education
Like many in academia this fall, I've been teaching remotely. Last week I got particularly frustrated trying to explain molecular geometry and its influence on molecular polarity. For years this part of the semester has been the time when I bring in the model kits (students love model
profLife
When I was an undergraduate, I was told not to expect snow days. The rumor was classes hadn't been canceled in 20 years or some such. They were canceled at least twice in four years. In graduate school, I was told the University never closed campus for bad
teaching notebook
I occasionally read through my teaching notebook to get a sense of what tools, techniques, examples, activities and strategies seemed to work well for my classes. This is not educational research (yet), but it is a collection of my observations and ideas that others may find useful when tackling new