Laura Swiatek

chemistry teacher 🧪 #modchem neuroscience research fanatic 🧠 soccer coach ⚽️

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

⁦@pgliljedahl⁩’s newest version of meaningful notes for BTC really drove some incredible conversation today - in both the construction of the notes and in their revision upon seeing other groups’ boards.

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

Incredibly grateful for the opportunity to attend #BTCC23 and learn from some brilliant educators. ⁦⁦@pgliljedahl⁩’s passion for working to understand how students learn best is so contagious! What an impactful two days!

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@paulandersen just delivered one of the most meaningful PD sessions I’ve ever attended. His mini-lessons on NGSS science and engineering practices align perfectly with @pgliljedahl’s BTC non-curricular thinking tasks, which were also game-changers for me. My mind is blown!

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@ReitzChemistry Would you be willing to share materials for this stoich unit? I’m starting it soon and would love some new inspiration!

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@aserkin I believe sour taste buds are just hydrogen ion receptors!

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@fisicahulk @tuttleimages This is how I do it. Also, prior to reassessment, they must fill out a reflection form and conference with me. They must provide evidence that demonstrates efforts to improve mastery.

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@ashleyjjwhite “Team” or “folks” works!

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

I don’t know why it took me 12 yrs to do this, but I gave students a measurement w/ unit and asked them to draw the instrument from which it was taken. It REALLY helped them understand why we care about sig figs and helped me to identify lingering misconceptions. #modchem

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

My second decade of teaching has begun and I’m trying to soak up the Marie Curie vibes

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

At the end of the day, there is nothing more important to me than this.

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@AtomsNMolecules Yes! Scientists don’t throw the word “theory” around lightly. It’s confusing for students because colloquial use of the word is very different from scientific use.

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

I always wait to address this until it comes up organically in class discussions, but WOWZER - the misconception that theories become laws once they are better supported by evidence is a really persistent one.

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@a_burg_teacher DM me your email address and I’d be happy to send you what I have 😊

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

Final lab of the year in IB Chem is the one with the cleanest data: four-way voltaic cells

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

Investigating salt hydrolysis with universal indicator 🌈 bonus: students had an opportunity to review how to prepare solutions properly

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

When you finish the day with seniors and it’s 80 degrees, you teach ICE tables outside ☀️

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

@bulleribio I overheard lots of “ah-ha!” moments during the assessment as they discussed content AND test-taking strategies (a bonus I didn’t really consider ahead of time).

[Laura Swiatek @SwiatekScience]

Loving partner assessments in IB chem! The learning continues on test day and it is so fun to hear 🧪

[Mary B Whalen @marybwhalen]

Dr. Kathleen Stuller, a science teacher at Olentangy High School, is working on a project to show her students the variety of science fields and careers as well as the variety in the people who do science. 1/2