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You all know I love to start off every unit with a phenomenon. The more authentic and real-world, the better! It seems though that each year I struggle with how to start my unit on Periodic Trends, so this year I'm trying something different. I'm using an activity to help my students learn the science by doing the science. In this week's episode I'll share how I'm starting the unit, and a short SEL strategy I'm trying in my classes. Thank you so much for watching! Razz Fa

It's lab day for my CP chemistry classes and we're doing one of my favorites: the flame test! In this week's video I'll talk about how I prep my students for how to do the lab as well as compare the different ways I've conducted the lab with students over the years. What's your favorite way to do the flame test? Why? Thank you so much for watching! Razz Fan Mail: Karen Randazzo | PO Box 232 | Raritan, NJ 08869

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