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3 Essential (digital) resources for Teaching Matter and Separating Mixtures

Here are three activities that I use with Google slides ᵀᴹ to engage students with matter, mixtures and changing states.

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.

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.

Play Card Games to teach Ionic Bonding and Chemical Formulae

Implement Game-Based Learning to Develop Student's Conceptual understanding of Chemical Formula

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.

3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Teach Ionic Bonding as Electron Transfer

Research shows that teaching ionic bonding as electron transfer leads to a number of chemical misconceptions.

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.