Chemistry DIY for Your Classroom

In today's post, I'm going to percentage amongst y'all some unproblematic DIY for your chemical scientific discipline unit.  This is something my didactics buddy too I created this previous schoolhouse twelvemonth for our STAAR Review Camp, but I mean value it's definitely something nosotros volition last using during our chemical scientific discipline unit of measurement for years to come.

It's an Atom Building Model that's magnetic.  And the best purpose is, nearly of the materials nosotros used were things nosotros already had approximately the classroom.

In my classroom, I accept two dissimilar atom model sets.  The start 1 shown below damage somewhere inward the $50 arrive at too the minute model pictures runs much higher, inward the $70 range.  I similar both of them for dissimilar reasons, but buying to a greater extent than of these for my students simply wasn't going to happen.

WHAT IS SCIENCE : I wanted some magnetic atom models that had a nucleus, iii unloosen energy levels, too enough of protons, neutrons, too electrons to allow my students to create atoms for atomic numbers 1-20.  I've noticed that inward club for my students to principal the construction of an atom too retain this data all twelvemonth long, the fundamental is to practice, practice, practice.

So, amongst all of the creative geniuses inward my scientific discipline department, nosotros came upwards amongst a much cheaper version, that I genuinely ended upwards liking fifty-fifty more.



Many teachers accept pocket-size dry out erase boards inward their classrooms to allow students to tape an respond too tally it upwards to exhibit the teacher.

The boards nosotros accept are one-sided....until now!  On the dorsum side of each board, nosotros lightly mitt sanded, hence painted on some magnetic paint.

 

After allowing these to completely dry out overnight, nosotros finished it upwards amongst a few lite coats of the white spray paint.

The adjacent steps were done amongst my favorite crafting tool, the Silhouette Cameo.  I used it to create an unloosen energy score template out of cardstock.  All nosotros had to create was lay it on the painted side of the board too lightly spray pigment it amongst dark paint.  I also purchased some printable magnetic pages from Amazon too created all of the magnetic subatomic particles.  And I used the Silhouette to cutting them all out.  You could also utilization a pocket-size circle punch to speed upwards the procedure (but I couldn't imagine cutting them out past times mitt - I made a lot!)