Troy Boyd
    Fort St. John