My Heart Beats for Chemistry
Tom Kuntzleman | Tue, 02/22/2022 - 18:21
Tom Kuntzleman conducts a safer "mercury-like" beating heart experiment with an added splash of gratefulness.
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How to Make Simple Mole Calculations More Relatable
Kristen Drury | Mon, 02/07/2022 - 06:41
Explore a chemistry activity designed to have students measure quantities and calculate the moles and number of particles contained in the sample.
POGIL Fundamentals Workshop
Melissa Hemling | Sun, 01/30/2022 - 15:57
POGIL activities are not just worksheets. Learn how to properly implement POGIL activities to get the most out of them at the upcoming 2022 Fundamentals of POGIL Virtual Workshops!
Introducing the Quantum Mechanical Model using Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Kristen Drury | Mon, 12/13/2021 - 06:47
A new lesson that uses PES evidence to drive the instruction that would allow the students to identify the limitations of the Bohr model and introduce the Quantum Mechanical Model .
ChemEd X ChemBasics Talk - The Mole Concept
ChemEd X | Sat, 08/21/2021 - 11:03
Krystle Moos will present materials she uses to teach the mole concept. Breakout rooms and discussion will follow the presentation. Register to join us for this hour long Zoom meeting.
AP Reader Reflection - Ideas for Improving Multimodal Understanding of Concepts
Melissa Hemling | Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:28
AP Reader, Melissa Hemling, reflects and shares ideas to improve multimodal understanding of AP Chemistry concepts with Concept Summary Sheets.
Reflections on Choice Boards in the Chemistry Classroom
Stephanie O'Brien | Thu, 06/24/2021 - 11:01
Stephanie O'Brien shares lessons learned and strategies for utilizing choice boards in chemistry classroom.
Lab Practicals, Final Exams and a Silver Lining to a Tough Year
Chad Husting | Wed, 06/16/2021 - 08:09
A lab practical with an escape room story turned out to be a great final exam.
Flipping the Structure of my Flipped Classroom
Kristen Drury | Fri, 05/21/2021 - 17:22
Kristen Drury explains some major shifts in her teaching philosophies and how her flipped classroom has evolved as a result.
Lesson to determine the relationships between acid strength, Ka, pH, Molarity, and percent ionization
Kristen Drury | Tue, 05/18/2021 - 06:26
After teaching the concepts and calculations for acid and base strength, concentration, percent ionization, and pH I noticed many of my students were struggling to make meaningful connections between these calculations.This lesson was created to strengthen the understanding of the relationships between these concepts and skills.