Especially JCE: May 2019
Erica Jacobsen | Fri, 05/10/2019 - 14:53
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the May 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education of special interest to our ChemEd X community.
high school chemistry
Especially JCE: March 2018
Erica Jacobsen | Tue, 03/13/2018 - 07:23
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the March 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
Questioning the Traditional Lesson Structure
Stephanie O'Brien | Wed, 01/10/2018 - 21:21
The focus of this article will be on how to incorporate the first science and engineering practice, asking questions, into your chemistry instruction. The most common professional development technique I have encountered regarding this practice is Question Formulation Technique (QFT).
Especially JCE: November 2017
Erica Jacobsen | Sat, 11/18/2017 - 22:38
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the November 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education that are of special interest to high school chemistry teachers.
Especially JCE: October 2017
Erica Jacobsen | Sun, 10/15/2017 - 21:54
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the October 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education that are of special interest to high school chemistry teachers.
Especially JCE: July 2017
Erica Jacobsen | Sun, 07/16/2017 - 12:35
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the July 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education that are of special interest to high school chemistry teachers.
Especially JCE: March 2017
Erica Jacobsen | Wed, 03/15/2017 - 11:05
Throw the phrase “chemistry class” at someone to get their reaction. What do you predict it would be? A chalkboard full of stoichiometry problems? Wading through the atomic masses on the periodic table? Bubbling beakers? Something else? In any case, I’m guessing his or her first answer would not be, “Creative writing.”
Especially JCE: January 2017
Erica Jacobsen | Tue, 01/10/2017 - 16:18
Highlights from the January 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education of special interest to high school chemistry teachers.
Especially JCE: November 2016
Erica Jacobsen | Mon, 11/14/2016 - 12:49
What surprised you most about class last week? What do you think was the muddiest point in class last week? These two questions are part of an article that caught my eye in the November 2016 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education—Surprises in the Muddy Waters of High-Enrollment Courses.
Especially JCE: September 2016
Erica Jacobsen | Thu, 09/15/2016 - 09:43
“You sank my battleship!” Do you remember this line from a classic commercial featuring the board game Battleship? It sat in my family’s game closet when I was a kid, but it’s popping up again recently, with chemistry twists.