curriculum

A curriculum consists of a description of the material covered in a course of study and the manner in which it is organized.

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Equilibrium Analogy- from the textbook Chemistry: Matter and Change
// Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Michelle Okroy
               Throughout the last ten years teaching both chemistry and Advanced Placement Chemistry I have realized that the concept of equilibrium does not receive enough attention in my first-year chemistry course.
// Wednesday, June 15, 2016 Dan Meyers
It's been a few days since my summer break began. I have had a few days to decompress, relax, and think about my next post. I have been planning to write about concept mapping since the end of our first semester.
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// Thursday, May 19, 2016 Dena K. Leggett
I recently stumbled across a blog about the use of BCA (Before Change After) tables for stoichiometry written by Lowell Thomson.  I was thrilled to discover ChemEd Xchange!  I wanted to share my journey, spurred on by my students, into the extensive use of the BCA
Writing Conversion Factors Preview
// Saturday, November 15, 2014 David Licata
This worksheet is intended to be used as a "Guided Instructional Activity" (GIA). Students read a statement that gives a either a conversion factor or a pair of related measures and then write the information as two equivalent fractions ("conversion factors") and as an equality.
Initial framework for use with stoichiometry GIAs
// Saturday, November 8, 2014 David Licata
This set of three worksheets are intended to be used as collaborative "Guided Instructional Activities" (GIAs). Two students cooperate to complete the steps of a stoichiometry problem, alternately doing parts of the process as they explain what they are doing and evaluate their partner's work.
Mole Conversion Guided Instructional Activity Preview
// Friday, November 7, 2014 David Licata
The three "Guided Instructional Activities" in this activity are three cooperative learning pieces in which students are guided through the process of converting from one unit to moles (or moles to a unit) by the method of "unit analysis" (dimensional analysis). Students alternate steps in the process and evaluate the success of each step.
Screenshot of a portion of the worksheet
// Wednesday, November 5, 2014 David Licata
This worksheet asks students to do basic conversions of mass or molecules to moles and vice versa. The worksheet requires students to complete their work in a particular format and to inlcude number, unit, and chemical identity for each item in the "given," in each conversion factor, and in the answer.
Finding and Writing Molar Mass Screenshot
// Tuesday, November 4, 2014 David Licata
This worksheet is intended to be used as a "Guided Instructional Activity" (GIA). It asks students to find the molar mass of selected elements and write the molar mass as two equivalent fractions ("conversion factors") and as an equality. In each representation, students are forced to give the numeral of the measure, unit, and identity of the chemical.