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Five good periodic table apps for students

Five good periodic table apps for students | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Below is a list of some good periodic table apps to use with your students in class.  They will help students solidify their knowledge about different chemical elements and their properties, and access a wealth of information on each of these elements ..." 

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Chemistry comes to Minecraft » Chemistry Blog

Chemistry comes to Minecraft » Chemistry Blog | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"There has been a spot of role reversal in my house of late. I’ve been at the Minecraft again and my kids are complaining. A while back Microsoft asked me and Joel Mills to work on the latest update of their amazingly popular game. And that update now includes a whole load of chemistry … "

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MEL Science launches virtual reality chemistry lessons -- THE Journal

MEL Science launches virtual reality chemistry lessons -- THE Journal | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"MEL Science, based in London, has launched a series of virtual reality (VR) chemistry lessons for K–12. The 3-year-old company this week released a MEL Chemistry VR app, featuring a virtual chemistry lab, for free on Google Daydream ..."

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Official names and symbols for four new chemical elements in the periodic table announced

Official names and symbols for four new chemical elements in the periodic table announced | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The chemical names and symbols of four new elements have been officially announced. Three of them honor the places their discoverers call home, and the fourth recognizes Russian scientist Yuri Oganessian ..."

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Get down and dirty with these immersive apps for science class — Emerging Education Technologies

Get down and dirty with these immersive apps for science class — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Chemistry, Biology, Geography, and More Will Come to Life With These Exciting, Highly Rated Apps! Hands-on experiences are second to none for learning, so this month’s Roundup is dedicated to hands-on science apps. Whether the app is designed to shrink ..."

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Next big future: The colors of the elements

Next big future: The colors of the elements | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"I wanted to write a simple article to show children to get them interested in chemistry. There is no gigantic cosmic idea here, just Wikipedia pictures and the common theme of pretty chemicals ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: Chemistry and counterfeiting - A TED-Ed Lesson

Free Technology for Teachers: Chemistry and counterfeiting - A TED-Ed Lesson | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"How to Spot a Counterfeit Bill is a fun TED-Ed lesson about money. In the lesson students learn about the chemistry of counterfeit detection ..."

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Teaching chemistry is my career and my hobby

Teaching chemistry is my career and my hobby | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Jim Baker went into teaching because he enjoyed passing on his knowledge. After 42 years, despite how much the profession has changed, he's not ready to switch off the bunsen burner yet ..."

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Tools for teaching in 3D | Ideas

Tools for teaching in 3D | Ideas | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Visualising amino acid, peptide and protein structures ..."

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Free Technology for Teachers: A large collection of virtual chemistry labs and lessons 

Free Technology for Teachers: A large collection of virtual chemistry labs and lessons  | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"I didn't plan for this to become "science week" on Free Technology for Teachers , it has just worked out that I have a backlog of goo ..."

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Free STEM websites for grades 6-12: Middle school and high school

Free STEM websites for grades 6-12: Middle school and high school | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"These 40+ free STEM websites: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are for grades 6-12; middle school and high school. Hands on science ..."

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App ed review roundup: Chemistry tools — Emerging Education Technologies

App ed review roundup: Chemistry tools — Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"This Month: Rubric-Assessed Smartphone & Web Apps for CHEMISTRY Think chemistry can’t be taught using instructional technology? Think again. This month, we’re sharing four of our favorite chemistry resources for creating reactions, safely mixing volatile chemicals in virtual labs, learning elemental ..."

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PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations

PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Free educational simulations covering a diverse topics designed by the University of Colorado available in various languages ..."

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Some great science simulations for visualising conceptually difficult topics
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How Minecraft could help teach chemistry's building blocks of life

How Minecraft could help teach chemistry's building blocks of life | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The online building game offers a way to explore the world of molecules like no other ..."

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My top six gaming resources for STEM teaching - eSchool News (registration)

My top six gaming resources for STEM teaching - eSchool News (registration) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Using games to teach, and adding gaming principles to the classroom, can make learning meaningful, engaging, and fun for even the most reluctant learners. I use games in my classroom in a few ways ..."

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