When I used to teach, I would begin a topic with a multi-media PowerPoint presentation to introduce the topic and for a few other reasons, one of which was to get some laughter from the students!
This is the introductory presentation I used to introduce my chemistry students to the topic of Chemical Bond.
Chemistry, not unlike its less popular cousin, Physics ( :D ), uses many symbols and they can be pretty confusing. Especially, when their meaning changes with just the type (regular or italicized) or the case (upper or lower case) of the font.
How well do you know them? Test your knowledge here.
When crystals in the Chemistry lab interact, it's not always crystal clear what is happening...unless you know Chemistry!
When liquids interact, there's lots to talk about in Chemistry. In this particular challenge, my students had to figure out what happens when two liquids are mixed.
Gunpowder chemistry in the classroom! My first year IB Chemistry students prepare gunpowder mixture and test them. The results, of course, are quite dramatic!
How do we count things that cannot be counted directly, such as the number of sand grains in the Sahara desert? And what does that have anything to do with Chemistry?