Hi everyone, here are some free online interactive activities which I made that could be useful.

Please consider using and sharing your feedback :)

https://edtechsims.com/category/chemistry/
(The formulae writing games are really well-received by learners.)

(The glossary below may be helpful.)
https://edtechsims.com/category/chemistry-worksheets/

Hello!

I have a coworker who is adamantly vocal about “teachers not teaching their politics”. Which, I agree with. With various social movements and a divisive political climate I can see how tensions can rise when faced with information that appears bias. I know the line where I can’t say “Brazil is corrupt” but I can say “I don’t think the Brazilian government should deforest the Amazon jungle because…” and give a valid reason using CER thinking.

But, because the times we are in are just… so fucking stupid… when it comes to the cultism of Donald Trump fans, that logic goes out the window.

My question is… would I be deemed “political” to say I vehemently oppose the building of a data center in my community?
I can do CER thinking to support my knowledge (thanks to https://www.brockovichdatacenter.com), but also this is unprecedented and nebulous territory. I can infer to support my reasoning. But I don’t fully know.

We have data center proposal site in our town, and this is/will be an issue of political discussion where we live. To add to this (because surely, who would support a data center!?) Trump attacked voters who oppose data centers online, warning that they will have only themselves to blame if they “kill the Golden Goose.”

You know the cult of personality will follow this logic. I made the topic of data centers my rant last June. If I do it again this year, am I too political?

EDIT: to everyone saying “present the data and let the students decide.” Where is the data!?!? The website I linked is the best one I could find. The data is clandestine and it’s a “new problem”.

Hi everyone. I am a retired chemical engineer, have a professional teachers license, endorsed (Illinois) in both chemistry and physics, have a Masters in Teaching, and cannot get an interview.

I have been told, quietly, that I would not be considered.

My last job I was at had declining enrollment. A teacher had to go. I was hired the same time as a 25 year old female, who had an environmental sci background. She was rehired for a Physics/Chemistry class over me. I had helped her with very basic science concepts during the year we worked together.

Kids loved me...nice letters. Several wept when they found out i would not continue.

I can think of no other reason. ageism