Activities

Organic nomenclature is usually taught as part of any 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.  Materials Materials:

One challenge we encounter in teaching and learning chemistry is connecting the macroscopic and atomic views of matter. Another challenge, complicated by well-meaning but scientifically-weak advertising, is demystifying the word “chemical”.

The ideal gas law and gas stoichiometry problems are quite common from the high school chemistry classroom to the college general chemistry laboratory.

If a student “gets the wrong answer” while performing mole conversions, it can be difficult (for both student and the teacher) to discern where an error was made. Inevitably sometime toward the beginning of learning these conversions, students can become overly confident, plugging numbers in without thinking about whether they are sensical. Th

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There have been many demonstrations and experiments published online and in the Journal of Chemical Education throughout the years dealing with various aspects of gas chemistry, and CO₂ sublimation in particular.¹ The demonstration where CO₂ generated from dry ice or a chemical reaction is used to snuff out a ca

  There is a classic chemistry demonstration that involves placing cans of soda pop in water to see if they float or sink.^1-8 Usually, sugared sodas sink in water while diet sodas float (video 1).