My Heart Beats for Chemistry
Tom Kuntzleman | Tue, 02/22/2022 - 18:21
Tom Kuntzleman conducts a safer "mercury-like" beating heart experiment with an added splash of gratefulness.
Safety / Hazardous Materials
Online Activity: Chemical Kinetics and the “Radium Girls”
Dean Campbell | Mon, 12/20/2021 - 12:17
The classic classroom or lab activity using coin flips to illustrate the first order kinetics of radioactive decay is connected to the tragedy of radiation exposure of workers at facilities using radium-containing luminescent paint. Some of the chemistry related to the contamination of these “radium girls” is explored, with connections being made to the Principles of Green Chemistry and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Especially JCE: October 2019
Erica Jacobsen | Sat, 10/12/2019 - 18:14
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the October 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education of special interest to our ChemEd X community.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Maria Gallardo-... | Sun, 10/14/2018 - 12:51
Radium Girls is one of those books that can’t be put down. It challenges us with imagery so vivid that sometimes you just want to look away, but you are so invested in the lives of the girls that you persevere to the end. It is tragic and strong but also hopeful and tender.
Safely “Playing With Fire” in the Chemistry Classroom
Ryan Johnson | Mon, 09/03/2018 - 18:01
It’s the beginning of a brand new school year, and a brand new opportunity to capture students’ interest in chemistry and the joy of lab-based sciences! In thousands of chemistry classrooms across the country, teachers will be planning labs, demos, and ways to have students be engaged and excited about learning.
Required Safety Training
Deanna Cullen | Sat, 09/01/2018 - 04:01
Is your school district providing OSHA required safety training to teachers and other staff that will be in the science labs in your building?
Especially JCE: April 2018
Deanna Cullen | Tue, 04/24/2018 - 09:19
Deanna Cullen shares highlights from the April 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
Flinn Chemventory
Deanna Cullen | Thu, 09/14/2017 - 23:44
The Flinn website sums up their software with these sentences, "Flinn’s Online Chemventory™ Inventory Management System(link is external) is a cloud-based lab management system that allows multiple users on multiple devices from multiple locations! Available as a 1-Year, 3-Year or 5-Year license.
Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories - 8th Edition
Deanna Cullen | Thu, 08/10/2017 - 14:07
The ACS Committee on Chemical Safety has released the 8th edition of "Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories". The publication provides advice for first- and second-year university students.
The Importance of Safety.
Doug Ragan | Sun, 10/02/2016 - 12:26
Undergraduates Need a Safety Education is the title found in the commentary section of the September 2016 Journal of Chemical Education. It is written by Robert H. Hill Jr and it explains the lack of safety education in chemistry curriculum. As I read this, I thought back to my safety education that prepared me for my role as a high school chemistry teacher and felt I was very fortunate to have had an undergradutae class that was specifically designed to teach chemical safety.