iGasLaw
Doug Ragan | Fri, 04/12/2013 - 17:05
iGasLaw is a free iOS app that provides useful tools for studying properties of gases and gas laws.
Chemistry
Ionic Speed Dating
Deanna Cullen | Sun, 04/07/2013 - 14:42
This activity is used as a reinforcement activity following my use of JCE Classroom Activity #113: An Interlocking Building Block Activity in Writing Formulas of Ionic Compounds. It could be used as a stand alone activity to support writing ionic formulas and names.
JCE 90.03—March 2013 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Fri, 03/22/2013 - 13:53
The March 2013 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online [http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/90/3]. This latest issue of JCE plus the content of all past issues, volumes 1 through 90, are available at http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc.
Chemistry and Crayola
Tom Kuntzleman | Wed, 03/13/2013 - 12:54
Have you seen the new Crayola Crystal Effects Window Markers? You can draw on windows with these markers. Better yet, you can use these markers to teach students some chemistry! After drawing on a window with these markers and waiting a little while, the marker ink appears to crystalize! Check out the video.
Sparking Marshmallows
Tom Kuntzleman | Tue, 02/26/2013 - 15:31
Have you ever cooked a marshmallow in a microwave? In case you are not familiar with this experiment, when a marshmallow is heated in a microwave, gases trapped in the marshmallow expand and escape. When the gas molecules escape from the marshmallow, they push against the marshmallow, causing it to expand. Check out the video.
Stoichiometry Resources
Deanna Cullen | Mon, 02/18/2013 - 12:45
Moles, mole ratios and stoichiometry have been frustrating topics for many of my chemistry students. The MOLE and Avogadro’s number get tangled up in other Chemistry jargon and students have stared at me like I am speaking another language. I have been around long enough to know this is a problem that many of us have faced. I have tried many ideas that have helped and I want to share a few.
ChemEd 2013 Conference
Deanna Cullen | Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:25
Sunday, July 28 to Thursday, August 1, 2013, the largest conference in North America focused on teaching high school and introductory chemistry will be hosted by the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada.
JCE 90.02—February 2013 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Tue, 02/12/2013 - 14:23
The February 2013 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available.
Teaching Chemistry With a Whole New "App"titude. Intro Blog 1.0
Doug Ragan | Fri, 02/08/2013 - 22:24
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Doug Ragan and I have been a high school chemistry teacher for fourteen years. Three years ago, I was approached by my high school principal and the conversation went like this,
Principal: "You are one lucky guy."
Me: "Really, why?"
Small Research Projects in the Chemistry Classroom
Tom Kuntzleman | Sat, 02/02/2013 - 11:13
You may have read Sarah Kong's recent blog post on inquiry on this site. I thought I would give a description of one way I incorporate inquiry learning into one of the chemistry courses I teach.