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2YC3 Fall (August 23-24) Conference at San Diego Miramar College

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Do you have a unique way that you partner with your students, other faculty, universities, businesses, local high schools, surrounding community, etc. to achieve student success? Are you using innovative approaches inside and/or outside of the classroom? We want you to come share your ideas about what you are doing and your successes! And high school chemistry faculty are welcome and registration for high school chemistry faculty is FREE!

JCE 96.07 July 2019 Issue Highlights

Mary Saecker | Fri, 07/12/2019 - 09:26

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Catalyzing Student Learning

The July 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: glowmatography; examining secondary chemistry teaching; useful teaching models and tools; making science accessible; teaching kinetics; computer-based learning; explorations using x-rays; polymer chemistry laboratories; using batteries to teach; analytical chemistry; investigating scale literacy skills; printing the archives: cyanotype.

Especially JCE: July 2019

Erica Jacobsen | Thu, 07/11/2019 - 19:17

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Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the July 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education of special interest to our ChemEd X community.

New Faculty Workshop for Two Year College Faculty

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Attention two year college faculty in their first, second, or third year of appointment. Check out an inspiring professional development opportunity whose major focus is the incorporation of evidence-based active learning strategies in your lecture and lab courses. Click on the title for more details.

26th BCCE (July 2020): Call for Symposia and Workshop Proposals

Thomas Greenbowe | Wed, 06/26/2019 - 14:57

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The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) is one of the best professional development opportunities available for chemistry educators. The 26th BCCE will be held at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, Saturday July 18 – Thursday July 23rd, 2020. The MAPS system is now accepting symposia and workshop proposals for the 26th BCCE until Friday August 23, 2019.

Career profile: Head of Medicine Design – Charlotte Allerton

Charlotte Allerton | Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:47

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Read Charlotte Allerton's career profile describing her background and her current position within Pfizer's Medicine Design organization.

Making Assessment Prompts that are NGSS-Aligned

Dustin Williams | Tue, 06/25/2019 - 10:31

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At this point, there doesn’t seem to be a bank of released NGSS assessment items that we can draw from to use in our own classes, especially for traditional Chemistry classes. This means, that we as teachers may need to write some of our own assessment prompts to use in our classes.

The Big Idea from AACT: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Jenelle Ball | Mon, 06/24/2019 - 13:52

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Jenelle Ball, the AACT Past President, highlights the resources available in the AACT multimedia collection

Pittcon Donates $20,000 to Fund Equipment for Teacher Workshops at ChemEd 2019

Maranda Flamm | Mon, 06/24/2019 - 09:09

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Are you in the mood for some chemical reactions? Do you want to participate in an electrochemistry laboratory activity? Are you interested in free equipment for your classroom? If you answered YES to any of these questions, then Pittcon and ChemEd 2019 has you covered!

#Chemcation2019

Ariel Serkin | Thu, 06/20/2019 - 11:13

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What is #chemcation2019? Though there is some debate on the pronunciation, it’s s a summer of a chemistry vacation. I find the most rejuvenating, invigorating, and inspiring part of my summer is spending time with my fellow chemistry educators.