Review for:Brainiac Alkali Metals

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posted: on February 20, 2007 at 5:30PM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Chemistry

Topic I was teaching:
Periodic Properties

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
To demonstrate the reactivity of the alkali metals

Course Level:
Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular, Remedial

How I/my students used the resource:
I used the video as an engager for the class discussion on chemical reactivity and periodic properties

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation

Strengths:
It is short and to the point and caught the attention of my students. They were more engaged in the class discussion.

It is downloadable, and i just embeded the video into my powerpoint for the day.

Weaknesses:
None

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