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As most people know, teaching is a hardworking but rewarding profession that doesn’t often have a lot of money associated with it. In Ohio, the average salary of a high school chemistry teacher is a around $43,938. When taking this into account, I found it surprising that in 2020-2021, the average teacher spends an average of $750 on school supplies during each<\/em> school year! Even so, 30% of those teachers surveyed spend $1,000 or more on school supplies in a school year. In a career that may have salaries on the lower end of spectrum, teachers still put a lot of their own money into their classroom in order for their students to have the materials and resources they need to succeed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why<\/strong> is classroom spending on the rise? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, school were sent online, so teachers were left to educate from behind a screen, a task nobody really had faced before. Teachers quickly realized that students had few to no supplies at home when distance learning began, specifically about 55% of students. According to the same survey, 65% of teachers said students were less likely to participate during distance learning because they did not have what they needed. The pandemic limited student access to supplies, classroom materials, and lesson plans had to account for these setbacks. When school supply budgets aren’t sufficient, teachers did what they had to do to support their students — even if it meant spending money out of their own pockets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, it doesn’t have to be this way.<\/strong> There are still<\/em> ways (even in a global pandemic) to ENGAGE your kids and NOT break the bank!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get on their level!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Teacher TikToks<\/strong><\/span> <\/strong>– TikTok is one of middle school and high schoolers favorite form of social media these days, but does have a lot of educational content available on it! Start class with a fun TikTok, ask for student TikTok submissions that they find related to the science subject or concept, provide them with teacher TikToks you like, and let it lead to a discussion about the science! A fun way to take it a step further would be to create your own TikToks, which would engage your kids even outside<\/em> the classroom! Check out this teacher<\/a> who went viral on TikTok!<\/li>
  2. YouTube<\/strong> as a fun, supplemental resource<\/span> – YouTube has tons of educational resources, both for teachers and students to use, for instructional purposes and for engaging purposes! By using a variety of multimedia in the classroom, students can learn about science in different, unique ways! By starting class with a YouTube video, maybe one students may already know about or have seen, they will start to develop more interest in seeing science around them!<\/li>
  3. Incorporate pop culture & TV<\/strong> references<\/span> – Chemistry, biology, and physics show up in our television, shows, and movies more often than you may realize. By introducing the ways science concepts are presented in media, students can relate chemistry to their lives and be able to start critiquing the media around them. You can do this by using good and bad examples of chemistry in Netflix shows, and even have students find examples of science concepts in the media themselves!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    @chemteacherphil<\/a>

    Proper use of candy corn #sciencetok<\/a> #spookyseason<\/a> #halloween<\/a><\/p> \u266c original sound – Phillip Cook<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote>