{"id":252,"date":"2017-08-09T16:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/?p=252"},"modified":"2017-08-09T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T23:49:38","slug":"lesson-41-t-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/2017\/08\/09\/lesson-41-t-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 4:1 T-GEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">SOLUBILITY<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>I don\u2019t usually teach science, so am not quite sure how to state a known challenge of the students. I looked at the list of interactive simulations and picked a topic that I thought would be very useful in a classroom and build this short T-GEM lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Topic: Solubility of Ionic Compounds<\/p>\n<p>Generate \u2013 Create interest \u00a0in the topic by asking students open-ended questions to engage their thinking and learn more about how much the students already know about this topic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does soluble mean? Insoluble?<\/li>\n<li>What are some things that are soluble\/insoluble?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Evaluate \u2013 Learn from simulations, have students predict the solubility of elements from the periodic table, then have them try out the different combinations of elements on interactive simulation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulation\/sugar-and-salt-solutions\">Sugar-and-salt-solutions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/en\/simulation\/legacy\/soluble-salts\">Salt and Solubility<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would even try bringing in some simple items found in the kitchen to have students test out solubility though hands-on research experiments. \u00a0Learn about how temperatures can affect solubility as well.<\/p>\n<p>Modify \u2013 After trying elements out in the simulation, I would suggest that the students bring in safe items from home to test out their solubility, and experiment on how they can change the solubility if possible based on what they\u2019ve learned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>Khan, S. (2007).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/sce.20226\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Model-based inquiries in chemistry<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Science Education, 91<\/em>(6), 877-905.<\/p>\n<div id=\"APA_text\" class=\"apa left pas brdra citation-copy\">Khan, S. (2011). New Pedagogies on Teaching Science with Computer Simulations.\u00a0<i>Journal of Science Education and Technology,<\/i>\u00a0<i>20<\/i>(3), 215-232. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca\/stable\/41499394<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOLUBILITY I don\u2019t usually teach science, so am not quite sure how to state a known challenge of the students. I looked at the list of interactive simulations and picked a topic that I thought would be very useful in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/2017\/08\/09\/lesson-41-t-gem\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49911,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1704,2422],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etec-533","category-module-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/wanyiwong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}