The Ultimate Chemistry Swag....
Chad Husting | Sun, 10/15/2017 - 19:34
Check out the custom made chemistry swag I just purchased.
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Investigations of Pyrite Nugget Beads: An Experiment for National Chemistry Week, Part 2
Tom Kuntzleman | Fri, 10/13/2017 - 17:17
Decorative beads are tested for the presence of iron pyrite, or FeS2, in an activity well-suited for the National Chemistry Week theme of "Chemistry Rocks!"
JCE 94.10 October 2017 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Fri, 10/13/2017 - 11:25
Celebrating the Value of Chemistry
The October 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: geochemistry in action; research on effective teaching and study approaches; keeping education and chemistry relevant; communication and writing; spectroscopy; chromatography; synthesis; teaching resources; mining the archive: chemistry rocks!
ACS Publications Editors' Choice articles
Deanna Cullen | Mon, 10/02/2017 - 18:38
Every day, one new peer-reviewed research article from any ACS journal will be selected to be freely available and remain open access for all to read. These articles are selected based upon recommendations by editors of ACS Journals and made available as a service to the global research community.
Investigations of Hematite beads: A Experiment for National Chemistry Week
Tom Kuntzleman | Sun, 10/01/2017 - 19:32
Check out these experiments that are very easy to perform and also related to the themes for National Chemistry Week in both 2017, Chemistry Rocks and 2018 Chemistry is Out of this World!
Elements and Augmented Reality
Chad Husting | Sun, 09/17/2017 - 18:21
Augmented reality is a type of technology that uses an app to turn a hidden QR code into a three dimensional object on a screen as viewed by your camera. Elements 4D attempts to bring augmented reality to chemistry.
JCE 94.09 September 2017 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Thu, 09/14/2017 - 11:46
Enhancing Student Success in Chemistry
The September 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: student thinking and student success; computational thinking; using games to teach: developing and making tools for teaching; understanding catalysis; green chemistry; food chemistry in the laboratory; exploring edible fats and oils; NMR spectroscopy; laboratory cross-course collaboration; physical chemistry; distilling the archives: scents and smellability; announcing the search for the next Editor-in-Chief.
Searching for the Next Editor-in-Chief of JCE
Ellen Yezierski | Wed, 09/13/2017 - 14:16
The Board of Publication of the ACS Division of Chemical Education announces the opening of a search for the ninth Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chemical Education (JCE). A video and other documents are provided to outline the job posting, responsibilities of the position, the routine workings of JChemEd and characteristics of a well-suited candidate.
The Teacher Page - An Organizational Tool
Dana Hsi | Fri, 09/01/2017 - 10:05
The Teacher Page includes all of the notes I need to set up, run, and clean up the particular experiment. I record from whom I obtained the lab. I list the location of chemicals in the stockroom. I've added what does and does not work, so that I don't have to remember it from year to year. I have notes of things to try in the future. The most important part, however, is the giant spreadsheet to calculate amounts of chemicals needed to make multiple volumes of solutions. This saves so much time and repeated effort!
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.