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The purpose of this probe is to examine how students interpret a graphical representation of motion. The probe is designed to reveal whether students ...
NSTA Press Book
Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical fun...
By Thomas O’Brien
Book Chapter
The title of this chapter is a compact way of saying that it covers two separate branches of chemistry. The first is electrochemistry and the second i...
Book Chapter
This is the second chemistry book in the Stop Faking It! series—the first one is Chemistry Basics. This book introduces new concepts and expands on...
Book Chapter
This chapter is about states of matter and a section of chemistry called thermodynamics which is the inspiration (or lack thereof) for the chapter tit...
Book Chapter
To begin this chapter, you need to picture electrons in atoms as residing in orbitals—those fuzzy things that can be spherical, dumbbell-shaped, or ...
Book Chapter
The basics of chemical reactions were covered in the first chemistry book, including how to write and balance chemical equations that represent those ...
Book Chapter
Half a Life is Better Than None
Most of chemistry deals with chemical reactions and, hence, with how electrons in atoms behave either in single atoms or when those atoms get together...
NSTA Press Book
More Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It
Overwhelmed by orbitals? Terrified of thermodynamics? Agitated by acids and bases? Have no fear! This follow-up to the award-winning Chemistry Basics ...
By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.
NSTA Press Book
Science Education Leadership: Best Practices for the New Century
Achieving science literacy for every student is the common goal of all science educators. It requires leaders from a broad spectrum of the science edu...