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Ionization Energy Worksheet Meets Data-Driven Discovery: A New Way to Teach This Periodic Trend

We’ve all been there—you spend time preparing an ionization energy worksheet (or searching for a free one online), expecting it to solidify student understanding and provide a source of reference...
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modeling makes mathematics more manageable when teaching chemistry

An Ions Activity That Makes Math Manageable: How to Use Mathematics and Computational Thinking in NGSS Chemistry

Teaching high school chemistry often feels like teaching math in disguise. If you've ever thought, "I didn’t realize I signed up to be a math teacher!"—you’re not alone. Using mathematics and...
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science teacher explains how to teach a lesson on octet rule for 3-dimensional learning with NGSS

Developing and Using Models Makes For Optimal Octet Rule Evidence!

You just finished teaching a lesson and you're feeling really great about it. You've led a discussion and engagement was okay. You're sure your students are "getting it" so you try to go deeper. You...
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secondary science teacher throwing away octet rule worksheets to use NGSS cross-cutting concepts lesson instead

These NGSS Cross-Cutting Concepts Will Make Your Octet Rule Worksheets Outstanding!

If you’re a high school chemistry teacher, chances are you’ve leaned on lecturing, notes, rote memorization, and drill practice using octet rule worksheets to teach the octet rule concept and...
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how to engage students in arguing evidence to determine periodic patterns in electron configuration when teaching NGSS chemistry

NGSS Chemistry in Action: Electron Configurations, Evidence, and Periodic Patterns

Surely, you’ve encountered that classic classroom question: “Why do we even have to learn this?” Whether it’s recently come from this year’s classroom or your own distant memories as a student,...
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a high school chemistry teacher explains how developing and using models is the best way to teach an electron configuration activity

Empower Students with an Engaging Electron Configuration Activity

As a visual learner, chemistry always came naturally to me because it's a subject where abstract concepts are brought to life through models. Chemical...
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high school chemistry teacher with an inquiry-based science lesson about atomic radius periodic trends

An Inquiry-Based Atomic Radius Exploration That Makes Chemistry Class Exciting

Teaching periodic trends like atomic radius, ionization energy, and electronegativity can feel like a repetitive cycle of definitions, drills, and practice. Many high school chemistry teachers stick...
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high school chemistry teacher leading a lesson on bohr model of the atom using inquiry based lesson

An Inquiry-Based Bohr Model Activity To Spark Colorful Curiosity

Teaching the Bohr model is often where the journey of understanding chemical change begins in high school chemistry. Using this Bohr model activity as part of a larger inquiry-based science lesson...
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