Although mirrors have been around for thousands of years, a German chemist made a breakthrough in 1835 that would make the modern manufacture of them possible.
Add some sugar to ammoniated silver nitrate, pour it onto glass: you’ve got yourself a mirror.
Students who took notes by hand scored ~28% higher on conceptual questions than laptop note-takers.
Writing forces your brain to process and compress ideas instead of copying them.
@mrhooker I was just having this conversation with other chemistry teachers recently. I was so inspired by other educators and got so many creative ideas from Twitter over the years. I miss it. 😢
@KatyDornbos I had an idea to do this a few years back. I was told that the safety concerns are too immense to allow students to do it because the container could explode with alcohols. Could you make a simulation in ChatGPT instead? If you figure out a safe procedure let me know!
Successful gallery walk in AP Chemistry today! Each student added to the images (see comment below) & more images.
Outstanding productive discussions ensued. Good luck to everyone on a Monday on the #APChemExam.
May the intermolecular forces be ever in your favor. #iTeachChem
@KatyDornbos@HisimNusret I made them for shifting equilibrium with temperature. They are reusable so no waste and no goggles needed since no open chemicals! They worked great. I sealed the end with hot glue but it was messy and the solution pushed out a bit. I will try Bunsen burner!
👋🏼 @KatyDornbos wondering if you’ve ever sealed chemicals in a plastic pipette before? I made some cobalt chloride equilibrium pipettes for my students to reduce waste but I wonder if there’s a better method than what I did. Any other chem fam have ideas?
@ToniaVilli65581 @billyl100@ASiudak How do you go from highlighting it Tuesday by inviting Kacy Musgraves out to not even playing the song!??? I just don’t get it.