Want to learn about Metals & Reactivity Series in an interactive way? that is different from the Powerpoint slides used in schools?

I will be coming out with a series of videos to show you how Chemistry Theories are linked to everyday life.
We believe by using such ASSOCIATION Method, it will accelerate your learning process.
Our aim is to ensure that you learn Chemistry effectively and efficiently, and the theories will stay with you for life (if not, for very very long in a natural way).

In the video below, you will see me checking out my neighbourhood to find examples of Corrosion of some metals.

Time is 1.32am in the morning, and i just came back home from the 5 days Intensive Program in Singapore, Expo. Tired now, but rallying to go for Day 2 of the program.

During the seminar, many people ask me how difference is my Chemistry Coaching different from the mainstream teaching in Secondary Schools by their own MOE (Ministry of Education) teachers.

You know what is my answer?? Totally Different! In fact, i told them that i am NOT a teacher from MOE. And my coaching is different to theirs in the following ways (in points):

1. My coaching method is NEVER one-way (as in Sec Schs), but instead it involves lots lots lots of participation – cos it has been proven to be effective

2. I dont just teach and they listen there. Instead i coach them to find their own answer, own analogies, own examples

3. I coach them how to relate abstract Chemistry Theories to everyday life occurences, by giving lots lots lots of life examples and analogies.

4. I also coach them how to use story-telling in order to allow them to relate better on the chemical equations.

5. I emphasized lots lots lots on throwing away wrong concepts and installing the new, correct concepts in their learning blueprint

6. I also emphasized lots of motivation and personal consultative talks in order to engage them to like me as a person, so that i can communicate my Chemistry Knowledge to them more efficiently and effectively.

7. In 5 days of Intensive Bootcamp (i.e. 40hrs of Intensive Coaching), i managed to complete 70-80% of the current GCE O Level Chemistry Syllabus, in which schools need one and half years to teach the students –> and my method through accelerated learning techniques allow them to retain the knowledge in a longer, funnier and simple ways.

So that is my difference from MOE teachers. For aspiring Coach or Tutors that want to be different from others, i will be starting a “Train The Trainer” Intensive Course for you!! Isn’t it cool! I am a person who likes to share my knowledge, and i promise that you will be blown away with the strategies that i am using at the moment. You will be surprised how Chemistry Coaching can be So Fun, So Fast and So Effective.

Alright, time for me to catch some sleep, and be really focussed in my Day 2 of training.

I have been using Accelerated Learning Techniques to coach students under my Wings, in the area of Chemistry & Science.

Now, on 25th June 2008 @ 7.10am, i am preparing myself to move towards Singapore Expo, to attend a 5 days Intensive Seminar Program to learn more about Accelerated Learning Techniques and their effective applications.

Time for me to further upgrade and reinvent myself, so that i can be better charged up with more newer ideas and strategies to help students relate better to Chemistry and achieve the grades that they truly deserve.

I always remember one thing –> in Coaching, it is NOT THE CONTENT, BUT THE CONTEXT!

Ok, i got to start moving. For those that need to contact me, do drop me an email with a line or two.

Cheers

Sean

Master Trainer, Top Chemistry Coach

SimpleChemConcepts.com

Check this youtube video out on Ionic Bonding.

Simple for understanding.

I was surfing on the internet and came across this short youtube video on Covalent Bonding.

Thought the explaination is simply presented and you may find it beneficial for your learning.

Covalent Bonding is defined as bonding of 2 or more atoms by the sharing of electrons.

PS: This is not my video on youtube, but uh huh..perhaps i should also look into making appropriate videos on Chemistry Concepts in order to help you to learn better.

All my students have heard me talked about the doing experiments in “real” laboratories as well as the life of a chemists in the laboratories. Recently, i was at one of the local university and was managed to get a few pictures of undergraduates having their practical sessions in the academic laboratory. I thought it would be beneficial to let those students that are considering to further their higher educational studies in the specialized areas of Chemistry, to have a better idea with some pictures of work in laboratories.

First picture showed students preparing their reaction inside the fumehood (a semi-enclosed space that sucks up and out the chemical vapour that might be released into the lab). The second picture shows a common reaction vessel with chemical reaction going on.

Hopee you will find these pictures interesting and stimulate & open your mind towards Chemistry.

Many of the local students would have gotten their Mid-Year Examination results or are getting it soon. Some would be feeling ecstatic while others will be asking themselves if they have put in enough efforts in preparing for that examinations.

For those that did very well, i would like to congratulate you and do Keep Up The Good Work! But always remember not to get complacent with this Mid-Year results and neglect your preparation for upcoming Prelims and GCE O Levels Examinations. Too often, we have seen top scorers for Mid-Year Exams fumble in the more important major exams like Prelims and GCE O Levels – all due to the simple word ‘complacency’

For those that did not do well for their Mid-Year Examinations (especially Chemistry), have you asked yourself what’s the reason for you not doing well? Is it because that you have not put in enough effort for your revision, or is it due to the fact that you are trying to memorize all the words in the Chemistry Textbooks without knowing the concepts? If it is the latter, then i would say it is time to flag this up and find help immediately, be it extra sessions with your school teachers, group study with peers/friends or get a good Chemistry Tutor or Coach. It is not too late to realize it now as you still have time to brush up your Chemistry Concepts. Do not wait till the eleventh hour before your Prelims Examination, to regret not taking the necessary actions earlier

Several of you will be feeling bad and think you are a “failure” – especially for those students that put in long hours to revise “thoroughly” but just dont seems to score the grades in Chemistry you desire. I just want to let you know that there is no such thing as “failure”.

People fails many times in their lives. Important thing is to know how to get up and try it over again, but each time, using a different strategy, a different approach. I would like to share with you a photo that i have taken from one of my student’s studyroom (with her permission of course). I find it truly Inspirational and i wish to share with you!

(Image Courtesy of student under SimpleChemConcepts.com)