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  • November 2025 | Nuts & Bolts

    Why Metacognition is Important and How I Find Time to Include it

    The author presents three different strategies for developing metacognitive skills (awareness of one's own thinking processes) and discusses how she uses them in her own classroom while providing tips for other ways to use them.

  • September 2025 | Classroom Commentary

    Spectroscopy Puzzles

    In this article, the author shares about his experience developing a high school level elective science class that combines organic chemistry and spectroscopy to investigate forensic chemistry in a meaningful way.

  • May 2025 | Classroom Commentary

    Teaching Chemistry through Art

    In this article, the author shares how combining art and chemistry through culturally relevant lesson plans increased student engagement. She reflects on the chemistry concepts covered, the unit’s structure, and the impact on her students.

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