atomic radius

Tissue Paper Banners Connected to Chemistry

// Sunday, November 5, 2023 • Dean Campbell

National Hispanic Heritage Month ran from September 15 to October 15 recently.¹ To help celebrate the occasion, students in the Bradley University Chem/Biochem Learning Community put up colorful tissue paper banners.

students shooting pennies under whiteboard

Analogy Experiment—Projectile Pennies with Rutherford

// Monday, November 8, 2021 • Ben Meacham

Atomic theory is a common topic throughout any introductory chemistry course.

Periodic Trends Guided-Inquiry Activity

// Monday, January 28, 2019 • Ann Baxley

Trends related to placement of elements on the periodic table are often taught using diagrams in a textbook. Students often memorize trends, but to get a true grasp of their meaning and what causes certain patterns is best understood when students create their own models and discuss the patterns with others.

Target Inquiry Activities

// Sunday, November 8, 2015 • Chad Husting

What am I doing to help kids achieve?

I Used to Feel Guilty About Lecturing

// Tuesday, March 3, 2015 • Allison Tarvin

In this age of scientific inquiry, molecular modeling, digital classrooms, and differentiation, I felt downright guilty about any teacher-centered time. My classroom is flipped after all. I’m not supposed to be lecturing, right?