Picks

ChemEd X contributors and staff members are continually coming across items of interest that they feel others may wish to know about. Picks include, but need not be limited to, books, magazines, journals, articles, apps—most anything that has a link to it can qualify.

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Bowtie Diagram for flammable solvent safety
Safely “Playing With Fire” in the Chemistry Classroom
// Monday, September 3, 2018 • Ryan Johnson
It’s the beginning of a brand new school year, and a brand new opportunity to capture students’ interest in chemistry and the joy of lab-based sciences! In thousands of chemistry classrooms across the country, teachers will be planning labs, demos, and ways to have students be engaged and excited about learning.
gooles, mortar/pestle and brown bottle
Required Safety Training
// 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. 
Ck-12 logo
Ck-12: A Textbook for Every Child
// Saturday, August 4, 2018 • Chad Husting
Ck-12 is a resource that is attempting to provide a quality textbook or "flexbook" for any student who needs or wants one. Ck-12 began their mission over eleven years ago. Their mission began as a non-profit and non-revenue institution. This means they have never asked teachers for money or fund raising.
ACS Guidelines and Recommendations
ACS Guidelines and Recommendations for Teaching Middle and High School Chemistry
// Monday, May 21, 2018 • Deanna Cullen
The updated ACS Guidelines and Recommendations for Teaching Middle and High School Chemistry were recently released. The document has been edited and expanded from the 2012 Guidelines and Recommendations to now include information valuable to administrators and middle school teachers.
Results of student research
The International Scholastic Journal of Science - Publishing the original research of secondary school students.
// 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