Good Teaching Bad Teaching 2 - Energy in Chemical Reactions

How to teach about energy during chemical reactions more effectively. Using force, position and motion as a primary focus instead of the vague "energy" allows students to gain better understanding of the interactions and connect better between the particle level and macroscopic levels.
Students struggle with the idea of how electrical energy changes as particles move closer and further because the force increases as the energy decreases and this really can prevent deep thinking as cognitive load becomes overloaded.

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