Abstract Atomic spectrum is one of the important concepts in structural chemistry. In this paper, to aim directly at the difficulty and the emphasis of atomic spectrum teaching, combined with the research of advanced teaching methods, several opinions for atomic spectrum teaching are proposed based on teaching experience of the authors. The deep exploration and application of learning is especially emphasized. In order to get twice the result with half the effort, it is necessary to fully arouses student's enthusiasm and make them integrate what they have learned.
