Chemistry can be your jam too!
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases from Amazon links on this site. It is that time of year again – where we make resolutions about how we can grow (or shrink) in the new year. This year I’m making a personal resolution and an educator resolution to be a better planner. Planning is key to every positive…
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You may have seen that the winner of the 2020 Miss America Pageant, Miss Camille Schrier, performed a science experiment for her talent. She carried out a large version of the Elephant Toothpaste demonstration in a dramatic, fun display that won over the crowd, the judges, scores of bloggers, and the vast majority of the chemistry teachers I interact with….
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I’m one of those people who really loves a paper calendar. It makes my heart happy to have a cute calendar with organized little notes in it keeping me on track. It works great…for my personal life. For my teacher life, I would be totally lost without my Google Calendar. I currently teach three different courses, over four sections. Two…
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I recently outed myself on being on the fence about lab reports (part of my post about NCSU’s LabWrite Program). Lab reports, in my opinion, do a great job of preparing students for the academia portion of the scientific world. They are designed to mimic scientific journals and prepare students for presenting scientific research. While I have a ton of…
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Can I make a confession? I’m on the fence about lab reports. Part of me sees the value in learning to write within a scientific context, but part of me sees them as a huge waste of time. In fact, the next post that is swimming around in my head deals with alternatives to lab reports (I promise to link…
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As teachers, we are creating things all the time. Everything from course materials, PowerPoints, newsletters, websites, bulletin boards, even t-shirts. I’m not a graphic artist and don’t consider myself overly artsy in the traditional sense, but I love designing things like this. Finding the perfect graphic, arranging items on the screen, choosing just the right font…The whole process is appealing…
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Hi! I'm Rebecca - an engineer turned educator who loves helping students find patterns in chemistry. The other roles I play in this life are Christian, wife, mom, weenie dog mom, and saponifier. Read More…
