Did a Grade 12 Chem lab today, just for fun!

I tried something I’ve never tried before with my Grade 12 Chemistry classes today.  I had the students perform a laboratory experiment just for fun. The students had NO lab report to prepare, NO written observations to do, NO lists of questions to answers.  We made various esters [for you chem geeks, condensation of an [...]

Going digital with my library card, and lightening my wallet in a good way!

I like the way my public library system is moving more and more into the digital age.  I recently blogged about how I borrow most of my books in digital format now. Recently, my county’s public library system has adopted an iOS app called CardStar, that allows for the saving of the bar code of [...]