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How Do Other Countries Teach Chemistry?

September 12, 2022 CoScine
How Do Other Countries Teach Chemistry?
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Creative Chemistry with CoScine
How Do Other Countries Teach Chemistry?
Sep 12, 2022
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Have you ever wondered if there is another or better way to teach chemistry? Does everyone start school in August?

Stacy explains how science is structured in Australia and in Scotland. For example, there are 2 week breaks every 10 weeks in Australia, which Stacy explains helps with burnout. Australia also starts school in January.

Scotland also gets more breaks than the United States.

Stacy talks about the differences in teaching chemistry between the two countries. In Scotland, they start off talking more about the atom and periodic table.

8:30 Reference to the next interview in October
9:00 Stacy's science lab that uses cricket flour cookies
10:30 A lesson about seeing what does a mole look like in real life
13:30 Debunking a teaching myth in the US

Blog post on chemistry teachers including their hobbies to teach. Scroll down to 2/3rd the way down the page.

Stacy's Instagram Page ----> DM her sometime. She's super sweet and has so many great ideas.


Show Notes

Have you ever wondered if there is another or better way to teach chemistry? Does everyone start school in August?

Stacy explains how science is structured in Australia and in Scotland. For example, there are 2 week breaks every 10 weeks in Australia, which Stacy explains helps with burnout. Australia also starts school in January.

Scotland also gets more breaks than the United States.

Stacy talks about the differences in teaching chemistry between the two countries. In Scotland, they start off talking more about the atom and periodic table.

8:30 Reference to the next interview in October
9:00 Stacy's science lab that uses cricket flour cookies
10:30 A lesson about seeing what does a mole look like in real life
13:30 Debunking a teaching myth in the US

Blog post on chemistry teachers including their hobbies to teach. Scroll down to 2/3rd the way down the page.

Stacy's Instagram Page ----> DM her sometime. She's super sweet and has so many great ideas.