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Archive: Master of Chemical & Life Sciences Program at the University of Maryland, March 4, 2021

The Master of Chemical & Life Sciences program offers a professional master's degree specifically suited to the needs of secondary school biology and chemistry teachers seeking graduate-level, content-based training in either of these disciplines...

High School Chemistry Life Science

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The Molecules That Make Me Unique

By Jomo W. Mutegi and Vanessa Gee

Middle School Chemistry Equity Inclusion Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies

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Using Student-Generated Questions to Investigate Chemical Reactions

By Hilary Gawne

High School Chemistry Labs NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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Sparking a Movement

By Matthew D. Stilwell, Chunhua Yao, Dale Vajko, Kelly Jeffery, Douglas Powell, Xudong Wang, and Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel

High School Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Engineering Interdisciplinary Labs NGSS Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM

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Implementing Peer-Led Team Learning and Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning in an Organic Chemistry Course

Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a small-group, collaborative problem-solving model that has significantly increased student performance in a variety of chemistry undergraduate courses and other STEM courses. Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning (cPLTL), an ...

By Sarah Beth Wilson and Pratibha Varma-Nelson

Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Chemistry Inclusion Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Why is something that’s happening out in the ocean such a danger to us on the land?

Informal Education Chemistry Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Environmental Science Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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How can growing seaweed help mussels?

Middle School Chemistry Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is essential for sound decision making...

By Kathleen Koenig, Krista E. Wood, Larry J. Bortner and Lei Bao

Postsecondary Chemistry Curriculum Labs Physics Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. The treatment group received an exam wrapper intervention, a series of four written exercises administered throu...

By Edith Rosales, Alla Chavarga, Evan Grandoit, Shoshana Mayer, Natasha Hackman, Milushka Elbulok-Charcape, Alison C. Domzalski and Gail Horowitz

Chemistry

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How does soap make dishes clean?

Informal Education Chemistry Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices