gases

Have you ever noticed that sometimes the best way to learn is by having a little fun? In my classroom, we've discovered that brain breaks can turn abstract concepts like gas laws into something tangible and memorable.

The floating soap bubble¹ is an experiment that is very easy to set up and carry out (Video 1).

by Dean J. Campbell* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Kaitlyn Walls*, Q Ott*, and Zaman Shah* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

I recently had the opportunity to attend a conference of the Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas (ACT2). I had  great time interacting with and learning from a whole bunch of wonderful chemical educators from the great state of Texas.

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Carley Steres*, and Kaitlyn Walls* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Classroom demonstrations have long been an approach used to convey information in chemistry courses. The intent is to help student learning by providing physical examples to illustrate concepts described in class.

“What are we doing to help kids achieve?” Each year I say to myself that I am going to try to do more to present the particulate level to my students. Each year I feel as if I fall short. This year I tried to do something just a little different to help students visual the particulate level.