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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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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 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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Evidence-Based Methods for teaching Balancing Equations

In this post, you will learn the best methods for teaching balancing chemical equations to high school students based on evidence .

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4 Student Mistakes When learning to balance Equations (and how you can address them)

Students who struggle to balance chemical equations usually make the same mistakes. I have compiled four common difficulties.

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4 Mistakes we make when Teaching the Scientific Method

The Scientific Method is a fundamental topic for our science students, but there are mistakes we make year...here are four!

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Guidelines for Teaching Lab Safety

Teaching students about lab safety goes beyond just lab safety rules.

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What You Should be doing before Writing your Lesson Plan

Make your lesson planning more efficient by doing this before you actually being planning!

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My First Year as a New Chemistry Teacher: How I Nearly Quit

How I nearly quit my first teaching job and the lessons I learned

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Crafting the Perfect Lesson Plan for Science: A Guide to Maximizing Student Learning Outcomes

Instantly upgrade your lesson plan with these research supported steps to creating engaging science lessons.