A Must Read for Beginning Teachers

This article has 23 lab starter ideas that can be done with easy to obtain materials. The author wanted lab ideas where students created their own procedures, etc. for lab experiments. Thi... See More

This article has 23 lab starter ideas that can be done with easy to obtain materials. The author wanted lab ideas where students created their own procedures, etc. for lab experiments. This brought more inquiry into the classroom!!

Great Introduction to Inquiry in Chemistry

This article introduces inquiry and then steps the teacher through implementation of inquiry with the example of a lab investigating the effectiveness of antacids. I liked this example beca... See More

This article introduces inquiry and then steps the teacher through implementation of inquiry with the example of a lab investigating the effectiveness of antacids. I liked this example because it provided a real world problem for the students to work with while applying concepts typically found in an acid-base unit in the high school chemistry class. They then provided 23 examples of inquiry investigations that could be conducted by students on a variety of other topics. A definite worthwhile read!