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I am wrapping up this YouTube season of 'Teacher Renewal' by sharing three updates with you. I'll be sharing my teaching assignment for the the 2022-2023 school year, some artifacts from my AP chemistry projects, and updating you on my summer plans. To be honest, the end of the year feels a little different this time around. I hope once you watch this week's episode you will let me know if you've been experiencing the same thing. Thank you for coming along on this teachin

It's another sign - we're making ice cream, so the end of the year MUST be here! But this isn't ANOTHER ice cream video, although if you haven't seen that one, I do have it it linked. Anyway, this video is about some easy things that you can do to make your time prepping at the beginning of the school year easier. In this video, I'll share four things I'm doing to make my transition back to school in September a little less stressful. Do you prep anything for your return

June is FINALLY here and all signs point to school being almost over! In fact, today is 'last test day in science' meaning that this is the last day science subjects can administer major assessments to their students. All that's left for my students is to review! I look forward to using this extra time to work on my AP summer assignment and catching up on my grading. If you are already out of school for the summer I hope you are enjoying your summer break, if you are stil

Looking for some engaging ideas for what to do with your kids after their AP exams? I am so excited to share what my students have been working on this week! I'm really happy with how it all came together, and I am loving what I am seeing so far in my classroom. I'll also share what my CP kids are working on and talk about some of my favorite demos that I use to describe the factors that affect the rate of reaction. Purchased any of my products? Share best practices in my

First let me assure you this isn't supposed to be clickbait! Instead, this is my honest advice on how you know when it's time to leave your current teaching position. As you'll soon see, the grass isn't always greener, and the path isn't always direct. But by watching this week's video I'm hopeful you can avoid some of the missteps I have made so that you can ultimately land the best teaching position you've ever had! Purchased any of my products? Share best practices in

Today is Final Exam Review Friday! Technically, final exams are over a month away for us. We start after labor day and final exams take place mid-June. But, for the reasons you'll see in this video, I feel completely justified starting to review so early! This week, I'll share how I kicked off my final exam review. Please leave a comment down below for any other final exam review strategies that work well for you. We certainly are better together when we share best prac

I love grading... said no teacher ever! Well that's not entirely true, I do recall enjoying it a little bit when I first started teaching. However, the novelty quickly wore off as soon as I recognized how much time I spent grading during personal time. In this video, I share 5 ideas that I currently use to cut down on the time I spend grading. These are things I've learned over the years that have helped save my time and sanity! Please leave a comment down below for any

I missed you all last week! I'm back to school after my spring break and I certainly jumped right back into things! This week I created TWO brand new card sorting activities. In this video I'll be talking about the card sorts I created for both my CP and AP chemistry classes and how I used them to help my students review for their assessments. Thank you so much for watching! MY CARD SORTING ACTIVITIES Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

I made it! It's the day before my spring break starts! In this week's video I'll be sharing one of my all time favorite labs that I do during my solutions unit with my college prep classes, as well as how I am helping my AP students study smarter not harder for the AP exam. Please leave a comment down below for any strategies that work well for you and your kids during exam review season! Thank you so much for watching! JOIN EDPUZZLE THE SOLUTIONS LAB DISCUSSED IN THIS VIDE

This year more than ever before, my students are really struggling to retain content. I'll teach a lesson, students will 'learn it', then it's gone from their memories. In this week's video I'm sharing why I think that is, and how I am trying to improve retention of content using four easy to implement strategies. As always, please share any strategies that are working well for you. We certainly are better together when we share best practices! Thank you so much for watch

What's your favorite stoichiometry lab? Mine used to be using solutions of lead(II) nitrate and potassium iodide to measure the mass of lead(II) iodide precipitate. But when I changed jobs, my current district does a far less time consuming (and safer!) lab for this unit. In my video this week I'll share the details about the air bag lab and how I prepped my students to perform calculations with the ideal gas law. As always, please share any strategies that are working wel

Ready to start your unit on stoichiometry? Check out the four changes I'm making in how I approach this unit. As always, please share any strategies that are working well for you. We certainly are better together when we share best practices! Thank you so much for watching! JOIN EDPUZZLE STOICHIOMETRY LESSONS STOICHIOMETRY LEARNING STATIONS Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

Great, you flipped your lesson! But now what should you do during class? In this video, I share three easy ways to plan for your students so that you can make the most out of your class time. As always, please share any strategies that are working well for you. We certainly are better together when we share best practices! Thank you so much for watching! JOIN EDPUZZLE Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

This year, more than any other year since I started teaching, it seems that if the work doesn't get done in class, it won't get done at home. It seems that for many students, homework is taking a backseat to many of the activities and commitments made outside of school. I've tried a lot of different strategies to encourage students to complete their homework, and as I'm sure you know, some are more effective than others. In this video, I share the top three strategies that

It's lab day for my CP chemistry classes and we're doing another one of my favorites: types of chemical reactions! In this week's video I'll talk about the changes I've made to the lab set up (spoiler alert! it involves stations!) and talk about why doing a lab like this is so important for chemistry students. Thank you so much for watching! Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

It's lab day for my AP class, and we're finishing up our chapter on equilibrium. I decided to do a lab on Le Chatelier's Principle because I think it will really help my students to ACTUALLY SEE how different stresses can affect equilibrium position. It's my first time doing this lab with the AP class and also as a set of stations. In this video, I'll describe what each station entailed as well as discuss how I modified this lab to meet AP chemistry expectations. Thank you

Over the years, I have had quite a few requests about how I use do nows in my classroom. In this video, I'll share my five favorite ways to use do now time with my students, AND spoiler alert - not all of them involve making copies! Thank you so much for watching! BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES CLASSROOM CULTURE CARD SORT Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

Grading lab reports take so much time! That's one (of a few!) reasons I don't assign them. In this video, I share why grading student lab reports is a waste of time, and how I assess the content of the lab instead. I'll also update you on how my 'work less' week went and spoiler alert - it went much better than expected! Thank you so much for watching! LABS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

I am so grateful to have my students back in school with me, but this was by far the most exhausting week since the start of the school year. I'm burning the candle at both ends. In this video, I'll share what's going on and talk about the activities that I did with both sets of my students this week. Unfortunately we were told not to do lab with the students, but I am hopeful that will change next week. Please watch till the end - I have a special message I would like to

We're back from our holiday break... and back to virtual instruction. It's tough coming to terms with being thrown into virtual teaching again. Within a day I could already feel such a sense of hopelessness from both students and colleagues. Fortunately I was able to teach from school, which is good because home renovations aren't conducive to holding live Google Meets! As much as it was hard to go back to teaching like this, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I