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From JCE - A demonstration for challenging students' thinking on acid-base chemistry and equilibrium

Dan Meyers | Tue, 05/01/2018 - 08:29

I was drawn to an article by Eilks, Gulacar, and Sandoval about Acid-Base Chemistry and Chemical Equilibrium in the April 2018 issue of JCE. The title of the article is "Exploring the Mysterious Substances, X and Y: Challenging Students' Thinking on Acid-Base Chemistry and Chemical Equilibrium." The premise of the article is to demonstrate how an instructor may use a group of compounds (zeolites) to "elaborate on the behavior of solid state acids and bases" while revisiting LeChatelier's principle.

The Chemistry of Weight Loss

Tom Kuntzleman | Tue, 04/24/2018 - 18:48

If you want to lose weight, you have to burn calories. Anyone who has gone on a diet knows this. But when someone loses weight, have you ever wondered where the lost mass goes?

 

March Madness with the Periodic Table

Tom Kuntzleman | Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:19

This past March, I ran a multi-day poll on Twitter that was designed to be a fun way to determine the “best” element on the periodic table. I’m sharing about the poll here on ChemEdX in case others might want to try something similar in their classrooms.

BCCE 2018 REGISTRATION is now OPEN

Deanna Cullen | Wed, 04/04/2018 - 11:51

he Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) will be held at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana from July 29 through August 2, 2018. This is an excellent professional development opportunity for high school and college chemistry instructors.