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Episode 35: Teaching Graphing Skills to High School Science Students: A Step-by-Step Approach
Episode 35: Teaching Graphing Skills to High School Science Students: A Step-by-Step Approach
Have you ever asked your students to make a graph, only to discover that they have absolutely no idea where to start? Yep,...
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Episode 34: 3 Hand-on Matter & Change Activities for High School Chemistry
Episode 34: 3 Hands-On Matter and Change Activities for High School Chemistry
Matter and Change can sometimes feel like one of those basic vocabulary units in high school chemistryābut I actually think itās a great...
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Episode 33: 3 Activities to Strengthen Scientific Number Sense in Chemistry
Episode 33: 3 Activities to Strengthen Scientific Number Sense in Chemistry
Can your students do the mathā¦but struggle to understand what the numbers actually mean?
I remember sitting in my own honors chemistry class,...
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Episode 32: What Chemicals Do You Really Need in Your Chemistry Classroom?
Episode 32: What Chemicals Do You Really Need in Your Chemistry Classroom?
If youāre a new chemistry teacher staring at your chemical storage room wondering, āWhat do I actually need?ā ā this episode is for you.
Over...
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Episode 31: The Chemistry Survival Guide- A better Way to Teach Classroom Procedures
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In this episode of The Confident Chemistry Teacher Podcast, Iām sharing a problem I run into every year during the first weeks of school: How do I make sure every class hears the same procedures and...
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Episode 30: What to Include in Your Course Syllabus
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What belongs in a chemistry syllabus...and what can you leave out?
In this episode of The Confident Chemistry Teacher Podcast, I'm walking you through the sections I include in my own chemistry...
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Episode 29: Reflecting, Surveying, and Planning for Next Year
š§Ŗ Episode Summary If this school year felt chaotic, overwhelming, or just plain exhaustingā¦ you are definitely not alone. In this episode of The Confident Chemistry Teacher Podcast, Iām walking you through a simple...
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Episode 28: Summer Goals That Actually Work (Without Burning Yourself Out)
If you ended this school year feeling behind, scattered, or like you were constantly playing catch-upā¦ this episode is for you.
Iām walking you through exactly how Iām planning my summerāso I can feel organized,...
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Episode 27: The Root Beer Lab- From Sublimation to Ocean Acidification | Fun Earth Day Lab
š§ Episode 27: The Root Beer Lab ā From Sublimation to Ocean Acidification
If your students love lab daysā¦but struggle to connect them to actual chemistry concepts, this episode is for you.
Today Iām walking you...
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Episode 26: Why I Teach Environmental Chemistry (Even When Itās Not in the Standards)
Episode 26: Why I Teach Environmental Chemistry (Even When Itās Not in the Standards)
Letās be honestā¦this time of year can feel a little chaotic.
Testing is coming, students are getting a little squirrely š
, and itās...
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Episode 25: Managing Lab Materials Without Losing Your Mind
šManaging Lab Materials Without Losing Your Mind
Lab days are powerful. Theyāre hands-on. They deepen understanding. Students love them. But letās be honestā¦ they can also feel chaotic and overwhelming.
In this...
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Episode 24: How I Run POGIL Activities
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In this episode of The Confident Chemistry Teacher Podcast, Iām sharing exactly how I run a POGIL in my chemistry classroom ā from setup to grading.
Youāll discover how to get students collaborating...
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