Stamp of the Week #3
Michael Morgan | Wed, 04/07/2021 - 14:56
A Soviet era stamp featuring a quadruple bond.
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Effect of Temperature on Chemical Equilibrium using Copper Complexes
Tom Kuntzleman | Wed, 04/07/2021 - 11:00
This post describes a simple way to generate blue, green, orange, and yellow copper complexes, and to use these complexes to introduce students to the effect of temperature on chemical equilibria. The protcol avoids the use of caustic agents, allowing the experiments to be conducted by students as a laboratory-based investigation.
Representation in STEM Education
Jason Bradshaw | Tue, 04/06/2021 - 09:45
The diversification of STEM and STEM education is not going to happen overnight, but we all move it forward with what we do today. It is incumbent to us as educators to acknowledge and celebrate the different identities in our classrooms.
A Manipulative Paper Tool for Teaching Simple Organic Nomenclature: Part 1 Hydrocarbons
Melanie Harvey | Mon, 04/05/2021 - 18:05
Organic nomenclature is usually taught as an introduction to organic chemistry. To help introduce students to organic nomenclature in a way that clearly summarizes the patterns that exist, a paper tool for naming hydrocarbons was developed.
Bringing Chemistry to Life
Katy Dornbos | Sun, 04/04/2021 - 17:30
This activity aims to boost students’ confidence in representing the atomic world. It also aims to educate both students and the general public about the “chemicals” found in everyday objects.
Chemistry Online- Why not? Or why bother?
Francisco Villa | Sat, 04/03/2021 - 10:45
This post addresses concerns about the quality of the future of chemistry education in an online environment.
Photochromic glue and spring decorations
Dean Campbell | Fri, 04/02/2021 - 23:23
The many colors of springtime can be illustrated with photochromic pigments in commercial products. These products include UV beads, and more recently, photochromic glue. The glue can be used as a photochromic paint for paper or even eggs. The resulting colorful, decorative objects can be used to illustrate chemical discussions of aspects of photochemistry.
How much carbon dioxide is produced from a gallon of gasoline?
Thomas Cox | Fri, 04/02/2021 - 22:30
This classroom activity challenges students to figure out the volume of gaseous carbon dioxide emitted from the combustion of 1 gallon of gasoline fuel.
Collisions - Chemistry Learning Games for High-School and College Students with Jen Lee
Deanna Cullen | Mon, 03/29/2021 - 16:38
Collisions is a system of eight digital games, grounded in the rules of chemistry, that can be used to introduce, teach, and review more than 50 key concepts in your chemistry classroom. Collisions makes abstract concepts tangible by allowing students to visualize and manipulate the building blocks of matter, while providing a safe space to make mistakes and learn by introducing content through gameplay. On March 24th, 2021, Jen Lee presented a ChemEd X Talk about how instructors can use these games with their high school and college students. Besides explaining how the games work and interconnect, she outlined how to find and use premade lesson plans and answered questions posed by participants. You can watch the edited recording of Jen's Talk here.
Energizer Lab with Virtual Options
Deanna Cullen | Tue, 03/23/2021 - 14:42
In this lab, students connect the workings of an electrochemical cell in the lab with the symbolic equations used in electrochemistry and manipulate a model representing the particulate level of what is happening during the electrochemical process. Although this lab was previously highlighted on ChemEd X, there are now virtual options offered!