Reflection 5

One website I found was called The World of Chemistry. The URL for this website is http://www.learner.org/resources/series61.html . This website offers free videos to show in a classroom and offers ideas on how to use these videos in your classroom. It offers videos on everything related to chemistry from color to molecules to the periodic table. This can be used in an educational setting to show experiments that are not done in class, or it can be used to further explain a topic discussed in class.

The next website I found offers a place to view chemical reactions through animation and detailed explanations of each step of the reaction. The URL for this website is http://www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sections/projectfolder/animationsindex.htm . This website would be useful in the classroom because it allows the students to further understand what happens in a chemical reaction. They are able to see, step by step, what occurs. This is not always easy when seeing the reaction first hand. The animation offers a 3-D view of the reaction as well, rather than seeing it drawn out on a piece of paper.

The third website I found was about the periodic table. This is an interactive website that allows you to learn more about each element. It offers general information about the element and also has some videos that describe reactions involving this element. It offers links to real-life situations so that students will be better able to memorize the periodic table. It is a useful tool when students are trying to memorize the periodic table. The URL for this website is http://www.webelements.com/ .