Interactive notebook how to#
Interactive notebook series#

This page is a summary of information about single replacement reactions and how to predict the products of these reactions. If you have a handout that you already use and like, remember that it’s easy to use it on the page either shrink it down so it fits onto the page (make a booklet if necessary) or tuck it into a pocket.

I would strongly recommend a 5 types of reactions lab for the leftside of this spread. On the particle level representation side, you could choose to have them represent the lab data specifically, or go very general with just using unidentified symbols to show how the atoms rearrange.

Inside, they use some kind of symbols to fill in the general formula (AB + CD → AD + CB for example), then I have them find a real-world application. The front is intentionally blank so that you can have them label the flaps with whatever terms you like for the various types of reactions. I have students do a little bit of research to fill this in themselves. Rightside - 5 Types of Reactions FoldableĪgain, this is another pretty straight forward foldable.

Interactive notebook series#

For more in-depth exploration of reactions (especially if you are going to use the Activities Series and/or Solubility rules) consider using some or all of the more in-depth reaction pages listed below. For the shorter option, just do spread 2 below. On ChemEd X you can find a Balancing with Legos activity and Balancing Equations with Molecular Models.Īfter this spread, you have options. There is an excellent PhET sim for balancing, and I also like this Balancing Equations Card Lab.

I have used several different activities in the past. Keeping in mind that the leftside should have students interact with the most important concepts from the rightside, I always have this leftside activity focus on balancing. See video 1 that shows me flip through through this notebook for how I do that option. Tomm and published on ) is very easy to divide into sections and paste onto your page as flaps and in pockets. The classic, excellent balancing worksheet called Balancing Act (by T. If you want more interactivity, my suggestion for an easy, alternative way to format this page is to do what I call dissecting a worksheet. It’s a powerful tool for helping students restate their learning and create a record for future reference.Ī note here – this page is so straightforward because the students are using it as a summary after they have done a couple of days of exploring balancing and thinking about how reactions are formatted. This is not how I have traditionally used my notebook (which you will have noticed if you read my blog post on How I Use Interactive Notebooks) but I really like it a lot. I have successfully changed how my students use the notebook – students do activities first, explore the concept and start to master the content, and then the notebook is filled in as a summary. If you have more time and plan on doing a lab series that allows students to spend more time predicting products of various reactions, the 4 layout unit will probably fit your needs better.Īs I mentioned in the Periodic Table Notebook post, I am trying to lead with activities and then move into concepts, so I will do the lab first. This year, I will be shorter on time at the end of the semester and will do one stations lab (over two days) that shows all the reaction types so we will do the single layout for all 5 reactions. So which one do you choose? I firmly believe that this unit should be spent almost entirely on lab activities. If I have the entire span of time from Thanksgiving to the end of term to spend on this unit, then I spread it out into 4 pages: Anatomy of an Equation Single Replacement Reactions Double Replacement Reactions and Combination, Decomposition and Combustion. This year, we will only have a two page spread – Anatomy of an Equation (balancing and general vocabulary of reactions) and then Types of Reactions. Based on the year, this notebook varies in length.