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text: ChemEd X ChemBasics Talk- The Mole Concept
ChemEd X ChemBasics Talk - The Mole Concept
// Saturday, August 21, 2021 • ChemEd X
The mole concept is fundamental to chemistry but teachers and students have often struggled with the details. In this ChemBasics Talk, Krystle Moos offers everything necessary to plan a unit on the topic including linked NGSS standards, introductory activities and handouts, manipulative activities, practice problems, links to real world context, a
atmospheric LEGO sticks showing types and amounts of gases in assorted planet atmospheres
LEGO Brick Atmosphere Sticks
// Sunday, June 6, 2021 • Dean Campbell
The landing of the Perseverance rover and the flights of the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars1,2 have again turned people’s attention to that red planet and to space exploration in general.
text: "What informs the grade a student earns in your class?"
What informs the grade a student earns in your class? w/ Erica Posthuma
// Sunday, May 16, 2021 • Deanna Cullen
Grades should provide feedback to students, parents, and teachers as to the progress students are making toward learning targets. Meaningful grades require good assessment practices. Erica Posthuma presented a ChemEd X Talk on May 11th, 2021, providing an overview of effective assessment design.
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Managing Student Collaboration with Kristen Drury & Stephanie O'Brien
// Monday, April 26, 2021 • Deanna Cullen
POGIL activities can be used to engage students in chemistry lessons through the use of student teams, effective models, and tiered questioning. Kristen Drury and Stephanie O'Brien presented in a ChemEd X Talk on April 21, 2021 and provided teachers with guidance on fostering student buy-in, student role formation, and POGIL implementation.
text over black suitcase: "ACS DivCHED International Travel Award"
ACS Division of Chemical Education International Travel Award
// Tuesday, April 20, 2021 • ChemEd X
Interested in Chemical Education? Want to attend an international conference? Did you know that the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society (DivCHED) funds a Travel Award each year?
text: "Collisions - Chemistry Learning Games for High School and College Students"
Collisions - Chemistry Learning Games for High-School and College Students with Jen Lee
// Monday, March 29, 2021 • Deanna Cullen
Collisions is a system of eight digital games, grounded in the rules of chemistry, that can be used to introduce, teach, and review more than 50 key concepts in your chemistry classroom. Collisions makes abstract concepts tangible by allowing students to visualize and manipulate the building blocks of matter, while providing a safe space to ma