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Sun, Nov 17, 2013 10:05 AM in Do we cover too much in chemistry?
I let the skill of the students dictate (some what) the speed of the class but I do keep them moving forward. At the end of the school year, we usually get thru the gas laws as well as acids and bases. I follow the state standards and just do the best I can as long as the students understand and can do the work.
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Sun, Nov 17, 2013 9:58 AM in Chemistry In the Early Grades
The best advise I can offer is to relax and enjoy the subject. You don't have to get into all the little details I expect of my high school students. Discuss how salt or sugar reacts when added to water. Get a small amount of a pH indicator (red cabbage juice works wonders) and show how an acid produces a different color than a base does. Talk about how different color inks are really made of diff...
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Sun, Nov 17, 2013 9:53 AM in Why Learn Chemistry in High School?
While I don't have any suggestions as to articles, I will say that the study of Chemistry is important because it provides training in a way of critical thinking. My students find this to be difficult but I have had some return from their first year of college and thank me for teaching them how to think through a problem; that is how to approach the solving of a problem in a logical manner.
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