Organic Chemistry

Recrystallization in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
// Monday, November 17, 2025 • Daniel Rivera
Implementing a Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) style recrystallization activity provides students with an opportunity to actively engage in the learning process while reinforcing key chemical concepts such as polarity, solubility, and purification techniques.
September 2019 Cover JChemEd
Especially JCE: September 2019
// Thursday, September 19, 2019 • Erica K. Jacobsen
My grandma's rural church cookbook A Century of Family Favorites 1879-1979 is still our family's go-to baking resource. We return to certain recipes over and over (snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, among others), but I also enjoy browsing to consider the possibilities.
Chemistry magnets
Chemistry Magnets - Making Chemistry Visible
// Friday, August 16, 2019 • Doug Ragan
This past July, I had the opportunity to present “Making Chemistry Visible With Magnets” at ChemEd 2019. Additionally, through the creativeness of some fellow attendees, particularly Katy Dornbos, Ariel Serkin, and Kristin
April 2019 cover of JChemEd
Especially JCE: April 2019
// Monday, April 15, 2019 • Erica K. Jacobsen
I’m a jigsaw puzzle fan. But, I’m a bit particular about my puzzles. I like photos rather than illustrations. It needs to be large enough to take awhile, but not so big that it takes up house space for weeks.
sherds (broken pieces) of pottery
Archaeological Pottery - An Inquiry-based Laboratory Activity
// Wednesday, August 8, 2018 • Linda Ford
Are you up for trying an ambitious experiment that combines archeology, instrumental analysis, and a search for patterns in data? Then this activity might fit the bill! I came up with this activity after slipping into one of Kevin Braun’s presentations at the BCCE 2016 in Colorado.
ChemTube3D
ChemTube3D iPad App for organic mechanisms (and so much more!)
// Friday, October 20, 2017 • LowellThomson
I recently stumbled upon a free App for the iPad that I plan to introduce to my students during our upcoming organic unit. This is just the first topic that I am using the app for. There are many more uses for the App in a number of units.
Especially JCE: February 2017
// Tuesday, February 14, 2017 • Erica K. Jacobsen
“The common image of chemistry is in fact a rather wretched one, full of hazards, risks, and pollution. The word ‘chemicals’ has become synonymous with ‘dangerous substances’ in the popular culture. ‘Unfair,’ we chemists cry, ‘and so uninformed.’ But what is being done to improve the public’s perception of chemistry?”