AP Chemistry Classroom

The classroom will contain all the essential equipment, tools, resources, and chemicals needed for the learning and hands-on experience that the AP Chemistry students will need. In order to create a professional laboratory atmosphere similar to industrial labs these students may work in, all the glassware, safety materials, and provided chemicals will be surrounding the students.
The kidney tables are used for groups of three students. These groups will be used for several assessments, lab exercises, class discussions, and presentations. Each group will have their own lab table in the back of the room. The groups will be used in order to build relationships between the students when completing their assigned tasks. The kidney table at the …show more content…
The goal for the classroom community is to function like a chemical laboratory. This functionality promotes and demonstrates effective communication in between students and instructors. Lab groups may seek advice from other groups when completing lab exercises. This will require the members of the community to have Rapport with each other. Rapport will be established within the student and teaching bodies of the classroom (more on that in the next section) via a series of Classroom Meetings. The benefits of Classroom Meetings have been provided by the work of Marvin Marshall. These meetings will allow the students to be active in discussing some of the structures associated with the class. These students can also share some insights on their lives and experiences that can create student-student relationships. The student-student relationships will be focused upon, and if professional rapport can be established between the students, bullying in the classroom will not be an issue. The rapport between the students will produce a network of individuals who will support and defend each other. Classroom Meetings can resemble department meetings that chemists attend while working at a laboratory. The meetings will begin with a focus topic or question that I pose. Then the students will respond …show more content…
student led meetings based on my focus questions and topics). This learning environment allows the young adults some freedoms, as long as, the students follow the classroom rules and procedures in a mature manner. I will also observe and track students’ behavioral patterns, and from these patterns, I will attend to each student’s needs that may affect his/her abilities to learn in my classroom. The attention to student’s needs relates to Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs.” Maslow always discussed that students will not be able to learn if one of their required needs are not met or fulfilled. For example, a student may not be fed in the morning due to preparing her/his siblings lunches. His/Her hunger will distract him/her from learning in my class. I will provide some food to solve the hunger need. If the students recognize that I will provide for their needs and life situation, a rapport will be