We should all embrace the redneck side of teaching. Simple. Functional. Unconventional. Odd. Even us hoity-toity chemistry teachers...

Are your lab reports too big? Probably. Over the past few years, I have taken a hard look at my lab reports from AP chemistry down to...

I’ve been using the flame test lab in the wrong unit. Have you? For years, I’ve always used the flame test lab in my grade-level...

You might do it too. The teacher before you and the teacher before them had a unit at the beginning of the year to teach dimensional...

In your students’ minds, significant figures are not significant. In fact, they are an insignificant inconvenience. Just a random thing...

Your students think they are clean in the lab. They aren’t. Every one of us, during the lab safety talk, mentions keeping a clean and...

I’ve been overcomplicating the way I teach periodic trends. Have you? The goal of teaching periodic trends on the table is to allow the...

You are asking the wrong questions to the kids who are coming into your classroom on the first day of school. How do I know? Because we...

I love the show “Alone” on the History Channel. It is one of my dreams to be on the show. Facing off against the unknown wild, trying...

And now for the notes from the final day of APSI chemistry 2023. 1. The Nernst equation and deviations are primarily tested...

Welcome to day 3 of the APSI 2023 in chemistry. Here are the top takeaways from today’s session. 1. In a buffer system, the weak...

Another day at the AP Chemistry Summer Institute completed. Here are my highlights from today. 1. Show animations for dynamic...

I am attending an AP Chemistry summer institute for the next few days. I will post a few highlights and valuable links so you can glean...

We did it! We made it to the end of the school year. Now it’s time to dive into a summer that will last approximately eight seconds,...

It’s that time of the year! Final-writing season. Writing a good, fair, time-sensitive final can be a challenge. I’ve written some...

Has this ever happened to you? You come up with a great idea for a lab. You can see how much the kids will learn by applying the...

Let’s play a guessing game on the most important thing to review at the end of chemistry. Significant figures? No. Stoichiometry? Not...

You’ve had this question before. “Should I have weighed my filter paper before I started filtering?” Duh. Of course, you should have. ...

MFEO. Teachers and catch-phrases are just that; Made For Each Other. And yes, I’m a male in my mid-forties who just quoted “Sleepless...

You write amazing questions. You create practice problems for your student that are deep and engaging. By writing all the questions, you...