User talk:Exothermic101

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Chemistry Lesson Plans
I have an idea for creating a resource for new high school teachers that would provide one way to teach an entire year of a class like Chemistry using Lesson Plans developed via best practices. I am new to Wikiversity and have not yet found an area where this type of resource is being developed.

Is this a new idea or is there a section that I should be looking at?

Is this an appropriate use of Wikiversity or should I go elsewhere?

Thanks Exothermic101 (discuss • contribs) 19:41, 17 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Wikiversity is all about ideas for creating resources, Exothermic101! Try to build on what's already here whenever you can. Someone started The Highschool Help Forum - Science Stream but looks like they need some help. Look at the histories of existing resources, categories and talk pages for clues, allies and other ideas. The periodic table is a pretty good starting spot. Go there and try the WhatLinksHere tool. - CQ (discuss • contribs) 21:24, 17 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Thanks CQ! I am happy to look around to see what has been done.  Appreciate the fast feedback! Exothermic101 (discuss • contribs) 12:33, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Welcome!
Welcome to Wikiversity! I have been attempting to do exactly what you want to do, not in Chemistry, but in Physics and Astronomy. It is customary to keep discussions on a single page, so if you have any questions, just edit this topic, add a space and a colon and type. This page is on my "watch" list.--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 23:47, 18 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Hi Guy! Thanks for the helpful feedback.  I'm so new at this I'm not even sure where to have these types of conversations.  Obviously you will see anything I post here at my User talk page, but will anyone else?  If I want to enlist help on this project from other science/chemistry teachers, shouldn't this discussion occur under something like High School Chemistry where they can see it?
 * Also, where can I see the work that you have done on Physics?  Exothermic101 (discuss • contribs) 21:16, 19 July 2015 (UTC)


 * We at Wikiversity can never figure out where to have conversations. I like your idea of continuing this conversation at "something like High School Chemistry" (as you put it.)  I do physics quizzes and you do high school chemistry.  One obvious place would be a subpage of Quizbank.  My interest in quizzes follows from this observation:  All the information one needs to reach the junior level of any technical subject is already on the web.  Two things are missing:


 * An open-source venue that facilitates copying and improving on each other's ideas
 * A means by which a person can demonstrate mastery of the subject.


 * You have shown an interest in the former. My interest in the latter is based on the fact that NOTHING exists (either open source or otherwise) that would help a self-learner demonstrate mastery of a technical subject.  If you and I have an overlap of interests, it is in the area of open source quizzes in Chemistry.  Moreover, I have an immediate use for such quizzes.  About 20% of my teaching load involves a "conceptual" course in physics, for non-science majors who need to take a science course.  A review of high school chemistry would be perfect for that course.


 * Before we carry this conversation to a subpage of Quizbank, I will now see what Wikiverisity has on high school Chemistry and leave a message right here (on your user talk page). Meanwhile, you might like to briefly browse Quizbank.  I wrote a quiz for Industrial Revolution, and chemistry was part of that "revolution".  To see that quiz, go to the very bottom of Industrial Revolution and click the link back to Wikiversity. --Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 16:26, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, your instincts were right. Click at Talk:High_School_Chemistry and create the page. If I don't respond, remind me by leaving a message at my user talk page by clicking the Add Topic menu choice at the top of User_talk:Guy_vandegrift--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 16:41, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * And for what it's worth, I've been "listening in" on your conversation. I agree that the talk-page of the main common interest is the 'best' choice. Another user, Thewinster had the same plan a few years ago. He started The Highschool Help Forum - Science Stream which has a placeholder for both of you! I hope to see a resurgence of interest from highschoolers. I'm so encouraged that Wikiversity has held it's place for this long! To be honest, I had kindof given up. *big smile* --CQ (discuss • contribs) 15:03, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * If Wikipedia serves as a model, wikis only grow and get better. I turned to Wikiversity because I wanted to gather materials from the internet so that students would not need a college astronomy textbook.  Copying and editing materials from other non-wiki websites was time-consuming (not to mention of questionable legality).  Five years ago the Wikipedia astronomy articles were useless.  Now they are usable but not quite up to par with the textbooks yet.  I am often wrong about my predictions, but here is mine:  Someday Wikiversity will be like the "world-wide-web":  Full of information, mostly useless, but easy to copy/edit and make useful.  Someday teachers will be required to provide a portfolio of their Wikiversity work in order to get a job.  Someday, college professors won't begin a course until students have "tested out" of the introductory part of the course on an open source testbank.  I believe this will all happen.  The venue might not be Wikiversity; Wikiversity might instead be merely a precurser.  Berware that not all my predictions are correct.  Twenty years ago I thought "wireless" was a fad -- who cares if there are wires leading to my desktop computer? (or so I thought).--Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 16:47, 21 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Ha! I'm still waiting for them to plug the wires directly into my brain. Thanks to you both for the help.  I've set up a discussion on the The_Highschool_Help_Forum_-_Science_Stream/Chemistry_Help_Forum page.  One question: I put my intro statement on the "Resource" page, but I see there is a "Discuss" page as well.  What is the difference between these two types of pages?  Exothermic101 (discuss • contribs) 19:38, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * All pages have a corresponding Talk page. It might be useful to learn about MediaWiki itself to get an idea how Namespaces work. --CQ (discuss • contribs) 20:39, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * My answer: Be bold and put on the resource page. --Guy vandegrift (discuss • contribs) 00:42, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Lesson Plan 1-1
Lesson Plan 1-1 has been moved to User:Exothermic101/sandbox/Lesson Plan 1-1. See the sandbox page link for how to easily link to subpages. Let me know if you have any questions. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 22:36, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Some Resources for the High School Chemistry!
Exothermic101,

Are you looking for some resources to add to the High School Chemistry page? I'm currently in 10th grade and in Honors Chemistry. I have found some helpful websites during this school year. I don't really understand how Wikiversity works, so if you just want to use them as links or use the sites as sources for something else is up to you, I just thought I might as well share what I know. chemguide Applied Chemistry Chem Team CHEMTUTOR

If these are helpful you can reach me on my discuss page. I would love to help the development of this page if someone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks, --Musicjuice22 (discuss • contribs) 17:54, 23 May 2017 (UTC)