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Balancing Equations simulations

Started Apr 16, 2011

A fabulous titration simulation

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Started Mar 26, 2011

Teaching VSEPR theory
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If you teach past Lewis Structures in Chem 11 and go into VSEPR Theory, I found this excellent activity for students to do at home. Here is the webpage:…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Trevor Schofield Apr 29, 2010.

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"I'm looking for some new Christmas Chemistry puzzles...does anyone have any they would like to share?"

Dec 13, 2011

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Megan Ryan posted an event

Teaching Strategy – Using Concept Attainment for Sr. Chemistry. at HJ Cambie Secondary School Richmond

October 21, 2011 from 12:45pm to 1:45pm

Concept attainment is a teaching strategy that encourages students to problem solve and work together. By evaluating teacher designed exemplars and non-exemplars of a concept, students construct a set of rules to explain that concept. In this presentation, we will discuss how to set up a concept attainment lesson. This teaching strategy will be modelled by a lesson that can be used in Chemistry 12 where students construct the concept of "spontaneous redox reaction" using a table of…See More

Oct 11, 2011

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Megan Ryan commented on Lionel's blog post No More Optional Provincial Exams - Only Five Left

"I,too, wS sad to see the Prov. Exam disappear. I do not think the exam forced teachers to " teach to test". Rather, teachers were required to teach the curriculuum to an appropriate depth. I believe that the exam was a standard that I used…"

Sep 12, 2011

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Balancing Equations simulations

There is a website called "Phet" from Colorado University that has some great simulations. This one helps student learn how to balance equations. The balancing game is very good - with students able to choose the difficulty level. The website is http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balancing-chemical-equations To see the other simulations available, just google "Phet" and their home page will come…See More

Apr 16, 2011

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A fabulous titration simulation

I have just finished Lab 13G in Essential Experiments - the huge titration lab. As a means of reviewing titration calculations, and a lead into titration curves, I had my students play with a titration simulation at titration sims. Students get to choose the titration type - weak or strong acid vs strong base. Students must also choose an indicator and…See More

Mar 26, 2011

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Megan Ryan commented on Don Franklin's group CHEMISTRY

"Argh!! I'm not in the school this week - Looking forward to seeing it on Monday! If the texts made it to Chilliwack - they should be in Langley. "

Mar 9, 2011

Annette replied to Megan Ryan's discussion Which students are writing the Chem 12 Provincial Exam...and why? in the group CHEMISTRY

"Very few of my students write the chemistry final. The only ones who write are those looking for scholarship money. I give an in-class final worth 20% of their grade. A student writes only one final, mine or the provincial. If a student does not…"

Feb 11, 2011

Juan Pineda replied to Megan Ryan's discussion Which students are writing the Chem 12 Provincial Exam...and why? in the group CHEMISTRY

"At Vancouver College, I have a final exam that weights about 30% of their mark. So B students have to keep working if they want their mark to remain levelled, C students may decide to keep working so things do not collapse completely. However, by…"

Feb 11, 2011

Megan Ryan added a discussion to the group CHEMISTRY

Which students are writing the Chem 12 Provincial Exam...and why?

I was at the Chem 12 Provincial marking session last weekend. The numbers of students writing this exam is certainly less than a few years ago. For my own students, I'm finding that very few plan on writing the exam. We are a year long school so it becomes very difficult to motivate graduating students to study and prepare for an exam they don't need to write when it is getting warm outside and grad parties are in full swing. I would estimate that about 10-20% of our chemistry students…See More

Feb 10, 2011

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Megan Ryan replied to Lionel's discussion Work Text Thoughts .... in the group CHEMISTRY

"I'm quite excited - we are ordering some of the Chem 11 worktexts. In our school, this will come out of our science department budget - which is shrinking year after year. While I did not get enough for a class set, I hope to have…"

Jan 31, 2011

Megan Ryan commented on Don Franklin's group CHEMISTRY

"Oops - thanks Chris..."

Nov 17, 2010

Megan Ryan commented on Don Franklin's group CHEMISTRY

"Working through Mole unit with my students - there is an error on p. 37 when calculating the % composition. The molar mass of glucose is 342.0g. The %H = 6.4% %C = 42.1% and %O = 51.5% Correct?"

Nov 16, 2010

Megan Ryan replied to Don Franklin's discussion MOLE Chapter - FEEDBACK from Test Drive sites in the group CHEMISTRY

"Hi Sandy - thank you for your detailed comments. I think a visual would help alot. As teachers, we get it, but I think students really struggle with the idea of relative masses. Quite often in class I do a "relative mass" activity with my…"

Nov 5, 2010

Megan Ryan replied to Don Franklin's discussion BC Science Institute - Chemistry Session Updates in the group CHEMISTRY

"Here is a copy of the power point presentation I used at the Institute. I am always looking for ways to improve my assessment or student knowledge. In particular, I would like to have more summative assessments that are not tests. I would love to…"

Oct 25, 2010

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Oct 17, 2010

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Megan Ryan replied to Chris Toth's discussion Chem 13 News Periodic Table Project

"I do a simpler version of this in my class where each student chooses a different element and represents some information about that element on a piece of paper. We hang the elements up around the room, sometimes assembling them into families.…"

Jun 21, 2010