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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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.
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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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How Exit Tickets can Transform your Teaching (if used correctly)
Design and categorize your exit slips to improve your formative assessment strategy.
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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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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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5 Mistakes I Made as a New Teacher and how you can avoid them
I think it would be appropriate for my first blog post ever to tell you my readers how I nearly quit teaching in my first month on the...
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How to write a lesson plan to maximize student learning outcomes
Instantly upgrade your lesson plan with these research supported steps to creating engaging science lessons.
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