Stamp of the Week #3
Michael Morgan | Wed, 04/07/2021 - 14:56
A Soviet era stamp featuring a quadruple bond.
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Stamp of the Week #2
Michael Morgan | Thu, 04/16/2020 - 16:30
Germany issued a pair of stamps that honor two fundamentally huge accomplishments in science in 1994. The Quantum Theory and Ohm’s Law. They were really well designed stamps and very accurate in their science.
Chemistry on Stamps #1
Michael Morgan | Mon, 04/06/2020 - 16:18
Michael Morgan is the president of the Chemistry and Physics on Stamps Study Unit. He has collected stamps and shared his interest with others for almost 30 years.
Announcing AACT Teacher Awards
Michael Morgan | Wed, 01/24/2018 - 16:44
The American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) has just made a major announcement. The first AACT Chemistry Teacher of the Year Awards have just opened their nomination process. Awards will be given to teachers in each of three levels of chemistry education. One for K-5 teachers of science, one for grade 6-8 teachers of physical science, and one for high school chemistry teachers.
Molar Volume of Gas - Lab Tip
Michael Morgan | Tue, 10/10/2017 - 17:54
Face to face professional development provides the opportunity for teachers to learn from and share with other teachers. This post provides an example of one of the many great ideas that I have learned from other teachers.
Get Your Learn On
Michael Morgan | Mon, 09/11/2017 - 14:55
When I first started teaching I was very fortunate that a local teacher invited me to a high school chemistry teachers meeting. I was really young and really motivated to be a better teacher. I registered immediately and went to an all day event. I think I learned more that day than I did in all of my teacher training.
Creating a Culture of Nerdy
Michael Morgan | Wed, 08/30/2017 - 15:51
It all started with a couple of summers spent on fellowships at the Institute for Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin: Madison. In 1990 after two years of teaching high school chemistry I transferred to help open a school to specialize in Health and Medical education. I was 23 years old and ready to take on the world. The school’s student body was high poverty, 96% of the students qualified for the federal lunch program, and almost the entire student body was classified as minority. It was a good first year.
This post was submitted for the 2017 ChemEd X Call for Contributions: Creating a Classroom Culture.
Qualitative Analysis of IONS
Michael Morgan | Mon, 06/05/2017 - 10:41
Near the end of the school year we are all thinking about what we will do with our AP Chem students until the end of the semester. Last year I wrote about a post AP independent study activity that I use dealing with transition metal compounds. I still like it and use it. But this year I want to talk about a very involved lab that many of my colleagues are ignoring.