6 Engaging Christmas Chemistry Activities : Engaging and Educational Ideas for the Holiday Season
Looking for engaging Christmas chemistry activities for your classroom? Check out these educational and festive ideas .
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Managing Lab Safety in Your NEW Chemistry Classroom
READ MORE FROM THE NEW TEACHER SERIES MY First year As A New Chemistry Teacher: Why I Nearly Quit 12 Practical Tips for New and Veteran...
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Ditch The Worksheets: 7 Interactive Resources Your Science Students Will Love
Interactive activities for your science lessons
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Teaching Ionic Bonding Made Easy: 5 Must-Have Resources for Educators
5 Easy to use resources for teaching Ionic Bonding to your science students
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3 Essential Math Topics for Chemistry Students (and How to Teach Them)
Learn how to approach teaching these THREE key mathematical concepts in your chemistry class.
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A Fun Valentine's Day Chemical Bonding Card Game for Your Science Class: Make Em’ Bond (Love Bonds Version)
How to play Valentine's themed card game for Ionic and Covalent bonding
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The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide to Scaffolding Moles Worksheets Using Dimensional Analysis
Learn how to effectively use scaffolding to make mole conversion calculations more accessible
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Essential Science Activities to Start the School Year
Discover fun and engaging back-to-school science activities for High School, including lab safety games.
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How I use an "Escape Room" to get my students learning about the elements in the Periodic Table
Students learn about the physical properties of the elements in the periodic table, using an escape Room.
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Top 3 Resources for Teaching States of Matter and Separating Mixtures
Enhance your chemistry lessons with engaging resources on states of matter and separating mixtures.
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How to Teach Elements, Compounds and Mixtures Visually
This post outlines how Johnstone's Chemistry Triangle can be used to teach elements, compounds and mixtures using particle models.
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Using Tic-Tac-Toe to Make mole calculations more accessible to chemistry students
Use tic-tac-toe a game-based learning strategy to get your chemistry students practising the dreaded mole calculations.
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Using the Jigsaw Strategy to Teach Trends in the Periodic Table
The Jigsaw Strategy is a collaborative learning strategy that works well for teaching Trends in the Periodic table.
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Top 3 Science Concepts for a successful school year
A few activities you may(or may not) have thought of for introducing science this school year.
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Play Card Games to teach Ionic Bonding and Chemical Formulae
Implement Game-Based Learning to Develop Student's Conceptual understanding of Chemical Formula
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3 Non-Boring Activities for Teaching Lab Safety that your students will love
Learn Three engaging activities that you can use to teach your science lab safety this school year.
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How to Teach Mole Calculations to Students who hate Formulas
There are some students who do not like dealing with formulas or symbols it is best to teach students using the unitary method.
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How to Teach Mole Calculations to Students who hate Math
The mole is a difficult topic to teach and Learn. Read how to use the Mole Triangle for students who hate Math.
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3 Reasons You Should not Teach Ionic Bonding as Electron Transfer
Research shows that teaching ionic bonding as electron transfer leads to a number of chemical misconceptions.
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How the misuse of the Octet Rule leads to misconceptions in chemistry
This full shell or octet framework is problematic such that it results in a number of misconceptions that can hinder a student’s progress.
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