March 2025 Xchange

UNO OUT…..Demystifying Stoichiometry

This article describes a game aimed at helping students become comfortable using dimensional analysis. Designed to mimic the popular card game UNO, MOLE-O encourages students to think about how to set up a stoichiometry problem utilizing a deck of UNO-like playing cards.

APTeach: The Chaos of Unit 9

Join APTeach in discussing common student missteps in Gibb’s Free Energy and Entropy, as well as quick and easy electrochem activities and student misconceptions in electrochemistry. 

Using AI to Assist My Chemistry Classroom

In this blog post, Anthony Stetzenmeyer describes several ways he has started to use AI (Chat GPT) in his chemistry classroom. Anthony explains, in detail, ways AI can streamline lesson planning and help teachers maximize their prep time. 

Planning a Stoichiometry Unit

Let Nora Walsh help you plan a stoichiometry unit using curated resources from ChemEDX!

Boltzmann Bucks—Helping Students Conceptualize Entropy

If you are looking to go beyond using traditional, arguably misleading, definitions of entropy involving “disorder” and “messy bedroom” analogies, the Boltzmann Bucks game fits the bill. The game, pulled from a Journal of Chemical Education article, provides a wonderful opportunity for students to more accurately conceptualize entropy.

Heat, The Ocean, and Climate Change

If you enjoyed Tom Kuntzleman's article last month on incorporating climate change into lessons about metric prefixes, check out his previous post from 2020. 

ChemEd X Call for Contributions

ChemEd X invites practitioners in the chemical education community to share their experiences, knowledge and the resources they use in their classroom and laboratory.