After teaching science for more than 15 years, both overseas and in the U.S., Laurie E. Westphal now works as an independent gifted education and science consultant. She enjoys developing and presenting staff development on differentiation for various districts and conferences, working with teachers to assist them in planning and developing lessons to meet the needs of their advanced students.

Part I: All About Menus and Choice Chapter 1: Choice Chapter 2: How to Use Menus in the Classroom Chapter 3: Guidelines for Products Chapter 4: Rubrics Part II: The Menus Chapter 5: Process Skills Metric Conversions Significant Figures Accuracy and Precision Dimensional Analysis Chapter 6: Atomic Theory Atomic Theory Isotopes Electron Configurations Electromagnetic Spectrum Chapter 7: Matter Classifying Matter Properties and Changes Families of the Periodic Table Periodic Trends Phase Diagrams Gas Laws Energy Thermochemistry Chapter 8: Bonding Covalent and Ionic Compounds Bonding Molecular Structure Chapter 9: Solutions Solubility Molarity Water Acids and Bases Chapter 10: Chemical Reactions The Mole Chemical Reactions Energy Curves Empirical Formulas, Molecular Formulas, and Percent Composition Nuclear Chemistry References About the Author Common Core Standards and Next Generation Science Standards

Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Chemistry offers teachers everything needed to create a student-centered learning environment based on choice. This book uses different types of menus that students can use to select exciting advanced-level products that they will develop so teachers can assess what has been learned-instead of using a