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Electrons as Waves?
// Friday, November 19, 2021 • Thomas Shiland
Where do the shapes of the orbitals come from? Where is the electron in the p orbital? High school students often have a hard time reconciling the tangible idea of an electron with the idea that the electron has wave-like properties.
Video Pre-Labs Improve the Lab Experience
// Sunday, October 17, 2021 • Josh Kenney
At the high school level, chemistry labs can be challenging for a variety of reasons. First, the typical high school class length is usually far too short for completing an entire lab experiment, and spreading a lab over multiple days may leave the concepts fragmented in students' minds.
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Should I Record My Zoom Class?
// Friday, October 8, 2021 • Melanie Harvey
FERPA allows me to record class meetings and share them with students registered in that section of the course, but that doesn't mean I should. At this point, most of us have done some remote teaching using Zoom or something similar.