View Full Version : Chemistry vocab words help?
chevy666
Mar 23, 2013, 05:55 PM
What are some examples of each of these vocab words?
Quantum
Atomic orbital
Configuration
Ground state
Electromagnetic radiation
Emit/emission
I have all the meanings of these vocab words, examples of each, and characteristics of all of them. However I'm having trouble thinking of things that are not examples of them.
Wondergirl
Mar 23, 2013, 06:02 PM
Please rephrase your question. It makes no sense. You have examples, but you want things that are not examples? Huh?
chevy666
Mar 23, 2013, 07:33 PM
Please rephrase your question. It makes no sense. You have examples, but you want things that are not examples? Huh?
We use a Frayer chart for our vocab words, and it has 5 components
1. Definition of word
2. Characteristics of word
3. Examples of word
4. Picture example
5. Non-Example of vocab word
I just need help with things that are not examples of the vocab words.
teacherjenn4
Mar 23, 2013, 07:57 PM
We use a Frayer chart for our vocab words, and it has 5 components
1. Definition of word
2. Characteristics of word
3. Examples of word
4. Picture example
5. Non-Example of vocab word
I just need help with things that are not examples of the vocab words.
I'm still unclear. Do you need help with everything but #3 or you need help with #5? Also, what is a non-example of a word?
Wondergirl
Mar 23, 2013, 10:58 PM
I'm still unclear. Do you need help with everything but #3 or you need help with #5? Also, what is a non-example of a word?
It looks like that is exactly what he needs, what it is not. See this link --
Frayer Model (http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm)
So if his key word is CAT, non-examples could be DOG and HAMSTER.
teacherjenn4
Mar 24, 2013, 08:34 AM
It looks like that is exactly what he needs, what it is not. See this link --
Frayer Model (http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm)
So if his key word is CAT, non-examples could be DOG and HAMSTER.
Thanks for the help! That sounds similar to what I taught in 4th grade with each new vocabulary word.
Wondergirl
Mar 24, 2013, 09:05 AM
Thanks for the help! That sounds similar to what I taught in 4th grade with each new vocabulary word.
Would one have to make a non-example in the same category, like mammal or mineral or plant? Or could the student say the key word is DOG and the non-example is APPLE? (This idea seems pretty weird to me. Why have a non-example?)
teacherjenn4
Mar 24, 2013, 09:42 AM
Would one have to make a non-example in the same category, like mammal or mineral or plant? Or could the student say the key word is DOG and the non-example is APPLE? (This idea seems pretty weird to me. Why have a non-example?)
I did a similar thing using synonym and antonym. Sounds like busy work, but I'm not sure how much learning takes place in a non-example.
Wondergirl
Mar 24, 2013, 09:50 AM
I did a similar thing using synonym and antonym. Sounds like busy work, but I'm not sure how much learning takes place in a non-example.
I like antonym much better that non-example. Maybe the author of this Frayer thing was dumbing down the lesson? ("Antonym" is SUCH a scary word!)
teacherjenn4
Mar 24, 2013, 09:53 AM
I like antonym much better that non-example. Maybe the author of this Frayer thing was dumbing down the lesson? ("Antonym" is SUCH a scary word!)
And that was only 4th grade... must be that the teacher came from high school. Now, the Kinders learn about onomatopoeia :) I just can't help myself.