Especially JCE: January 2018
Erica Jacobsen | Tue, 01/16/2018 - 23:50
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the January 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
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Reflections from a Paperless Classroom
Lauren Stewart | Tue, 01/16/2018 - 08:42
Like many schools, this year my school went 1:1. Each of our students was issued an 11 inch Chromebook with a webcam. Our upperclassmen have the the older Samsung models with a front-facing webcam and our underclassmen have the new Lenovo N22/23 models with a flippable webcam. I am a “jump in head first” type of person so I decided to go completely paperless this year. Now that I am halfway through the year (and still paperless!), I wanted to share what has been working well for me and where the snags have been.
Disappearing X Lab
Dan Meyers | Sat, 01/13/2018 - 14:19
In the embedded video, I will walk you through a kinetics experiment we use in our Chemistry 2 (and Honors Chemistry 2) courses. The lab is called Disappearing X.
JCE 95.01 January 2018 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Fri, 01/12/2018 - 09:55
The January 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: exploring magnetic properties; examining outreach practices; spectroscopy; understanding chemical changes over time; laboratory curriculum reform; teaching scientific communication; analytical chemistry activities; biochemistry laboratories; 3D printing molecular models; from the archives: chemistry outreach.
Now is the Time to Plan for BCCE 2018
The Biennial Conference on Chemical Education is one of the best professional development opportunities available for chemistry teachers. The 2018 conference will be held at Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, July 29 - August 3. The ACS Division of Chemical Education sponsors this national meeting. There is excellent programming available for middle school science teachers, high school chemistry teachers, graduate students and college faculty. You do not have to be a member of ACS or the Division of Chemical Education to attend and/or present.
Announcing a Unique Virtual Conference: Tools for Integrating Green Chemistry in Your Classroom
This conference has concluded. If you registered for the conference, you can still access the materials, but the conversation has closed.
Tools for Integrating Green Chemistry in Your Classroom features a hybrid of published Journal of Chemical Education articles, Beyond Benign lesson plans and additional supporting resources. Join us to gain a deeper understanding of how to integrate green chemistry principles and practices into your classrooms, by investigating novel technologies, exploring green chemistry alternatives to traditional experiments, and evaluating a fresh perspective on chemical modeling. Our goal is to spark interactive dialogue related to increasing the adoption of green chemistry principles and practices throughout the K-20 chemistry education spectrum.
What topic would you most like Chad Husting to present at BCCE?
Puddle Chemistry - Great microscale experiment for teaching dissolving and precipitates.
Isotopes - Got this at last BCCE. Inquiry activity for isotopes and weighted isotopes.
Atomsmith - Great online modeling program.
Percent composition - Nice, quick demonstration that can be applied many different ways.
Density and Measuring - There are a million of these out there. This has been a winner with students.
Nomenclature - AACT activity that was adapted for the classroom. Kids responded well and it gets them active.
ChemEdX - Become a ChemEd X contributer
Total votes: 17
BCCE 2018 and The New Year
Chad Husting | Thu, 01/04/2018 - 19:39
If you have never attended a BCCE, I offer some reasons to change that this summer. The conference will be in Notre Dame this summer. Please vote for the topic that you would like me to develop my presentation about.
Science Week at Pittcon - For Orlando Teachers & Students
Teachers and students will appreciate the generous Science Week options at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando this February. This is an annual event offering professional development, outreach programs and grant money from the proceeds of the Pittcon convention.
Balancing Equations, Candy and an Evolving Activity
Chad Husting | Thu, 12/21/2017 - 07:34
I feel like every year I face the same old dilemma. It starts with an idea in mind of what and how something should be taught. This idea is fine until it is discovered that students this year are different than students last year. The idea is changed or “tweaked”. The process is feels similar to having to “reinvent” the wheel each year. This gets exhausting.