If it were, everyone would be doing it.
Many teachers don't jump at the opportunity to teach chemistry because it can be super intimidating.
Atoms and molecules are so tiny they're invisible, so stringing together valuable demos and teaching content can be tough.
I know that you are committed to teaching your students everything that they need to know, and doing it in a way that is fun and engaging.
But most teachers struggle to keep up. Many teachers stay up late writing lesson plans, or grading papers. We even bring work home to work on during nights and weekends.
But somehow, no matter how hard you work, no matter how many hours you put in, you
can't seem to get ahead.
go in early or stay late at work
miss out on life happening around you outside of work
dream (or maybe can't sleep thinking) about all the things on your to do list
There are so many of us that are simply over worked.
We've come up with reasons that somehow this is the way it's supposed to be.
We've let ourselves get to the point that we largely shut down our personal lives from the first day of school until the start of summer.
Feel confident in your lesson plans for your every day teaching, observations, and getting your students ready for their exams or testing. You will leave work each day feeling prepared for tomorrow.
Both in your personal life and in your classroom you will find yourself with more time. With your plans working for you & not the other way around, you'll be leaving work at the bell. Plus next year, lesson planning will be a cake walk.
When your curriculum is written and setting you up for success, your lesson plans are quick to write. With that, you will have more creative energy to plan more of the fun activities you've always wanted.
Hi, I'm Kelsey, and I believe the best way to learn chemistry is while having fun!
My first year, I taught chemistry in a retired art classroom with no equipment or chemicals. I relied on my course structure to provide rigor where my supplies fell short.
I'd spend my best days at school writing plans and trying to keep up with my job, all while missing out on LIFE.
I realized the only way to get 150 kids to care about chemistry when we couldn't "mix all the potions" was to get them involved and engaged with the content.
Since then, I've implemented interactive notebooks, games, pixel art, plenty of (almost) chemical free labs and story telling into my chemistry classes.
When I couldn't WOW my students with the chemistry itself, I found more "regular classroom" friendly ways to bring chemistry to life.
The way to bring chemistry to life is all in the planning. With all of the moving parts of teaching, it's hard to get any time to focus on what's important to you: Teaching Chemistry.
If you're spending all your time planning lessons, you don't actually have the time to create the experience of learning chemistry for your students.
It's truly the best part of the job. Nothing in this world brings me as much joy as the look on a student's face when they truly understand the magic of the world around them.
In doing this, you can spend the school year with less stress, and get down to enjoying the work you do each day.
5 Units (see more below)
Lots of Templates
Video stream on demand class to complete on your own time
Priority rank in Kelsey's inbox to have your questions answered
A 12 hour professional development Certificate for your records
We will review your standards and learn how to read them.
Next, we will sort all of your standards into your units, using my chemistry curriculum outline as a baseline.
Then we will take a look at recurring themes that will indicate a need for spiral review.
Then we will sequence your big ideas to create a good flow that has kids building knowledge in a logical order that reduces the need for reteaching (and saves time).
We will write a syllabus that outlines how your course will be taught.
We'll start by identifying the valuable parts of a unit plan, and fill in those using the standards. Then we will pull your vocabulary terms.
The we'll tentatively plan your first few months on a curriculum calendar to start your school year off right!
Lastly, I'll show you how I use a unit plan to write a test (or at least get one drafted).
This is my favorite part! We will review your observation rubric and build you a lesson plan template that will serve you.
Next we will develop a few variations of that plan for your various activities.
Then we'll look at my lesson planning schedule that'll have you copy & pasting your plans from here on out!
Next we will look to both curate and create learning resources for your students and finally, talk about using bell ringers as spiral review.
We will take all of your teacher versions of your plans and modify them for student use. This will get your students organized and increase accountability for them, thus reducing yours!
We'll finish the course with some classroom management things like dealing with absent students, notebooks, when to test labs and differentiation.
Here's where you can find templates. They're also going to be throughout the course for you to download as you need them, but if you need to refer back, here's the place to go!
I get it; you're busy and this is the summer time!
You can take as much time as you like to complete the course, though I recommend doing a lesson or two a day over your summer vacation.
Because this is done on YOUR time, there is a 12 hour PD certificate available to you.
Anybody who is teaching chemistry can find value from this planning course, but I feel that it would be most valuable to teachers that are new to chemistry, new-ish to chemistry, haven't taught chemistry in a long time, or are looking for a refresh.
Having only taught AP chemistry once (during the hybrid year) I wouldn't color myself as confident in that area of teaching chemistry. If you are here, I'll help you all that I can, but please know this summer camp wasn't designed for AP Chemistry teachers.
Each state, county and school district has their own rules for how they accept professional development. The summer camp will have at least 4 hours of video content, but with time needed to act on the knowledge, I provide a 10 hour PD certificate. If you are unsure if this certificate would be accepted in your district, please follow the proper channels for approval before purchase.
You have access to the course for the lifetime of this site and the course, which is guaranteed to be a minimum of one calendar year from the date of purchase.