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1, 2, 3: Hybrid Dimensions
// Saturday, November 12, 2022 • Joseph Lomax
Sometimes the obvious is the most difficult to see. I was dealing with the topic of hybridization using my PowerPoints that you have seen from the Counting Orbitals II: Hybrids blogpost.  N.B: Our book uses steric number to describe the number of Valence Shell Electron Pairs
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Data-Driven Laboratory Activities: Density
// Saturday, November 12, 2022 • root4asu
Thanks again for spending some time with me in this blog. Over the course of my posts, I will share some ideas (and hoping for feedback) about data-driven instruction in science. So what the heck do I mean when I say "data-driven"?  Or you might be asking, isn't all science instruction data-driven? When posting about data-driven
colored solutions in beakers decorated with a Jack-o-lantern face
The Pumpkinator
// Monday, October 17, 2022 • Tom Kuntzleman
Co-Authored by Tom Kuntzleman* and Grazyna Zreda** *Spring Arbor University, MI and **Tanque Verde HS, AZ
pH changes occur in water exposed to high voltage sparks
The Chemistry of Lightning
// Tuesday, September 20, 2022 • Tom Kuntzleman
Lightning exhibits some of the most fascinating phenomena on planet Earth.
Image is of ancient cave drawing of two cows found in the Lascaux cave in France
Resources for Teaching Art, Archaeology, and Chemistry
// Tuesday, September 6, 2022 • Melanie Harvey
The inaugural ChemEd X Journal Club Meeting was held virtually on April 7, 2022 to discuss the article, "Curricular Materials on the Chemistry of Pottery, Including Thermodynamic Calculations for Redox Reactions in the 3-Stage Firing Process of Athenian Black- and Red-Figure Vases Produced from the Sixth-Fourth Centuries BCE" (Journal of Chemical
Quartzite flash rock near railroad tracks
Finding Flash Rocks
// Saturday, August 13, 2022 • Dean Campbell
A recent blog post, Flash Rocks from Green Chemistry and LEGO Brick Perspectives, described “flash rocks,” which are stones that produce flashes of visible light when rubbed or struck together.1,2 The stones are typically composed of many q