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Teaching AP chemistry for the first time? In this video I share some easy things you can do to help get you ready to teach AP chemistry next year! I'll share 5 tips that will help you feel more comfortable teaching the course and preparing your students for success on the AP exam in May. Thank you so much for watching! Join AP Teach: https://apteach.org/ Join the AP Chemistry teachers FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/866651346744793 Dr. Kristen Vanderveen's websi

I've missed you! I hope you are doing well, and are looking forward to a restful summer. In this video, I'll share why I needed to take a break from YouTube and some of the exciting things coming up this summer. Thank you so much for watching! Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciting announcements. Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo PO Box 232 Raritan, NJ 08869

Anyone else drowning in grading this year? Feedback has been such a major part of my classroom culture this year, but it sure takes quite a bit of time to create, monitor, and grade my students' daily assignments. One tech tool that has made it SO much easier for me to keep on top of student progress is Formative. That's why in this video I wanted to show you how you can create self-grading worksheets out of the worksheets you already have! Thank you so much for watching!

This year has been full of firsts - first virtual back to school night, first virtual observation, and now my first set of virtual conferences. Even though my conferences will look different this year, there are a few things that I've been able to salvage that has helped me facilitate meaningful discussions with parents. In this week's episode, I'll be sharing how I planned and prepped for my conferences as well as some suggestions for how to set up your space to make navig

I have my first formal observation of the school year! I'll be sharing the lesson I planned, how I included my observer in my virtual classroom, and how it went. Thank you so much for watching! Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciting announcements. Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo PO Box 232 Raritan, NJ 08869

In the world of virtual teaching and learning it seems there certainly is a lot of trial and error associated with classroom organization. In this week's episode I'll describe how I've changed how I have my students sign up and engage in my extra help sessions. I hope this video inspires you to keep trying new things - eventually you'll find something that works well for you! Thank you so much for watching! Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciti

I'm excited to be back this week sharing how I've been using Google Slides to create engaging lessons for my chemistry students. Google Slides is a wonderful tool for creating presentations, but I certainly didn't think would be using it as much as I am for my daily lessons. In this video, I'll share how to create the portions of your activities that you do not want your students to edit, as well as share many artifacts that I have created and implemented from my own classr

Like so many of you, I'm feeling such a time crunch with just about everything this year. Between planning all virtual lessons, assessments, and labs, I've really struggled to find ways to help with how much time I'm spending grading and preparing for my classes. In this week's video I'll share how I had my students complete their AP chemistry FRQ and how I incorporated self-reflection to help students assess the quality of their work. Thank you so much for watching! Subsc

Even when students were physically in my classroom at the start of the school year, facilitating guided-inquiry activities were a challenge. In this week's episode, I'll share how I am facilitating POGIL activities in my hybrid classroom. Whether or not you are using POGIL, I think most of these strategies would be helpful for anyone struggling to incorporate group work during distance learning. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions of things that you do to ma

This week I'm taking my first crack at creating virtual labs for my college prep and AP chemistry students. In this video, I'll share how I created virtual lab experiences for both sets of students as well as share what worked well and what didn't. I hope sharing my experience from the week gives you inspiration and as always, I welcome any comments or suggestions! Thank you so much for watching! Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciting announce

How is your district handling back to school night this year? As you might have guessed, mine will be virtual this year. In this episode, I'll be sharing how I am creating and sharing the content for my virtual back to school night using a few tech tools. Enjoy! Thank you for watching! Karen Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciting announcements. Razz fan mail: PO Box 232 Raritan, NJ 08869

Hi there! I hope you had a great week with your students! Nothing like a 4-day week to ease us into the new school year. I'm really liking the way my classes are divided up in the hybrid schedule. I have my college prep classes on one day and my APs on another. We have 70-minute class periods following our hybrid schedule. I thought it would be valuable for you to see how I am spending class time with both levels of students. In this week's video I'll share how I am uti

Watch as I share how my first day of school went!

Welcome to the new home for all my future content! Looking forward to sharing my teaching journey with you from this new web location. Professional development? Curriculum materials? Blogs? Freebies? Now you can find all my content in one place. Subscribe to my mailing list for blog updates, freebies, and exciting announcements. In this week's episode, I'm heading into school to prepare for the upcoming school year. I'll be sharing what I've been up to this summer, and s