Best Practices
The Practice of Science
Big Ideas
1 page of lab safety hints and rules
An invitation and guide line to experiment with experiments and increase learning
Classroom practice on 'Class Dollars' example
Description of an introduction to the concept of the mole & Avogadro's number
Description of the 'Famous scientist Project'
Detailed description of a review game for any grade or subject
Disposal of reaction products and chemicals
Enhance critical thinking of lab results with related questions
Enhancing your curriculum with science articles, PPT with links
Forensics document and handwriting analysis lab
Hemisphericity quiz for students to explore whether they are right or left brained
Household hazardous waste referrence chart
Idea for a general procedure to teach in multiple forms to address all learning styles
Lab and activities to reinforce measurement concepts
Learning strategies and activities and some geology information
Look at 3 scenarios and evaluate them from a scientific method perspective
Management ideas to increase student productivity and demonstrate the process of an experiment
Methods for disposing chemicals
Metric lab to practice metric measurements and scientific tools of measurement
Narrative lab reports answer lab questions in an essay
Operational definition of science poem
Outline for studnet design of an experiment
PowerPoint slides from a critical thinking presentation on teaching in science
Reinforcing scientific method with a 9 book classroom game
Ruler activity exploring a basic concept of significant figures
Short critical thinking assignment to complete in the first few minutes of class
Some instruction on creating a PowerPoint
This demonstration shows the potential harm of wearing contact lenses in the lab
This demonstration illustrates the importance of using clean glass ware in the lab