HS-ESS2-4 Energy Flow

Paraffin Wax - an Exothermic Reaction: Caution

Chad Husting | Sun, 08/18/2019 - 11:12

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I met some amazing teachers at Chem Ed 2019. Two of these teachers are Yvonne Clifford and Sharon Geyer who ran a workshop about chemical demonstrations. One in particular caught my attention. The demonstration was an exothermic process with paraffin wax. Here is the demonstration.

A Modeling Approach to Energy Storage and Transfer

Erica Posthuma | Sat, 05/03/2014 - 15:57

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From the misconceptions fostered by the biology textbooks using the phrase “high-energy phosphate bond” to idea that energy comes in different forms, the Modeling community recognizes the challenges of teaching the energy concept and has developed a way of talking about energy designed to help students construct a consistent and cohesive model.