Great Lakes Bio Energy Teacher Training
Opportunities for teachers to explore topics in Bio Energy, collaborate with other teachers, perform research and develop/write curriculum.
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So You Think You Can Demo
Anonymous (not verified) | Tue, 03/31/2015 - 12:57
“So You Think You Can Demo” is a fun and educational contest sponsored by ChemEd committee members to allow chemical educators to have a platform to share their best hands-on science demonstrations. We encourage all ChemEd 2015 attendees to submit a video showing off your most creative, informative and interesting chemistry demo. The deadline for submission of a demo video is April 30th.
The Chemistry of a Family-Style Dinner
Allison Tarvin | Mon, 03/30/2015 - 14:50
Science is creative; it requires new ideas, new patterns, and new solutions to old problems. A deep understanding of the periodic table is the most critical knowledge in chemistry. I want my students to experience the table and conceptualize its trends in a deeper way.
Conversations about Chemical Education
Erica Posthuma | Sun, 03/22/2015 - 10:42
This semester I get to work with one of my high school students as she investitgates what it takes to be a chemistry teacher. She wrote the following blog post to describe her project...
Using Periodic Properties to Group Students for an Activity
Lowell Thomson | Thu, 03/19/2015 - 07:38
Today in my IB Chemistry class we were reviewing the Born-Haber cycle. This has proven particularly challenging in the past so I wanted to try something a bit different and have the students review in groups. The task for each group of students was to create a visual Born-Haber cycle for potassium oxide - ignoring the math and calculations but instead focusing on each process within the cycle. I'd like to share how I grouped students using periodic properties.
Summer PD for Teachers
Shelly Belleau | Tue, 03/17/2015 - 12:51
With spring just around the corner and warmer weather approaching, I find that I’m in active summer preparation mode. This is the time of year when I’m trying to plan for the perfect summer balance between professional development and relaxation – both professional growth experiences in my
The Model So Far...
Erica Posthuma | Thu, 03/12/2015 - 21:28
I started thinking about how integral the storytelling was to the curricular choices I made in my classroom. I realized that I had shared some of my experiences as a Modeler and a few of the activities we use in our classrooms, but I have never described the order of topics. So, this blog is titled “The Model So Far…” I hope it gives you an idea of the journey we take each year as the students uncover evidence and construct models along the way.
JCE 92.03—March 2015 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:43
The March 2015 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online at http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/92/3. This issue features NMR spectroscopy; chemistry teaching from an international perspective; chemistry & history; learning to think and work like a chemist; introductory laboratory experiences & experiments; the chemistry of fingerprints.
Doing, Writing, and Teaching Labs!
Sarah Kong | Tue, 03/10/2015 - 09:13
Labs! They have been the most overwhelming part of my career in chemistry. I felt the least prepared in this area when I began teaching and walked into my first lab as a teacher. Knowing all of the chemicals and equipment were under my care was a bit terrifying.
Why do we have to do chemical equations and calculations?
Bob Worley | Mon, 03/02/2015 - 15:51
There is useful information in section 8 of a (Material) Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) that teachers can use and shows how a knowledge of chemical equations and calculations helps protect the health of their students and themselves and helps to assure their employers and safety officers that teachers and lecturers are responsible and professional users of chemicals.