Chemicals Chemistry - A Few Things to Know About Text Chemistry

Chemicals Chemistry - A Few Things to Know About Text ChemistryText Chemistry is now part of the rapidly growing software niche in addition to its 'core' duty. Although there are some aspects of software that are designed to be like 'chemistry kits', and they need not have been a very successful, people's expectations for such software has changed. Instead of being more about the usual 'sort a chart,' or calculating a 'weight for volume' - there is a different kind of software now in the market, which focuses on some aspects of chemistry that are more similar to biology.However, it does not mean that those two can even match up to each other; because biology has also an exact explanation of some scientific facts and inventions that can be based on the phenomenon known as 'chemistry'. Therefore, it means that people who are interested in biology and chemistry can now find an even easier way to understand the difference between the two, because the new chemical analysis software is abl e to present both of these sides, while playing nice with them.Text Chemistry has some things to give that the online alternatives do not; the most important of these is that it is easier for all kinds of users. Those who know chemistry already are surely going to appreciate this. Users can type in their own results, and they can even input some additional information that can greatly help them interpret what they've just typed in.Of course, a lot of people don't really care about the details of chemistry, they simply want to know how it works, and they would really like to know the answers to questions that they'd have. Those individuals can look up their answers online, by using websites that provide regular updates on how chemistry works, and how people try to understand how things happen. There are also sites that display some data and events related to chemistry that are of interest, such as how a batch of 'sterile' drugs might react when mixed together, or the fact that the av erage age of an apple is around fourteen hundred years old.But even though Text Chemistry can help make the concepts easier to understand, it is just not as easy as just guessing and then searching for the answers. It is, however, useful in providing answers to the question as to how it all works, and what makes it work. And that is definitely enough for many people to enjoy this software.Of course, in the web-based text chemistry, you need to be aware that some systems tend to have quite a bit of information. So, you may only be able to get the very basics through text-based chemical analysis, and therefore may want to use the online chemical analysis systems. But Text Chemistry is really a great option, and it is worth the extra effort to ensure that you get the information that you need.Just remember to keep up with your background information in the chemistry world. Otherwise, you will not be able to get any help at all when you need it most. Make sure that you understand it, an d that you are always looking to learn new stuff.

Derivative of Absolute Value

Derivative of Absolute Value To understand the derivative of absolute value, first we need to understand the meaning of absolute value. Absolute value is defined as the non negative value of a number. Suppose y is any positive number then absolute value is represented by the |y|. Even if y is any negative number then also |y| = y. The absolute value of any number whether number is positive or negative, is always positive. Derivative of absolute value help us to find the derivative of the absolute value of any function. The formula of derivative of absolute value is as follows:- Derivative, d/dx |x| = (x. dy/dx) / |x|, x shall not be equal to zero This can be more clarified by the following below mentioned examples:- Question 1: Find out the derivative of the function y = |x-2| Solution: Given y = |x-2| Now dy/ dx = d |x-2| / dx|x-2| So, dy/dx = ((x-2). (d(x-2)) / dx) / |x-2| Hence dy/dx = (x-2). 1 / |x-2| Therefore, dy/dx = (x-2) / |x-2| Since denominator becomes 0 at x =2 So derivative of function dy/dx does not exist at x = 2. Question 2: Find out the differentiation of y = |x^2| and find the value of dy/dx at x = 2. Solution: Given, y = |x^2| Therefore by definition, dy /dx = (x^2. d (x^2) /dx) / |x^2| So dy/dx = (x^2. 2x) / |x^2| Now at x = 2, dy/dx = (2^2. 2(2)) / |2^2| Therefore at x = 2, dy/dx = (4.4)/ 4 = 4

How can I insert an image into Blogger from Wikimedia Commons

How can I insert an image into Blogger from Wikimedia Commons Students tend to be familiar with MS Word and some features of social media websites, but blogging platforms and anything involving HTML can be a challenge for them. This blog post is intended to help anyone writing a blog on Blogger.com to add free images to their next blog post. Add images to Blogger Find an image on Commons.Wikimedia.org 2. Click on one of the results 3. Find the URL by clicking on More Details 4. Click on Use this file 5. Copy the image URL 6. Click on the image icon on the toolbar 7. Click From a URL 8. Paste the URL 9. Click on the picture to make adjustments 10. In Blogger, click on the picture icon in the tool bar. Please follow and like us:

Notetaking Tips for Students

Notetaking Tips for Students Maybe youve encouraged your students before to take good notes, but do they know what that means? Here are a few tips to help your students improve their notetaking skills: Take down key ideas. Your students should write down information that is obviously significant. You can help by pointing out during class work or lectures when something is important. Paraphrase, dont replicate. Remind your students that notes are for summarizing big ideas. Trying to write down every word you say wont help them remember it. Bullets and abbreviations are better. Jot down terms/formulas/definitions. Have your students write down words/formulas that they should study or memorize. Record questions. Putting down questions in a margin is a great way for students to remind themselves of topics to clarify later. These cues can serve as a useful study guide. Explore notetaking apps. Your students are digital natives. They might like using a notetaking app that allows them to store their notes and sync them across multiple devices. Check out GoodNotes, Microsoft OneNote or Evernote. Keep notes organized. Teach your students to date their notes, label sections, use a highlighter or different colored pen to call out important information, and use visual cues like boxes to highlight key words or arrows to connect ideas. Notetaking isnt finished when class is over. Your students need to get into the habit of looking over their notes each evening to fill in any blanks, add or correct information, and neaten things up. Adopting a good notetaking system will help your students retain and recall information you cover in class. Done right, notes can enhance your students learning and make studying easier. But dont assume your students inherently know how to take notes effectively. Give them some guidelines and in-class practice! See how Huntington can help your students succeed.

Help Your Child be a Great Writer - ALOHA Mind Math

Help Your Child be a Great Writer Who is the 2nd most quoted writer in the English language? How do you think this person got started?   How could you encourage your child to become a great writer? Let’s explore. How does your child feel about …? Being able to describe in words is a key fundamental of good writing.   Being able to share the five senses and feelings in writing will enable the reader to potentially feel the same emotions that the writer felt.   Ask your child to describe their favorite food activity or event.   How did it taste, feel, smell, look, sound?   What were the emotions that were felt? How did an event take place? Ask your child to write out the steps of an event or a task as if they were attempting to teach the reader how to perform that task.   Perhaps have your child retrace the steps of an activity â€" First we…then we…then we…. Finally we… resulting in… This builds confidence as they can share their expertise to the newbie. Does your child have a “pen-pal”? Even if it is a family member, ask your child to write a letter to someone that they do not see regularly.   Ask them to share their experiences with the person. Tell the recipient about a vacation or day-trip or how they felt about a movie they saw or a book they read.   This lets them practice not only descriptive writing, but the non-fiction style of writing â€" expository. How persuasive can your child be?   When your child would like to do something like stay up late to watch a movie, or purchase a new gaming item, or stay at a friend’s house overnight, ask them to write a persuasive essay to help you make up your mind.   It helps the child develop their point of view, provide data or facts to support their argument for allowing them their wish. These are just a few of the ways you can help your child explore their writing skills and become like the man who introduced almost 3000 words to the English language, wrote 37 plays, used up to 884,429 words in his plays.   If you haven’t guessed who our mystery writer is by now â€" it is William Shakespeare. Watch as we explore a few more writing skills avenues in other blog posts.

Teaching coding to primary students - Tutor Hunt Blog

Teaching coding to primary students Teachers struggling to teach coding to primary students Teachers struggling to teach coding to primary studentsPrimary schoolsThe National Curriculum underwent a major change in the September of 2014, with ICT (Information Communication Technology) becoming GCSE Computer Science. ICT itself was a rather broad subject, covering everything from internet use, mobile phones and cell networks, along with basic computing skills. The new subject of Computer Science was created with the intention of providing a more rigorous category, which would provide students with IT skills that would be of benefit in the workplace. There are very few jobs now that don`t require some computer familiarity, even if it only means checking for the occasional email. The introduction of Computer Science as a core subject was to ensure no student would leave school without the rudimentary IT skills needed in the working environment. As students progress through the curriculum they won`t be mandated to continue learning IT - at present English and Maths are the only compulsory GCSE subjects - but It was hoped GCSE Computer Science would be hugely popular. In our current technology obsessed age, with children taking to tablets and smartphones as if they were the most natural thing in the world, it was thought an abundance of teenagers would be filled with enthusiasm for this trendy new subject. This has unfortunately proven not to be the case, as figures from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations have shown relatively few students are choosing GCSE computer science. The British Computer Society has issued dire predictions, warning that the number of students who choose a computing qualification could halve by 2020. IT is obviously of vital importance to the UK economy - and the premonition that the UK will not have enough computing specialists does not augur well. Coding has been part of the national curriculum since 2014, with children as young as five being taught the programming language. Keen to get a head start, England leads the way amongst G20 countries in teaching children the logic of computer algorithms. These are skills that will be needed even more in the future, since predictions show unless our first year students start learning these skills, the country will face a major deficit of digitally skilled workers. The change from ICT to Computer science has not however been an entirely smooth one. Being one of the biggest changes to the National Curriculum in its 25 year history, a few teething problems are to be expected of course - but there are indications of more serious transitional issues. Some teachers have complained that they haven`t received the necessary training - that they certainly felt competent enough to teach ICT, but are out of their depth when it comes to coding. In many ways this is hardly surprising - a 35 year old teacher will have grown up in an era when computers were not the ubiquitous amenity they are now. The average smart phone probably possesses more power than a super computer from the 1980`s, and today`s children are swiping touch screens and engaging with operating systems almost from infancy. `I can`t teach coding the kids are better at it than I am,` is a common lament from primary school teachers at the moment. Of course they will be computer literate - but coding is a whole other category of skills, and many teachers are saying that they simply don`t possess the expertise to teach it. The IT consulting form BJSS, working with YouGov, conducted a survey in the state and independent sector. They polled 500 teachers who worked with pupils aged between 8 and 15, and found that 67% considered themselves lacking the requisite skills to effectively teach coding. 39% of the teachers said that they didn`t have access to relevant software and appropriate IT to teach the subject. Glynn Robinson, the Managing Director of BJSS, has stressed the importance of coding being taught effectively and competently to children from their inception into the national curriculum: `To safeguard the UK`s digital competitiveness, it is crucial that primary and secondary school teachers are properly equipped and resourced to teach the digital and coding skills that will be required by the time today`s schoolchildren enter the workforce.` Coding needs to be taught in a way that taps into children`s natural creativity. It shouldn`t be presented a dry and overly academic language - rather as a dynamic and exciting system, that deals with all the eventualities linking one event to another. If children can be taught how to express themselves through coding, how to use it as an art form, we may well initiate a renaissance in this field, at the very time when it is most needed. 2 years ago0Add a Comment

Teacher engagement and the pursuit of happiness (Part 1)

Teacher engagement and the pursuit of happiness (Part 1) Ash Pugh, Director of Operations at Teach Away In part one of our four-part series, we discuss the common thread that permeates throughout recruitment, onboarding and retention: happiness. Recruitment and retention go hand in hand: something I’ve witnessed time and time again throughout my decade working in international education at Teach Away. Get your recruitment strategy right, we always say to our partner schools, and you’ll go a long way to ensuring strong retention rates. And this still holds true. However, as the following story illustrates, recruiting the right teachers for your school is only half the battle. Way back in 2008, Teach Away worked on a large-scale hiring campaign for a government program undergoing massive educational reform. While we had no trouble attracting the volume of qualified candidates required to help this particular program meet their ambitious hiring targets, their nascent post-hire support process contributed to a dropout rate that was much higher than they wanted. The following recruitment year, we worked together with our partner to create a tailored pre-departure program for successful hires through a series of theme-based webinars and outreach. Our efforts paid huge dividends; dropout and turnover rates dropped dramatically. By aligning expectations to the reality on the ground, retention rates shifted to where we needed them. A cautionary tale for international schools and programs everywhere: without quality recruitment, onboarding and retention processes, hiring new teachers becomes a never-ending cycle of wasted time and money. I was excited to have the opportunity to co-moderate a series of sessions with Dr. Ann Jurewicz at the the 52nd AAIE Conference in February of this year, exploring the interconnected topics of teacher recruitment, engagement and retention alongside international school leaders from around the world. Dr. Jurewicz recently completed her dissertation, where she surveyed nearly 1,000 teachers on critical factors influencing contract renewal. As luck would have it, Teach Away had also recently completed a survey of over 10,000 educators, diving deep into their motivations for teaching abroad, what matters to them when seeking employment and what makes them happiest at a school. What we wanted to do together was to take a holistic approach to mapping out and understanding the journey from job seeker, to candidate, all the way through to a teacher’s first year at your school, to help you figure out what you can do to ensure a smooth transition from new hire candidate to an engaged, committed educator. Happiness: the secret to retention. Over the course of our combined research and discussions, we uncovered a common thread winding through retention, engagement and recruitment - the secret sauce for teacher retention, if you will. Happiness. You might think that cultivating a happy teacher workforce is an elusive (and arguably subjective) goal. But, as our research shows, when it comes to keeping teachers at your school, the pursuit of happiness is a worthwhile one. If your school has a retention problem, it’s a relatively safe bet that you likely have some work to do on the happiness front. Your teachers must be given the training and tools they need to be successful. They also need to be satisfied with their work environment and compensation. Which leads us to our next question: Why does your teachers’ happiness matter now more than ever? 1. It’s time to brace for change. It’s important for school leaders to understand that the international education recruitment landscape is changing - and changing fast. Until relatively recently, an oversupply of teachers put the power in the hands of international schools to have their pick of teachers, on their terms. Over the last few years, we’ve seen a fundamental shift in the balance of power from hiring school to candidate. We’re experiencing a time of unprecedented growth in the international school market. According to ISC Research, which has tracked and analyzed data on the world's international schools for over 20 years, the biggest challenge facing international schools over the next five years will be finding enough skilled teachers. In fact, in order to keep up with the demand for English-speaking K-12 teachers, international schools are going to need to source an additional 150,000 qualified teachers by 2021. That’s an increase of 36% in less than four years. It’s clear that hiring schools no longer hold all the cards. With qualified teachers in high demand and more opportunities available to them than ever before, you need to understand what matters most to candidates and harness that information to attract and keep them at your school. 2. It’s also time to start thinking about your long-term growth. It’s important to keep the big picture in mind. As a school head or principal, you’re striving to build and sustain a community. This community does not just happen by happy accident and it’s certainly no small task. It requires vision and intent. Knowing what your community culture and values are and hiring according to these is a key first step to getting the right teachers at your school. It won’t guarantee they’ll stick around for the long term, however. To build a strong and lasting community, you need to ensure that your teachers are engaged and excited to come to work and that student learning outcomes are met. In turn, you’ll have satisfied parents and rising enrolment rates. So, what is exactly it that makes new teachers happy? And how can you evaluate and improve your existing recruitment and onboarding processes to ensure a positive experience for candidates and new hires? Let’s take a closer look. Why teachers stay and why they go. Conventional wisdom might suggest that salary and financial perks are the biggest indicators of whether or not a teacher chooses to stay at your school. In fact, top indicators of happiness, as outlined by Rainer Strack, aren’t financial at all. Especially among the generation currently entering the job market - our future teachers - key indicators are things like appreciation for their work and building quality relationships with colleagues. As shown below, salary comes into the picture further down - as the eighth most important item on the list. Source: Rainer Strack, October 2014 at TED@BCG Berlin. The workforce crisis of 2030 and how to start solving it now. Don’t make the fatal flaw of assuming that teachers stay solely for money. Check back next week for part twowhere we look at the first part of recruitment, onboarding and retention cycle: recruitment. This article originally appeared in the Spring 2018 edition of InterED, the bi-annual newsletter of the Association for the Advancement of International Education (AAIE).