Bush Fires in Australia and Climate Change
Tom Kuntzleman | Wed, 01/08/2020 - 16:16
What do scientists have to say about the connection between climate change and the bush fires in Australia?
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26th BCCE Call for Abstracts
The 26th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, BCCE 2020, will be held on the campus of Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon USA July 18-23, 2020. We invite our chemistry education and science education colleagues at the pre-college level (K-12) and college level to submit abstracts of their work for presentations in the symposia sessions, the general papers sessions, or the poster sessions.
Standards Based Grading at the Semester
Chad Husting | Sat, 01/04/2020 - 07:47
A few months ago I reported that I was involved in a pilot standards based grading (SBG) program. My experiment in SBG started well but required some “tweeks” along the way.
Synthesis on Scale Symposium
ACS is offering an opportunity for you to be able to collaborate with local academia and learn from chemists about the challenges, surprises and achievements of chemical synthesis in the pharmaceutical industry.
High School Teachers: Apply to Participate in a VisChem Institute
Check out an all-expenses paid summer 2020 professional development institute for high school chemistry teachers. Priority application deadline: February 28, 2020. Apply today!
Sustainable Grading Practices
Melissa Hemling | Mon, 12/16/2019 - 12:33
Teacher burnout - it is real. How can teacher's adopt more sustainable grading practices to improve their work-life balance?
Flipped Classroom: Overcoming Challenges
Josh Kenney | Sun, 12/15/2019 - 09:10
Flipped classrooms are a popular pedagogical technique, delivering lectures before class so that students can engage in active learning and problem-solving activities during class. Although the response from students and teachers is mostly positive, the approach is not without its challenges. This post outlines some common challenges and how teachers might work through them.
Element of the Month - Iron
Stephen Wright | Sat, 12/14/2019 - 11:56
In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table: A familiarity with the chemistry of some of the elements more commonly encountered in everyday life is a valuable learning experience for all students. Iron is the last element in this series of elements to be discussed as part of the Element of the Month program. #IYPT
Element of the Month - Phosphorus
Stephen Wright | Fri, 12/13/2019 - 13:10
In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table: A familiarity with the chemistry of some of the elements more commonly encountered in everyday life is a valuable learning experience for all students. Phosphorus is the eighth in this series of elements to be discussed as part of the Element of the Month program. #IYPT
NGSS Periodicity Lesson
Kristen Drury | Tue, 12/10/2019 - 09:39
In this lesson, students are offered a variety of alternative versions of the periodic table. Students will identify trends that are consistent from one table to the next in order to understand why the tables they are working with and Mendeleev's version are organized in the manner that they are. This lesson was designed to fit the NGSS performance expectation HS-PS 1.1 but can be used for any first year chemistry course or modified at your discretion.