Chemistry – Class 2
Period B – Wednesday, August 28th Class Business Collect safety documents demonstrating location of safety equipment safety quiz name cards Homework Read Chapter 1 Section 3 Take the Self-Check on … Continue reading
Chemistry Honors – Class 2
Dates Periods A, C – Wednesday, August 28th Period D – Thursday, August 29th Class Business Collecting safety rules demonstrating location of safety equipment safety quiz in groups – submit … Continue reading
AP Chemistry: Class 2
Period E – Thursday, August 29th Class Business Collect Homework from Summer Assignment Course Document Location (see link on the right side of page) Lab Notebooks Test There are 6 … Continue reading
Chemistry Honors – Class 1
Periods A, C, D – Tuesday, August 27th Class Business Digital textbook – checking in Where are documents? [LINK] Dropbox shared folder Big Idea – What is this chemistry all … Continue reading
Chemistry – Class 1
Period B – Tuesday, August 27th Class Business Digital textbook – checking in Where are documents? [LINK] Big Idea – What is this chemistry all about? Demo observe the demonstration … Continue reading
AP Chemistry: Class 1
Period E – Tuesday, August 27th Class Business Make sure your Dropbox folder is set up Place chapter notes (PDF) in this folder Hand in homework on paper Big Idea … Continue reading
Texting with Students
At the risk of appearing overly partial to a commercial product, I feel compelled to write about a powerful communication tool that I will use this year: Remind101. The service … Continue reading
Chemistry – Class 0
Period B – Monday, August 26th Class Business Welcome Digital textbook Class web site Blackboard Big Idea – How do I survive this course? Just. Keep. Working. Don’t worry about grade … Continue reading
Chemistry Honors: Class 0
Periods A, C, D – Monday, August 26th Class Business Welcome Digital textbook Remind101 Class web site Big Idea – How do I survive this course? Just. Keep. Working. Don’t worry … Continue reading
AP Chemistry: Class 0
Period E – Monday, August 26th Class Business Welcome Digital textbook Remind101 Class web site Big Idea – How do I survive this course? Just. Keep. Working. Don’t worry about grade … Continue reading
Digital Textbooks
Blah, blah, blah (new beginning)…. blah, blah, blah (digital classroom)… blah, blah, blah (classroom of the future)… If you know me then you know that I have been stretching to … Continue reading
AP Chemistry Summer Assignment 2013
Welcome to AP Chemistry! While it might seem rude to pile work on your plate during this glorious summer, it is absolutely necessary to start the year as close to … Continue reading
Mel-Mel
On most days I feel as though I am a complete idiot. This is not because I don’t know “stuff” or because I don’t occasionally have success at my chosen … Continue reading
Hall of Fame
I remember the first chemistry class I ever taught. I remember so many details that it would shock my family, as I am regularly accused of forgetting almost any detail … Continue reading
Analyzing AP Performance
In this post I will take a look at some performance data objectively, a topic about which I preach constantly to my students. Before doing so I must comment on … Continue reading
Oh, the joy!
Why am I a teacher? Next year marks my 25th year since the start of my teaching career, which makes it sound more impressive than all that. In fact, the … Continue reading
AP Chemistry – Final Exam Administered
How It Went Down The final exam in AP Chemistry was administered over a two-day period this week. The thinking is to simulate the actual AP Chemistry exam, which takes … Continue reading
Robotics Go-Carts
The class Go-Cart project proceeds in unexpected ways. Both teams are unsatisfied with the basic parameters of the project and have added structural and design extras. Team Colin Team John
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