
How I Start my Chemical Reactions Unit - Episode 15 | MsRazz ChemClass

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Using Student Choice In Station Learning
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QR Code Scavenger Hunt - 'Chemistry of the Holidays'
Holiday break is quickly approaching and I decided to create something new (and exciting!) to kick off our holiday break. In this episode, I'll share how I created my 'Chemistry of the Holiday's' QR code scavenger hunt and some of the details on how I started my unit on intermolecular forces.
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My Favorite Holiday Lab
This is my favorite chemistry holiday lab. It's so easy to prep, and a great lab to help introduce properties of solutions. Watch as I discuss how I modified Flinn's Borax Crystal Ornament lab to incorporate properties of solutions and include a plug for the US Crystal Growing Competition!
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4 Ways I Modify Unit Menus for CP and Honors Chemistry
I have to admit, I've been spoiled. This is the second time in five years I've had multiple preps. It can be hard to keep things straight, especially when planning unit menus for different classes. In this week's video, I'll share four major differences in my planning and design for the honors and college prep chemistry covalent bonding unit menus.
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Conferences and Five To Thrive
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend with your family and friends. In this video, I'll discuss how my parent conferences went last week (spoiler alert: don't watch my IG story!) and one of the ways I will be engaging in self-care during the crazy holiday season.
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Focusing on the Learning Instead of Grades
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This number was the inspiration behind this video. What does it represent? Well, this is the record for the greatest number of times a student logged into my online gradebook to check their grades in one month. And if you're doing the math, yes, this student checked their grades, on average, about 12 times a day. Astonishing isn't it?
Each year I've been chipping away at what seems to be an obsession with grades, to now placing more emphasis on the learning process. In this video I'll share how certain practices encourage my students to focus on the learning process as opposed to the numerical grade in the online gradebook. My hope is that you too will not only find comfort in knowing that you are not alone in dealing with this obsession, but that you will have tools in your toolbox to further promote the importance of learning and reflection.

Using Consumer Products in my Bonding Unit
Due to the NJEA teacher convention and a district-wide day of professional development, I only saw my students two days this week. It was a weird schedule, but I tried to make the best of it by engaging my college prep chemistry students in a new phenomenon. In this week's episode I'll share how I incorporated consumer products into a new phenomenon for our unit on bonding.
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Halloween FUN 2019!
The week of Halloween has finally arrived! This year was an extra special Halloween celebration as my students participated in a digital escape room entitled, "The Elements of Halloween." In this episode I'll explain how I made some new modifications to the digital escape room to make it more engaging. I'll also share an extra activity I did with my honors chemistry students to celebrate this exciting day.

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Starting Our Unit on Periodic Trends

My First Observation
What a week!
Between Week of Respect, my SGO being due, and preparing for my first observation it was quite the busy week. Despite all that though, I was able to carve out some time to share what I did for my formal observation. This post is definitely a shorter video and I think you can clearly see my Friday teacher tired, but nonetheless, I thought it was still worth sharing what I did to prepare for my observation and how it went.
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What's in my gradebook?
Happy Fall Y'all!
In this week's episode, I'll share an overview for how my grading philosophy has changed since changing teaching jobs, and how I incorporate formative assessments into my weekly routines. I'll also explain the system I use to input grades into my online gradebook, and explain the methods I use to grade formative assessments.
Please leave a comment about your own grading philosophy or any interesting grading policies your school district may have.
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