Classroom Culture

The Self-Carving Pumpkin: It's Not Just for Halloween!

Tom Kuntzleman | Tue, 05/02/2023 - 18:48

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Learn the chemistry behind the reaction between calcium carbide and water...melon...?!

A Variation On An Age Old Adage—Absence Does Not Make the Mark Grow Longer!

Yvonne Clifford | Tue, 09/13/2022 - 12:49

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The Trials and Tribulations of a Teacher During COVID Times! - Part 4: In this four part series of articles, Yvonne Clifford provides readers with some tips and concrete, workable ideas that have helped to fulfill her desire to provide a chemistry programme that is both interesting and rigourous.

Beginning of the Year, Experimental Design and Cell Phone Use

Chad Husting | Fri, 09/09/2022 - 11:18

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Use a simple experiment to get to know students, demonstrate experimental design and discuss classroom policies about cell phones.

Walking The Teacher Tightrope Between Providing Professional Grace and Rigor -- Evaluation In The New World Of COVID!

Yvonne Clifford | Sun, 09/04/2022 - 14:46

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The Trials and Tribulations of a Teacher During COVID Times! - Part 3: In this four part series of articles, Yvonne Clifford seeks to provide readers with some tips and concrete, workable ideas that have helped to fulfill her desire to provide a chemistry programme that is both interesting and rigourous.

Motivating Students While In COVID Times: Striving “Above and Beyond” For Students And Teachers Alike

Yvonne Clifford | Mon, 08/22/2022 - 13:52

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The Trials and Tribulations of a Teacher During COVID Times! - Part 2: In this four part series of articles, Yvonne Clifford seeks to provide readers with some tips and concrete, workable ideas that have helped to fulfill her desire to provide a chemistry programme that is both interesting and rigourous.

The Trials and Tribulations of a Teacher During COVID Times!

Yvonne Clifford | Thu, 08/18/2022 - 07:34

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Yvonne Clifford shares tips and ideas for making your high school chemistry course both interesting and rigorous.

Lessons from the Early College High School Model

Josh Kenney | Thu, 05/19/2022 - 12:13

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Early Middle College High Schools are growing in popularity. They are an alternative public high school program where students earn up to 60 college credits while completing their high school diploma. Here, the author describes some lessons learned while teaching at an early college program that helps prepare students for college and careers.