Description

With the powerful strategies shared in this workshop, you will learn simple, yet exciting ways to capture (and keep) attention in your science classroom. Meaningful, motivating, and fun lessons are designed to build understanding of important chemistry concepts and expand investigative skills. In this workshop, learn to help students work as scientists do by identifying questions to test and systems to experiment on, designing experiments, establishing protocols to follow, and collecting data. You will also learn to help students use this information to formulate claims that can be substantiated by their findings and subsequently shared, allowing for open discussion, debate, and scientific argumentation.

Watch clips from a Chemistry with Charisma workshop and clips of kids investigating self-inflating balloons.

Suitable for: educators working with middle and high school students

Books/written instructions: Copies of Volume 1 and/or Volume 2 in the Chemistry with Charisma series will be provided, depending on the duration of the workshop. Books are made available at 40% off retail price.

Workshop durations, topics, and lessons: These will be customized to meet your needs. View the downloadable Table of Contents and National Science Education Standards for the workshop source books listed below to see the available content for this workshop.

Chemistry with Charisma Volume 1

Chemistry with Charisma: Volume 1
How can a whoopee cushion inspire students’ enthusiasm for learning chemistry? With this powerful book, you will learn to use whoopee cushions—and many other fun items—to capture (and keep) attention in your classroom! Meaningful, motivating, and fun!… Middle and high school students will love this selection of 24 lessons designed to build understanding of important chemistry concepts and expand investigative skills. With a combination of teacher demos and hands-on experiences, Chemistry with Charisma helps each learner connect with ideas and information in unique ways. 24 Lessons that Capture & Keep Attention in the Classroom "This is an ideal addition for an individual teacher's library and would be an asset to a preservice program to help teachers develop skills for fostering inquiry." Reviewed by Daniel Kujawinski, NSTA Recommends

Purchase from our partner Educational Innovation.
Price: $21.95

Chemistry with Charisma Volume 2

Chemistry with Charisma: Volume 2
Meaningful, motivating, and fun!. Middle and high school students will love these selections of lessons designed to build understanding of important chemistry concepts and expand investigative skills. With a combination of teacher demos and hands-on experiences, Chemistry with Charisma Volumes 1 and 2 help each learner connect with ideas and information in unique ways. "Either with Volume 1 or on its own, this would be an ideal addition to an individual teacher's library and would be an asset to a preservice program to help teachers develop skills for fostering inquiry."—Daniel Kujawinski, NSTA Recommends

Purchase from our partner Educational Innovation.
Price: $21.95