Chemistry Solutions
March 2019
Featured Article
Resource Feature
Magic Monday: Inspiring Students to Observe and Question in Chemistry
The article describes the author’s use of demonstrations to spark interest and investigation in chemistry. This teaching strategy has been both valuable and popular with her students.
Resource Features
Lessons by teachers with their inspiration for the activity or tips for how to implement the lesson.
In this article, a teacher shares about her colorful classroom activity for teaching chromatography.
Classroom Commentary
Reflections and perspectives by teachers about topics that affect chemistry education.
This article provides insight into how a teacher flipped her middle school science classroom and then integrated the NGSS storyline process of learning into the flipped classroom structure.
Nuts & Bolts
Functional tips you can implement in your classroom.
In this article, the author describes his emphasis on problem-solving rather than providing step-by-step instructions to students. With the use of examples, he explains how this focus has helped his students develop a deeper understanding of chemistry topics.
Applying Retrieval Practice Techniques in the Classroom
This article describes the author’s efforts to increase opportunities in her daily teaching practice for students to actively engage in practicing and retrieving information. Research has shown that these activities are very beneficial to long-term learning.
Tech Tips
How to incorporate technology into your chemistry classroom.
The authors share their success with creating chemistry tutorial videos and posting them on YouTube in order to support students outside of the classroom.
In My Element
Stories about teachers finding their way to the chemistry classroom.
The AACT Middle School Ambassador describes her somewhat unplanned journey to becoming a middle school science teacher. Her enthusiasm and passion for teaching students at this level are evident as she shares her experiences with the reader.
Teacher 2 Teacher
From the February AACTconnect Newsletter:
AACT is planning to release a new
collection of teacher swag in 2019! We're looking for our members to share some
of their favorite and most original chemistry puns to appear on some of these
items.
Submit your pun »
Our favorite submissions:
- Think like a proton, stay positive!
- If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate!
- If I could rearrange the periodic table, I would put U and I together.
Submitted by Jamie Flint
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Editorial
The March editorial is guest-authored by the AACT President-Elect, Heather Weck. Heather reflects on how the theme of color has impacted her and inspired her throughout her teaching career.
Simulation
In this simulation, students will reference an activity series and a solubility chart to accurately predict the products of single replacement and double replacement chemical reactions. Associated particle diagrams will be displayed to help students better comprehend the reaction at the particulate level. Students will also be asked to balance the chemical equation. The simulation is designed as a five question quiz for students to use multiple times.
Chemistry Fun
In this activity, students will solve a puzzle by using element symbols from the periodic table to fill-in missing letters.