International mindededness – the story of ozone
One strength of the IB Chemistry syllabus is the environment theme...
Category Archives: IB Chemistry
Thinking about salt hydrolysis
Salt hydrolysis is difficult. To help my students grapple with this...
Cisplatin and thalidomide – stereochemistry in action
This activity explores the implications of stereochemistry in drug design and...
Polyamides – a spiders story
Today in class my students were learning about condensation polymerisation reactions,...
There is a lot going on when halogenalkanes and hydroxide ions react
Today, I used my own variation of the generate-sort-connect-elaborate routine from...
Is organic synthesis an artistic creation?
Students in IB Chemistry need to be able to write reaction...
When an IB Chemistry student speaks
When an IB Chemistry student speaks there are lots of reasons...
Design thinking for educators toolkit
Our IB Group 4 project this October was a design challenge....
Making science visible
68 students 14 ideas 2 days 1 community In October our...
Radioactive
Radioactive is one of my favorite books. Thank you Jim Happer...
