I have taught thousands of students in forty years of teaching General Chemistry, a subject that I love. I am always excited about turning on, mostly first year students, to the wonders of chemistry. I love standing up in front of the lecture hall putting on my best performance thrice weekly. So why change now? Over the past several years, I noticed a decline in the ability of my students to comprehend what, I thought, was easy to understand. There seemed to be a growing disconnect between my lectures and their learning. Could it be me? Or is it them? I spent the summer of 2013 investigating the �flipped classroom� I was intrigued about a method that seemed to connect better with today's students and their learning styles. I was anxious to try this approach not truly realizing what it entails.  I will share my experiences with �flipping� and the perceptions of my students.

Why flip now after forty years of successfully teaching general chemistry?

247th National Meeting (2014)

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