Physics

Blue Morpho Butterfly Wings
// Monday, January 28, 2019 Tom Kuntzleman
The June, 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education contains an article tha
combusting diamond
// Friday, November 2, 2018 Tom Kuntzleman
A diamond is forever…at least that’s how the advertising slogan goes. Many chemists know this saying is not entirely true, because diamonds are converted to graphite under normal conditions:
sparking marshmallow
// Thursday, September 27, 2018 Tom Kuntzleman
At the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) in Notre Dame this summer, Holly Walter-Kerby and Maria Gallardo-Williams unveiled an event called The Mole.
gooles, mortar/pestle and brown bottle
// Saturday, September 1, 2018 Deanna Cullen
Is your school district providing OSHA required safety training to teachers and other staff that will be in the science labs in your building? School laboratories can be a dangerous place. Many states require that school districts provide at least initial safety training before working with students in the laboratory. 
The Chemistry of Outer Space
// Sunday, July 1, 2018 Tom Kuntzleman
By Tom Kuntzleman, Mike Nydegger, and Mike Buratovich During June of 2018, we held our 14th annual science camp at Spring Arbor University (SAU): Over 120 K – 8th grade students enjoyed an entire week of science experiments, demonstrations, and activities!
Liquid air droplet
// Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Tom Kuntzleman
In the January, 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education, Jeffrey Statler describes several experiments that can be conducted with liquid air.1 He demonstrates that liquid air can be easily collected by simply immersing a test tube in liquid nitrogen, which has a
Results of student research
// Thursday, April 26, 2018 LowellThomson
I have taught at three different public schools in the United States (two in California and one in Washington state), and now three different international schools (two in Thailand, one in Romania) - and at each school I have honed my practice as a chemistry teacher based on interactions and feedback from students, the strengths of the school, and the e