7 Tactics for Teaching Chemistry to Uninterested Students

Do your students look at you like you’re speaking gibberish when explaining a new topic in chemistry? 

Do you get no response when you say, “Any questions?” at the end of class? If is your classroom some days, it’s time to grab your uninterested student’s attention.

It is so frustrating when you have spent 50 minutes explaining a topic and get crickets. I know. 
You think, “Did I explain it right? Did they just not listen? Should I have done more practice problems?”

No, they are bored. 

Have you thought about how far out of their world some topics in chemistry are? For some students, we might as well be explaining rocket science.

Rock their world by trying one of these fun tactics and see your students become sponges in your classroom. 

Yes, you may have occasional rowdiness (especially with #7), but they will be engaged. 
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And that involvement is what we all dream of seeing in our classrooms.

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