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.
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The Sanctity of the (Electronic) Balance
Michael Jansen | Thu, 05/20/2021 - 16:16
We were converted; we saw the light. No more playing with a balance. Reverence, dude. Without a balance we got nuthin’.
Study Group Selfie: Building a Community and Fostering a Sense of Belonging
Thomas Cox | Wed, 05/19/2021 - 10:57
Interested in building a healthy sense of belonging for students in chemistry class and laboratory? In encouraging students to form study groups that lead to friendships post-chemistry class? Try the Study Group Selfie.
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.
What informs the grade a student earns in your class? w/ Erica Posthuma
Deanna Cullen | Sun, 05/16/2021 - 08:11
Grades should provide feedback to students, parents, and teachers as to the progress students are making toward learning targets. Meaningful grades require good assessment practices. Erica Posthuma presented a ChemEd X Talk on May 11th, 2021, providing an overview of effective assessment design. She discussed writing and communicating learning goals, developing targeted questions and prompts, and scoring using a standards-based approach. You can watch the edited recording of Erica's Talk here.
JCE 98.05 May 2021 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Sat, 05/15/2021 - 08:54
The May 2021 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: teaching biochemistry, assessment, learning to think like a scientist, environmental chemistry, forensic chemistry, surface chemistry, solution mixing, organic chemistry laboratory experiments and activities, computer-based experiences, research on promoting student success, from the archives: systems thinking.
Simple formation of metal mirrors
Tom Kuntzleman | Mon, 05/10/2021 - 09:57
Beautiful, metallic mirrors of copper or silver can easily be formed in test tubes. Simply add the appropriate metal salt to a test tube, and heat! These reactions should be performed in a fume hood.
The Enemies of Student-Engagement: Boredom and Frustration
Michael Jansen | Wed, 05/05/2021 - 13:48
Boredom needs no explanation; we were all (Chemistry) students. A bored student is not an engaged student, and likely not a student who wants to learn. How can we make our lessons more engaging?
A Manipulative Paper Tool for Teaching Simple Organic Nomenclature: Part 2, IUPAC Naming of Major Classes of Organic Compounds
Melanie Harvey | Tue, 05/04/2021 - 21:20
To help introduce students to organic nomenclature in a way that clearly summarizes the patterns that exist in the IUPAC system, a series of paper tools were developed. The paper tool in this activity can be used to introduce the IUPAC naming of major classes of organic compounds. These paper tools are easy to print and distribute to every student each semester.
Please allow me to introduce myself . . .
Michael Jansen | Tue, 05/04/2021 - 13:46
Meet one of our newest lead contributors, Michael Jansen, who teaches high school chemistry in Toronto, Ontario!