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Useful Media Resources
This website contains thousands of brief videos relating science to real-life situations. Some videos have discussion problems or brief essays associated with them. Additionally, each video comes with a list of related state and national educational standards, and the website allows you to narrow your search by learning targets if you know specifically what is desired.
Submenus allow browsing through content topics with much of the chemistry content falling under the category:
Physical Science --> Matter.
Specific topics are easily found by using the search feature. I especially think the Crash Course Chemistry videos are excellent and accessible to students of all levels and are around 10 minutes each.
http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=crash+course+chemistry&selected_facets=&selected_facets=
Interactive Online Activities
In addition to videos, there are interactive online activities that students can utilize if they have access to a computer.
For example, the activity “Molecular Shapes” is an excellent tool for scaffolding students to try to learn the 3D shapes of molecules in an interactive way that is much better than simply drawing the shapes on a board. A brief background essay and discussion questions are included. This topic, in particular, is difficult for students that are not able to think well in 3D, so by seeing the molecules and rotating them on a computer could make it easier for visual learners. In addition, I would have students build physical models on molecules in a later lesson.
http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.matter.molecularshp/molecular-shapes/
Another example is the “Metals in Hydrochloric Acid” example in which students can initiate and see graphical representations of metals reacting in acidic solutions. This activity could be used in an inquiry-based lesson in which students order metals by their reactivity while justifying their answers and putting forth possible explanations. Without access to multiple computers, this could still be used as a homework assignment or as a demonstration in class. The main goal is for students to connect simple observations (like how fast bubbles form) into a preliminary theory (like metal A is more reactive than metal B).
http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.matter.metalshcl/metals-in-hydrochloric-acid/
There are countless other activities for other topics.
Any activities that you think will be useful can be added as “favorites” for quick future access.
This website contains thousands of brief videos relating science to real-life situations. Some videos have discussion problems or brief essays associated with them. Additionally, each video comes with a list of related state and national educational standards, and the website allows you to narrow your search by learning targets if you know specifically what is desired.
Submenus allow browsing through content topics with much of the chemistry content falling under the category:
Physical Science --> Matter.
Specific topics are easily found by using the search feature. I especially think the Crash Course Chemistry videos are excellent and accessible to students of all levels and are around 10 minutes each.
http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=crash+course+chemistry&selected_facets=&selected_facets=
Interactive Online Activities
In addition to videos, there are interactive online activities that students can utilize if they have access to a computer.
For example, the activity “Molecular Shapes” is an excellent tool for scaffolding students to try to learn the 3D shapes of molecules in an interactive way that is much better than simply drawing the shapes on a board. A brief background essay and discussion questions are included. This topic, in particular, is difficult for students that are not able to think well in 3D, so by seeing the molecules and rotating them on a computer could make it easier for visual learners. In addition, I would have students build physical models on molecules in a later lesson.
http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.matter.molecularshp/molecular-shapes/
Another example is the “Metals in Hydrochloric Acid” example in which students can initiate and see graphical representations of metals reacting in acidic solutions. This activity could be used in an inquiry-based lesson in which students order metals by their reactivity while justifying their answers and putting forth possible explanations. Without access to multiple computers, this could still be used as a homework assignment or as a demonstration in class. The main goal is for students to connect simple observations (like how fast bubbles form) into a preliminary theory (like metal A is more reactive than metal B).
http://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lsps07.sci.phys.matter.metalshcl/metals-in-hydrochloric-acid/
There are countless other activities for other topics.
Any activities that you think will be useful can be added as “favorites” for quick future access.