Especially JCE: August 2018
Erica Jacobsen | Tue, 08/14/2018 - 13:42
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the August 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
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Golden Nuggets: A Review of BCCE 2018 at Notre Dame University
Amiee Modic | Fri, 08/10/2018 - 16:48
Texas teachers Roxie Allen and Amiee Modic share a few nuggets about BCCE 2018 along with some reasons why you might think about attending in 2020.
256th ACS National Meeting & Exposition
I have attended ACS teacher program the past three years and have not been disappointed. These are some the reasons I’m going to attend the teacher program portion at the ACS national meeting Sunday and Monday August 19th -20th.
More than a “5” - The Meaning Behind the Scores and the AP Chemistry Exam
Ryan Johnson | Wed, 08/01/2018 - 15:29
It’s that time of year again! The summer is already starting to wind down, the AP Chemistry scores have been released, and now, at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) 2018 at Notre Dame, Paul Bonvallet and his crew of talented educators have given their analysis and debrief.
ChemEd X at BCCE 2018
Deanna Cullen | Sat, 07/28/2018 - 22:38
If you are attending BCCE 2018 at Notre Dame this week, we hope you will stop in and see us at our booth (#560 in the exhibit hall! Many of our lead contributors are here and you can catch them speaking in a variety of symposiums including the Views from the classrooms of award winning chemistry teachers and our first Chemical Education Xchange: Engaging with contributors symposium.
Continuing Change - Update
Dan Meyers | Tue, 07/24/2018 - 08:13
For the last two years, the district I worked for has been tirelessly working toward curriculum changes that would better line up with the new state science standards. Michigan hasn’t officially adopted NGSS, instead adopting the Michigan Science Standards (based on NGSS). The Michigan Science Standards (MSS) has a lot of similarities with NGSS in terms of how we would teach the content.
Accessing Cited Articles
Deanna Cullen | Sun, 07/22/2018 - 08:39
This page is intended to help readers find access to articles cited within ChemEd X materials.
JCE 95.07 July 2018 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Sun, 07/15/2018 - 16:51
Innovation and Scholarship
The July 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: connecting art and energy, solar cells, examining organic chemistry students’ understandings, computer-based learning, molecular symmetry and visualization, inquiry-based learning, safety management, biochemistry, watching the archive: chemistry goes to the movies.
BCCE, Collaboration and Flipgrid
Chad Husting | Sun, 07/15/2018 - 07:48
Since I am unable to attend BCCE this year, I am asking for readers to consider two things to help me out. First, if you are attending BCCE, I hope you will submit a blog post to ChemEd X outlining at least one thing you learned. Second, I hope to find one or more teachers willing to try out Flipgrid and open our classrooms to share what we are teaching/learning.
2018 Freshman Research Initiative Conference
The 2018 Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) Conference will take place October 3-5, 2018 at the University of Texas at Austin. The FRI conference is designed to engage and support faculty and administrators who are interested in adapting the FRI educational model at their own institutions.