Chemistry Solutions
September 2015
Resource Features
Lessons by teachers with their inspiration for the activity or tips for how to implement the lesson.
A teacher shows how you can make stoichiometry calculations easier for your students to understand. He describes a process of visual cues in combination with a step-by-step problem solving method for students to follow. This method will allow students to successfully guide themselves through many different types of stoichiometric problems.
A high school chemistry teacher joins forces with an English teacher and a librarian to successfully implement an English class reading technique in a chemistry class. This article describes the collaborative process, as well as some of the specific assignments using a “close read” strategy, based on Kelly Gallagher’s book Readicide. The purpose of bringing close reading and current chemistry-related articles to the chemistry classroom is to help students see the relevancy of chemistry to their lives, to build background knowledge in chemistry, and to increase the amount of reading done by the students.
Classroom Commentary
Reflections and perspectives by teachers about topics that affect chemistry education.
The article describes a teacher’s experience when using Active Learning throughout his teaching career, and specifically the benefits of the Modeling Chemistry pedagogy. The reader will follow his journey through many years of teaching and the transformation in his methods and styles over time.
Nuts & Bolts
Functional tips you can implement in your classroom.
A teacher explains how to use an effective problem solving activity in the classroom, giving students the opportunity to learn from each other in a cooperative manner. Struggling students can gain insight into how their peers solve problems.
This article explains how a teacher successfully funds new experiments and activities with the necessary supplies, while faced with the financial burden of purchasing everything herself. Suggestions and examples of how to maximize resources and minimize cost are included.
A student suggests an alternative method to minimize the error in an exciting stoichiometry experiment.
In My Element
Stories about teachers finding their way to the chemistry classroom.
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