Freezing soap bubbles
Tom Kuntzleman | Thu, 01/09/2014 - 12:09
When it is cold outside...why not blow bubbles?
Blogs
Safety Training Opportunity
Deanna Cullen | Wed, 01/08/2014 - 17:09
In light of the recent chemistry accident and my blog posts about safety, I want to make sure you know of this upcoming opportunity:
AND the Worst Happens Again
Deanna Cullen | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 19:46
It has happened again. We just published a “Lab Accidents” blog with a link to the US Chemical Safety Board’s video entitled “After the Rainbow” published December 10, 2013. Less than a month later, a young boy has experienced the same nightmare scenario as the one described in the video.
Conant Awards Inspire
Deanna Cullen | Mon, 01/06/2014 - 13:48
The national ACS James Bryant Conant award was established in 1965 to encourage and recognize outstanding high school chemistry teachers. Candidates are chosen based upon evidence of high quality teaching, ability to challenge and inspire, extracurricular activities that support their work and pursuit of continued improvement of their role as an educator.
Social Media
Deanna Cullen | Sun, 01/05/2014 - 17:21
Chemistry teachers are always looking for new ideas to reach students. Social media is a new frontier to reach students AND collaborate with other chemistry teachers around the world 24/7. I hesitated to join Twitter because it seemed like "just one more thing to add to my plate". I did finally log on and created an account.
Lab Accidents
Deanna Cullen | Wed, 12/18/2013 - 11:45
The US Chemical Safety Board is an independent federal agency in Washington DC. They investigate industrial accidents. They just released a video of a young woman speaking about a high school chemistry class accident she was a victim of.
Ice clouds
Tom Kuntzleman | Mon, 12/16/2013 - 08:33
When the outside temperature drops below 0°F (-18°C), the conditions tempt this experiment!
Standards and Inquiry or Standards vs Inquiry?
Sarah Kong | Fri, 12/13/2013 - 12:59
In my grad program one of our discussions concerned how to teach science the way science is actually done. This seems to be one of the core ideas in the Next Generation Science Standards. The standards want to encourage students to think more like scientists and engineers as opposed to students seeking an A. Please share your thoughts!