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Hello! I hope you are having a peaceful end of the year with your students. For those of us in New Jersey, we end pretty late into summer season, but fortunately our time is winding down now. There is less than a week until our final exams begin, and what better way to kick off the start of summer with a few end of year celebrations? I hope you enjoy this last vlog of the Teacher Impact 2024-2025 series and find some inspiration for how to celebrate the end of the year with y

Hello! I cannot believe how quickly February has gone by! It's seven long weeks until my spring break, but I'm looking forward to mixing up my classroom environment with a few new activities and routines. Spoiler alert - one of these involves a unit menu! I hope this video inspires you to keep being the caring, innovative, and talented teacher you are!💙💛 🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more teaching tips, classroom stories, and science education inspirat

Hi there! I'm very excited to be back this week to share a bit about my teaching day with you. I'm finishing up my unit on the periodic table with my students and administering a quiz in AP chemistry using the new lockdown browser in AP classroom. Thank you for being here and I hope you enjoy this November vlog. 💙💛 🔔 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more teaching tips, classroom stories, and science education inspiration! 🛒AMAZON FAVORITES https://amzn.to/

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful week. It is crunch time for us AP teachers, and my week was FILLED with nonstop administration of cumulative exams - 12 class periods worth to be exact! While the recording of video content had to take a backseat this week, I still wanted to connect with you to offer some thoughts on the topic of test anxietyーparticularly with respect to offering tips for how I try to help my students overcome the stresses of taking high-stakes exams. Asses

FINALLY - made it to the last week before our winter break. I'm packing this week with tons of activities to keep my students engaged. In this week's video I'll be sharing my favorite way to do multiple choice question test prep with my AP students, but this can be used with any level of student as well as any content area. I'll also be updating you on how my covalent bonding unit menu is going with my CP chemistry students. I won't be posting next week because I'll be of

One of my most favorite ways to help students make sense of content is through card sorts. Sometimes though, I'm not sure how my newest creation will go, or frankly, I don't have the time to print, cut, and laminate all the cards. In this video, I'll talk about a brand new card sort I made for my AP chemistry classes and how I was able to cut down on my prep time. Thank you so much for watching! Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

Unfortunately this year my AP chemistry students have very minimal lab experience. One would think it would be really tough to teach all the preliminary lab skills they would have had in an in-person first year chemistry course. That's where flipped learning is coming in handy! You all know I'm a huge supporter of the flipped classroom, but not all teachers are ready for the time commitment associated with flipping their lessons. If you're looking to dabble in the flipp

Full transparency here; I actually went into school thinking this week's video topic would be about something entirely different. Similar to what you will see in this week's post, sometimes we need to change our plans in order to empower those that need it the most. I hope you enjoy the reminder in this unexpected, yet very necessary vlog. Thank you so much for watching! Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

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

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

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

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