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LowellThomson

International School Bangkok, Thailand
ChemEd X Author, Reviewer
ChemEd X Member since: June 2012

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screenshot of the Atomsmith live lab simulation tool
// Friday, September 11, 2020 LowellThomson
These activities were originally published in 2018 as a mini-unit on gas laws for IB Chemistry. They have been updated for 2020 since they lend themselves well to an online or flipped format. 
Results of student research
// Thursday, April 26, 2018 LowellThomson
I have taught at three different public schools in the United States (two in California and one in Washington state), and now three different international schools (two in Thailand, one in Romania) - and at each school I have honed my practice as a chemistry teacher based on interactions and feedback from students, the strengths of the school, and the e
Whiteboard for Gas Laws Discussion
// Tuesday, April 17, 2018 LowellThomson
Based on some interactions here on ChemEd X and Twitter, I have been looking for ways to have students generate more questions, ideas, and investigation methods. Some of this is inspired by Argument Driven Inquiry, while some of it is simply my own quest to move further away from being the sole source of information in the class.
Richard Feynman on magnets and the question of "why?"
// Friday, January 26, 2018 LowellThomson
For better or worse, I've seen very little of Richard Feynman's work/videos/lectures/etc. But a while ago, somewhere in my Twitter Timeline, somebody mentioned a transcription of a Richard Feynman interview about magnets.