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Follow-Up: Inspired to try something new with stoichiometry
Inspired by Ben Meacham's post on stoichiometry*, I looked to modify the lab sequence for my IB Chemistry class for our unit on stoichiometry. And on a side note, I have put in an order for...
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Chemical Mystery #11: Too hot to boil?!
In this Chemical Mystery, a metal sphere is heated until it glows orange-hot, and then it is placed in some water. Watch what happens next:Can you explain these results? If you have any ideas about...
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Argument Driven Inquiry
What are we doing to help kids achieve?I first learned about argument driven inquiry through Ben Meacham's post (thanks Ben). The post got my attention. I was interested in both the stoichiometry; lab...
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Solution to Chemical Mystery #11: Too Hot to Boil?
Chemical Mystery #11In Chemical Mystery #11, a hot metal sphere is placed in water. As expected, the water hisses and boils away, and the sphere cools. Next, the metal sphere is heated to a much higher...
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What do you know about your students?
This post is a bit of a divergence from what you might typically read from me or from ChemEdX. It is not specifically about teaching chemistry but it is something I think we can all relate to. This...
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ACS Discoveries! - Making Science More Accessible
The American Chemical Society is offering a new service in hopes of making science more accessible to the public. Each week they issue a short collection of science articles, written in an interesting...
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Social Emotional Learning in the Chemistry Classroom
As a secondary science teacher, I have contact with my students everyday. Making relationships and learning about all of my students is key to letting them know that I am invested in their success.It’s...
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JCE 95.03 March 2018 Issue Highlights
Students Using and Understanding ChemistryThe March 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: demonstrations of...
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Especially JCE: March 2018
I like it when mainstream movies have at least a small moment that crosses over into chemistry application. In the classroom, using a brief clip brings one more point of connection to a concept,...
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Generating Curiosity With a Lab-First Approach
A few years ago, I started volunteering at an elementary school’s science night. Those kids literally run from table to table to see and experience and do all kinds of different things from handling...
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Pick - Adapting Assessment Tasks To Support Three-Dimensional Learning
jce-adapting_assessment_task_.pngThe recently published article, Adapting Assessment Tasks To Support Three-Dimensional Learning, follows another JCE article, Core Ideas and Topics: Building Up or...
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Some Like it Hot
In my class, I use the illustration of a mountain to help students push through the challenges of chemistry. Stoichiometry is the top of chemistry mountain. As we progress through the year, I say...
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ADI, Specific Heat and Getting Students to Follow Instructions.
What are we doing to help kids achieve?I just started using Argument Driven Inquiry. I have been stunned by the engagement of all types of students. I have also been amazed at the support from the ADI...
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Using Phenomenon-Based Inquiry to Begin Gas Law Study in an Introductory High...
Gas laws can be a challenge for many high school level students and teachers, for many reasons. The availability of gas canisters is, at least in my state of Colorado, mostly banned or restricted due...
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Stoichiometry - How the students do it.
"What are we doing to help kids achieve?"Stoichiometry is one of the most challenging topics to learn and teach. A quick search on this site for "stoichiometry" provides a long list of resources. I...
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What is Reasoning?
One main focus of the NGSS is for students to communicate explanations describing the causes of phenomena they have investigated, accompanied with arguments that provide compelling reasons to accept...
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Toward an Accessible Set of Chemistry Core Ideas to Help Students Make Sense...
I attended a professional development session on NGSS by Brett Moulding and Nicole Paulson based on the book they wrote with Rodger Bybee, A Vision and Plan for Science Teaching and Learning. My key...
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Embedding Green Chemistry principles into the Formula of a Hydrate lab
A traditional hydrate lab used to demonstrate the formula of a hydrate is the dehydration of copper sulfate pentahydrate. Most use a Bunsen burner as a heat source. At King Philip Regional High School...
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K-8 Day at BCCE
The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) is preparing an engaging program for K-8 teachers interested in teaching physical science or chemistry concepts in their classrooms.This summer...
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Hach Grant 2018
The founders of the Hach company established the Hach Scientific Foundation in 1982. One of the programs that has emerged from this foundation is the High School Chemistry Grant Program. This grant is...
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