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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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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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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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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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How to Teach Atomic Structure and Electronic Configuration remotely using Google Jamboard

In this post, I explain how I sequence my teaching of atomic structure and electronic configuration using Google Jamboard.