Teacher outline notes with teaching suggestions are provided that should be used as a guide to the slideshow presentations.  Additional teaching suggestions from the National Math and Science Institute’s Laying the Foundation are located on the site.  Matching student outline notes are provided, but we encourage teachers to have students convert these to Cornell notes.

• 3.2 TE Intermolecular Forces
• LTF The Dos and Donts of Teaching Intraparticle vs Intermolecular Forces
• 3.2 SE Intermolecular Forces

Previewed videos from reliable sources have been linked for each unit.  Teachers can use these videos to flip the classroom, reinforce new content, or review content.  Examples:  Bozeman Science Lewis Diagrams and VSEPR Models, Tyler Dewitt’s VESPR Theory Common Mistakes.   A variety of practice activities allow students to hone chemistry skills. 

Original inquiry laboratory investigations are added to the site as we continually update material to keep the site current and relevant.

In addition to hands-on labs and activities, suggested virtual activities have been created and/or included.   Some of these utilize free online sources like the University of Colorado’s PhET Simulations.  These virtual activities can provide ways to explore phenomena that are not easily experienced by students.

Every unit includes lab investigations from the National Math and Science Institute’s Laying the Foundation.  Each of these activities have keys for teacher use that should not be publicly posted.

In the LTF Teacher Versions of the labs, teachers will find information about how each lab is linked to NGSS and to Math and Literacy Standards.  These also include Teaching suggestions, sample data, and answers to questions with rationale.

A variety of formative assessments which can be used as CFAs when appropriate are provided for each unit including Data Set Questions (multiple choice), Synthesis Questions (short free response), and Math Quizzes.   Some authentic formative assessments are available in certain units.  The sample provided is a modification from a case study from the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science.  Teachers can obtain answer keys to these case studies from NSTA by providing a school email as proof that they are teachers.

A traditional summative assessment is provided in all units.  Each summative assessment incorporates writing prompts to provide practice for AP Chemistry-style free-response questions.  Samples are not provided for these since they are secure items.  Teachers are asked to respect this as well.