Reflections on Choice Boards in the Chemistry Classroom
Stephanie O'Brien | Thu, 06/24/2021 - 11:01
Stephanie O'Brien shares lessons learned and strategies for utilizing choice boards in chemistry classroom.
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Especially JCE: October 2019
Erica Jacobsen | Sat, 10/12/2019 - 18:14
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the October 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education of special interest to our ChemEd X community.
Why Green Chemistry? Or Better Yet, Why Not Green Chemistry?
Erika Fatura | Mon, 08/05/2019 - 22:50
My top 5 reasons for using Green Chemistry in my classroom along with a few examples of replacement labs that follow Green Chemistry principles.
Indicator Activity - Assigning Roles for Students in the Laboratory
Karen Perri | Sun, 04/07/2019 - 12:09
The author explains how she assigns roles for her students while completing laboratory work. The lab activity is designed to allow students to explore the use of indicators. It serves as an introduction to acids, bases and pH.
Why I Am Attending ChemEd 2019
Kristen Drury | Fri, 01/04/2019 - 08:19
I am already planning for my trip to Illinois in July to attend ChemEd 2019! Let me tell you why I want to attend.
Summer of POGIL: Reflections and Teaching Tips
Stephanie O'Brien | Tue, 07/17/2018 - 09:35
The summer is an ideal time for reflection, a time to process and grow as an educator. This summer I was fortunate enough to attend the POGIL® National Meeting at Washington University in Saint Louis as well as assist as one of the facilitators at the Northeast Regional Meeting at Manhattan College. While there are numerous ways to spend your summer vacation, I wanted to share some reasons why POGIL® draws me in time and again.
Social Emotional Learning in the Chemistry Classroom
Stephanie O'Brien | Mon, 03/12/2018 - 07:26
As a secondary science teacher, I have contact with my students everyday. Making relationships and learning about all of my students is key to letting them know that I am invested in their success.
Follow-Up: Inspired to try something new with stoichiometry
lowell Thomson | Fri, 02/23/2018 - 22:55
Inspired by Ben Meacham's post on stoichiometry, I looked to modify the lab sequence for my IB Chemistry class for our unit on stoichiometry. I will describe my experience modifying a typical empirical formula lab, along with using a modified version of the lab Ben shared.
My First Experience Using Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) in the IB Chemistry Classroom
lowell Thomson | Fri, 02/17/2017 - 08:59
In a recent blog post, Ben Meacham shared his use of the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Framework. I have started using this approach for class discussion as well, and will share some ideas and thoughts about the process.
Implementing the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Framework in the Chemistry Classroom
Ben Meacham | Mon, 02/13/2017 - 09:10
For me, the first step toward teaching my students how to critically think about how they structured an argument or explanation was to implement the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) framework. While the premise behind CER isn’t anything new to the way science teachers already think, it provides an entirely different approach toward how students connect their experiences and previously learned content into something that is much more reflective of being scientifically literate.