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Mt. St. Helens 40 Years Later: Getting More from Soda Volcano Demonstrations

Dean Campbell | Sun, 05/17/2020 - 18:00

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Potential enhancements to soda-based demonstrations of volcanic eruptions are described. Depending on the specific demonstration setup, outgassing of carbonated sodas can represent low-viscosity lava flows or more violent production of pyroclastic materials. These simple demos can be used as stand-alone experiments or in concert with other activities.

FREE Virtual Conference for Science Educators- Don't miss out!

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ScIC2 "Science is Cool" is a FREE Virtual unconference that will be offered Thursday May 21, 2020! (Professional Development credit is available for purchase through Fresno Pacific University.)

ACCT Cohorts

ACCT Admin | Sat, 05/09/2020 - 11:38

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The ACCT project celebrates the teachers who have participated in and facilitated the ACCT professional development!

The exploding Pringles design challenge: Formative assessment with a bang!

Scott Balicki | Mon, 05/04/2020 - 20:13

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The Exploding Pringles can design challenge is an open-ended formative assessment developed by the ACCT team, which tasks students with designing an explosion that produces the maximum boom within a Pringles container with a fixed volume.

Solution to Chemical Mystery #17: Bubble Buster!

Tom Kuntzleman | Wed, 04/29/2020 - 16:45

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The solution to Chemical Mystery #17 is presented. Were you able to use your chemical knowledge to explain the results?

Structure-Property relationships thinking

ACCT Admin | Sun, 04/26/2020 - 13:28

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Here you can read a description of the Structure-Property Relationships thread of the Chemical Thinking framework.

Students have answered the question, but what are they thinking?

Scott Balicki | Sun, 04/26/2020 - 10:57

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As physical distancing continues and we persist in teaching our chemistry classes online, it behooves us as teachers to spend some time considering how we can purposefully observe and decipher the written work that our students submit.

Chemical Mystery #17: Bubble Buster!

Tom Kuntzleman | Fri, 04/24/2020 - 17:20

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If you know your chemistry, you can figure out how the bubbles get busted!

Links to resources related to ACCT project individuals

ACCT Admin | Fri, 04/24/2020 - 08:45

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Here you can find resources related to the ACCT project and the ACCT team.

ACCT Advisory board

ACCT Admin | Fri, 04/24/2020 - 08:26

Here you can read about the advisory board for the ACCT project