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I want my students to learn that they can come back from challenges and be successful. They can approach their lives the way we approach chemistry. Take risks, problem solve, and keep trying when you don't get it the first time.
-Cynthia

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I like to think that my role is at both extremes: reduce phobias about chemistry and excite students to the joy and wonder of chemistry -Michael

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I like to think that my role is at both extremes: reduce phobias about chemistry and excite students to the joy and wonder of chemistry -Michael

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Hopes for students to use what they learned in my class and apply it to their own goals in life. The world is changing and students need to learn flexibility and how to apply their critical thinking skills.
-Vanessa

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I just had a student (graduated 2010) reach out to go for coffee. I often have alumni come back in to share their post high school experiences with my current students. I hope that's how they feel...still connected. After struggling through together, we're forever bonded in a way.

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Critical thinking is empty if approached with lack of empathy

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I hear back from students that my classes were fun and they learned a lot

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I hear back from students that my classes were fun and they learned a lot

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probably mostly because I get out of the way & let them work with each other most of the time

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IF i do my job...kids will remember how to treat intellecutual persuits with humanity

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Critical Thinking Skills, or Claim-Evidence-Reasoning process to evaluate information. How do we know stuff? How do we "fact-check" it? -Michael

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Critical Thinking Skills, or Claim-Evidence-Reasoning process to evaluate information. How do we know stuff? How do we "fact-check" it? -Michael

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I teach this class for the love of chemistry and show the students that they can do chemistry (it's not as scary as most make it seem). My role is to motivate them and let them know that they can do it.
-Vanessa

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Because I’m the only Chemistry teacher at my school- haha

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Because I’m the only Chemistry teacher at my school- haha

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I’m kind of forced into the role of AP Chemistry teacher, and this will be my first year teaching it, so I’m excited to learn what my AP students need and how I can help them to be successful.
-Sarah

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I am the mythbuster a lot of times lol

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Kristine - I see my role as mostly a guide and cheerleader

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I always tell students about a time in college when I had difficulty with my chemistry homework. I didn't really have a good teacher in high school and  there were some gaps I had to overcome. I teach this class because I want my students to have a fighting chance to reach their goals. I want them to learn that there will be a time when they too feel that they can't do it, but it's all about trying again when they fail.
-Cynthia

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My goal is that they say they learned how to actually critically think. 

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My goal is that they say they learned how to actually critically think. 

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Whether it relates to chemistry, school, or just daily life, I want my students to be able to see a problem and figure it out by thinking about it critically.
-Sarah

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That they are able to use their advanced thinking skills to succeed in a college class, job, etc.
-Vanessa

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I first taught AP during my first years as a teacher and I was awarded the task after teaching as an undergraduate in the lab/ recitation sessions at Pitt. I took over after changing school years later and never looked back. I feel like the students that I encounter in AP are most likely to "use" the chemistry they've learned in the class. It's also one of the toughest classes their junior year, so I love working through that with students and celebrating their accomplishments at the end.

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if ever there was a need for science literacy....it's now!!

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problem solving, collaborative work,  math applications along with conceptual understanding.

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see the challenge of a college course, start learning the behaviors & study skills required

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No matter what pathway our students take, they will most likely be pushed to problem solve and collaborate with others. AP Chemistry offers the opportunity to solve really hard problems!

-Cynthia

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at the most basic level? to understand the world around you