Thu, Apr 21, 2016 6:01 PM in Dealing with poor math skills...
Is there possibly an issue with confidence in mathematics? Sometimes students have issues because they aren't sure how to connect the formulas to real life applications, so perhaps focusing on the units (such as crossing out units in stoichiometric problems) or using images may help. I am interested to hear what worked and what didn't, because this is a common problem with many general chemistry ...
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Thu, Apr 21, 2016 5:56 PM in Lab Dissections
One important piece of evidence in evolution is the similarities among embryos of different organisms. Perhaps dissecting a chick embryo and comparing it to embryos of another organism (either by dissecting or looking at photos, such as of human embryos) you can present this idea in the context of evolution. Another option would be finding homologous structures in different organisms, and having...
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