Ariel Serkin

Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, STEMteachersMassBay

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ChemEd X Member since: March 2017

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text: "Making Natural Acid Base Indicators" in the center of images of preparation from post

// Wednesday, April 5, 2023 • Ariel Serkin

I remember one of my closest friends in college telling the story of her mother and cabbage soup. When her parents were first married, her mom made a recipe for cabbage soup which they loved. She wanted to make it again, but couldn’t find green cabbage so she made it with red. To their surprise, it turned out bright blue.

Writing your PAEMST Addendum

// Monday, March 13, 2023 • Ariel Serkin

Congratulations on becoming a PAEMST state finalist. Just when you think you can breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate that you are a state finalist, you realize you still have a week to write another 9000 very carefully chosen words.

Apply for the 2023 PAEMST Cycle

// Friday, August 12, 2022 • Ariel Serkin

The 2023 cycle for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for 7-12 math and science educators has opened. This year the deadline is February 6, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. Please note the early date and time deadline.

Ariel's computer set up: 1 desktop, 2 laptops and an iPad

Things Learned from Hybrid Teaching (Part 1)

// Sunday, November 15, 2020 • Ariel Serkin

When the world stopped back in March, I wrote that no one knew how to teach in a pandemic. Here we are, 8 months later and we are still learning and adapting every day. I know each teacher has their own unqiue set of challenges this year, but I have found some small wins that I’m happy to share in a small series of posts.

Kristen Drury, Stephanie O'Brien, Doug Ragan, Ariel Serkin, and Scott Milam hanging with ChemEdX's Jon Holmes at ChemEd2019 in Naperville, IL

The Importance of a Professional Learning Community

// Thursday, May 14, 2020 • Ariel Serkin

Shortly after I first started teaching in 2001, I realized I didn’t know how to teach. I knew my content, was skilled at presentations, and had the ability to form relationships with my students, but that wasn’t the same thing as teaching. Over the following years, I became a good history teacher.