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Nina Hike

George Westinghouse College Prep Honors Chemistry and AP Capstone High School Teacher
ChemEd X Contributor
ChemEd X Member since: March 2022

I have over 29 years of experience as a high school science teacher specializing in International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, Honors, and Regular Chemistry. I’m a 2021 Illinois National Awardee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

 

Posts

UNO Out Game
UNO OUT…..Demystifying Stoichiometry
// Tuesday, February 25, 2025 • Nina Hike
I enjoy playing UNO, a popular card game by Mattel, with my family. Students enjoy playing UNO with their friends during lunch or at the end of the day at my school. As a teacher, I have also experienced students having difficulty using dimensional analysis to solve stoichiometry problems. Students have issues with setting up and solving stoichiometry problems.
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Social Justice Science Issues and NGSS
// Sunday, October 20, 2024 • Nina Hike
Teaching decontextualized chemistry has often made it difficult for teachers to connect chemistry to students' everyday lives.
title: culturally relevant collab ngss and chemistry and headshot of Dr. Charles Drew
A Culturally Relevant Collab with NGSS and Chemistry
// Friday, December 1, 2023 • Nina Hike
In 2009, I embarked on my Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) journey to teach experimental design to my International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Chemistry students.1 Experimental design was new to me because I did not experience designing and executing my