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Three-Dimensional Optical Data Storage Chemists have made real advances towards the realization of three-dimensional optical data storage. Chemical and Engineering News (dyes that absorb two photons at infrared wavelengths...

Light Sticks and Chemiluminescence For Fourth of July excitement, it’s hard to top the celebration on the Washington D.C. Mall. In addition to the spectacular [...]...

Chemistry Quiz for Christmas In a little back street in Wilton, we find chemistry teachers Ebeneezer Jacobs, Ebeneezer Blizman, Ebeneezer Karas and Ebeneezer Gregory licking their tungstens with mercurial...

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Students Teaching Students in an Atmosphere of Discovery We believe that students learn best in a scholarly atmosphere in which cooperative learning strategies are used. Thus, lectures are minimized, students spend most of...

Shifting Grade Control to the Students We believe that students function best when they are in control, thus we have designed the course such that students accumulate points rather than average...

Students Are Given the Freedom and Responsibility for Their Own Education We believe that students are naturally curious and potentially enthusiastic about learning, thus we have tried to present an atmosphere in which students are given...

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Maintaining Individual Accountability with Group Assignments 42% of the student’s grade depends upon group work? Referring to the flow chart of second quarter assignments, it can be seen that there are...

Individual and Group Work Tests and quizzes, except in rare circumstances, are individual assignments. Students should not communicate with each other during these assignments. A list of quiz rules...

The 100% Rule of Group Assignment No student may score higher on any assignment than 100% of the test grade covering that assignment if the student has received an “L” on...

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The 100% Rule of Group Assignment No student may score higher on any assignment than 100% of the test grade covering that assignment if the student has received an “L” on...

Reducing Student Stress while Maintaining Rigorous Course Standards We face the difficult problem of attempting to assess individuals while most of the work and assignments are collaborative. We have a strong preference for...

Students Teaching Students in an Atmosphere of Discovery We believe that students learn best in a scholarly atmosphere in which cooperative learning strategies are used. Thus, lectures are minimized, students spend most of...

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Delocalizing the Teaching Staff or Who’s Up There Teaching Our Class Now? Since our program is research oriented with a strong emphasis on question development, it is essential that students have access to chemistry teachers at all...

Shifting Grade Control to the Students We believe that students function best when they are in control, thus we have designed the course such that students accumulate points rather than average...

Emphasizing the Processes of Science – De-emphasizing Truth We believe that chemistry is a process and a perspective; not a collection of facts and stories. Thus, we value our students developing a sense...

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Taking the Next Step: from Certainty to Ambiguity We believe that it is appropriate to teach chemistry with an emphasis on ambiguity. Measurements are not exact and must be understood as approximations. Words...

We hope to develop and inspire poets as well as scientists We believe in interdisciplinary education. We believe that all subjects are intimately related, yet these relationships are often ignored by teachers who focus on their...

The Student Centered Classroom with the Teacher as Guide and Colleague We believe that a teacher can best serve a student individually, rather than in a teacher-centered classroom. In this class, teachers function as colleagues rather...

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Ambiguity on Chemistry Our students entering chemistry appear well prepared to deal with certainties in a scholarly fashion. If A = B and B = C then A...

Concerning Students With and Without Learning Disabilities Recent requirements concerning the needs of special education students serve this concept well. Teachers must now make untimed tests available to large numbers of students....

The 150 % Rule of Group Assignments No student may score higher on any assignment than 150% of the test grade covering that assignment. First, how is the rule applied. A student...

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Chemistry Quiz Rules 0. Read rule 15 now. 1. When you wish to take a quiz, a. obtain one from the classroom quiz repository, or from your teacher...

The Mole Lecture Notes Earlier, we saw how the mass spectrometer could be used to determine the relative masses of atoms. We determined, for example, that Li had an...

Using worksheets to prepare for quizzes in chemistry Why worksheets rather than lectures? You will recognize that much of subject matter in our chemistry program is taught without lecture. It is not that...

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Chemistry Quiz Rules 0. Read rule 15 now. 1. When you wish to take a quiz, a. obtain one from the classroom quiz repository, or from your teacher...

Using worksheets to prepare for quizzes in chemistry Why worksheets rather than lectures? You will recognize that much of subject matter in our chemistry program is taught without lecture. It is not that...

Ambiguity on Chemistry Our students entering chemistry appear well prepared to deal with certainties in a scholarly fashion. If A = B and B = C then A...

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Advantages of combining different levels in one class Since our high school chemistry program is far more abstract and mathematically rigorous than our high school biology program, students who base their selection of...

Reducing Student Stress while Maintaining Rigorous Course Standards We face the difficult problem of attempting to assess individuals while most of the work and assignments are collaborative. We have a strong preference for...

Students Teaching Students in an Atmosphere of Discovery We believe that students learn best in a scholarly atmosphere in which cooperative learning strategies are used. Thus, lectures are minimized, students spend most of...

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