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Kaleb Underwood

Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Houston TX
ChemEd X Author
ChemEd X Member since: August 2016

Kaleb Underwood received his BA from Rice University in 2012 and has been teaching chemistry ever since. Currently he teaches Chemistry I and AP Chemistry and is always interested in collaboration and sharing ideas. Follow him on Twitter @kaleb_underwood

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boiling and condensation of water demo
A Concise Summary of Chemical Misconceptions
// Wednesday, October 4, 2017 • Kaleb Underwood
Last year I came across a report entitled Beyond Appearances: Students’ Misconceptions about Basic Chemical Ideas on the Royal Society of Chemistry’s website, and it has proven a wonderfully handy document to have around. The report is the work of Dr.
Richard Feynman
A Class Discussion on the Nature of Science
// Wednesday, September 13, 2017 • Kaleb Underwood
The first chapter of every middle and high school science textbook I have ever seen contains a section on “the scientific method.” As a result, by the time your students get to you they are probably very adept at reciting how science is done, or at least how they think it is done.
Screenshot of simulation
Chemical Thinking Interactives
// Tuesday, July 4, 2017 • Kaleb Underwood
As part of a two-week Chemistry Modeling Workshop™ in Houston, TX, I had the opportunity to read the
Starting materials for demonstration
Demonstration: Reaction of Magnesium and Silver Nitrate
// Tuesday, May 2, 2017 • Kaleb Underwood
I found a version of this demonstration online a couple of years ago. I admit, when I first tried it with my class it was mostly for a crowd pleaser to demonstrate the activity series of metals, but I then became very intrigued by the processes occurring.