Description: Work with faculty partner to identify units and teaching strategies of interest to shape a project.
Semester(s): Fall
Institution: Madison College
Department(s): Chemistry
Intern background needed: Other science backgrounds welcome. This is Freshman-level chemistry.
Course: College Chemistry 1 lecture and lab, ~ 65 students
Course info:
Course time/day: Past has been: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 – 11:20 am; Labs: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 – 3:20 pm and Monday and Wednesday 9:30 am – 12:20 pm
Challenges a project might address include: Large range of ability levels in the same class
Potential guest teaching topics/units: stoichiometry, chemical nomenclature, gas laws, calorimetry, enthalpy, acids, bonding, geometry, intermolecular forces
Teaching strategies of interest: Connecting my course to real-world student experiences, active learning techniques, technology-supported learning (online homework, blended learning, flipped classroom, videos, cellphones as clickers, etc.), inclusive teaching strategies
Teaching strategies currently used:
Contact: Christen Smith, CBSmith@madisoncollege.edu