Re: chemistry manipulatives
Posted by Candi in WI on 8/16/08
On 8/05/08, claire wrote:
> I'll be teaching chemistry this coming year for the first
> time. In the past I've relied heavily on manipulatives when
> teaching biology.
>
> I have found a couple of cool chemistry manipulatives
> online, but would love any others that you can recomend.
>
> Thanks! Claire
I have been teaching chemistry for the past nine years, and
have recently come across some great ideas my students loved!
Many of the ideas I have gleaned from www.nclark.net, which
is a great resource.
Idea 1: For naming ionic compounds and writing formulas.
Check out these links:
http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/chemistry/formulaWritingNamingCompoundsLab.pdf
and
http://www.gpb.org/files/pdfs/gpbclassroom/chemistry/labDiceTemplate.pdf
After hours of making the paper dice, which seemed so flimsy
that it almost brought me to tears, my husband went out the
workshop and cut me wooden blocks (about 4cm on each side).
It was truly an act of love, and I will forever be grateful -
it made the tears go away. Use the wooden blocks to teach
naming ionic compounds. I made 12 sets, one for each set of
partners in my class. On six sets, I wrote names. On the
other six, I wrote ion formulas. Each set consist of THREE
blocks: a monotomic cation (written in red), a monotomic
anion (written in blue), and a polyatomic ion (written in
green). Using the instructions on the worksheet, my
students loved it, and it really reinforced the concepts.
Idea 2: Use gumdrops, marshmallows, and toothpicks to create
molecular models when teaching VESPR theory. I even brought
out frosting and mini- m$m's so they could attach lone pairs
to the central atom.
Idea 3: From the nclark site (I think..), search the "Hog
Hilton" activity to teach Hund's Rule, Pauli Exclusion
Principle, and the Aufbau Principle for orbital filling. They
will not know how it possibly relates to what they are
supposed to learn until you teach them the rules and it makes
TOTAL sense. And, they think it is cute....
Idea 4: Create "I have.....Who has....?" cards for each unit
as a review; if you don't know what this is, and online
search will answer it quickly.
These are just some off the top of my head, and I hope they
help.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- chemistry manipulatives, 8/05/08, by claire.
- Re: chemistry manipulatives, 8/05/08, by Kevin.
- Re: chemistry manipulatives, 8/16/08, by Candi in WI.
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