Based upon Halliday, Resnick, and Walker’s FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS 6e, this narrative text is designed to work with interactive learning strategies that are increasingly being used in physics instruction (for example, microcomputer-based labs, interactive lectures, etc. ). In doing so, it incorporates new approaches based upon Physics Education Research (PER), aligns with courses that use computer-based laboratory tools, and promotes Activity Based Physics in lectures, labs, and recitations. Features: Presentations that are known to be associated with common student confusions have been rewritten and clarified. Some topics have been rearranged (especially the introduction of the New Mechanics Sequence) to provide a more coherent learning path and story line. The story line is reinforced by the use of Reading Exercises that help students focus on thoughtful reading of the text sections in each chapter. The experimental evidence for many of the physical laws and relationships discussed in the narrative have been presented in graphical form. Additional materials will be included in The Physics Suite – a resource of Activity Based Physics Materials that can be used to complement the text. Design Changes: more open format, reduction in the number of topics covered, and reduction in the number of sample problems included in the book. Pedagogical Changes: more emphasis on reasoning, the statement of key ideas in sample problems, and the incorporation of more sample problems that stress applications.