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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Leading the Way in K-12 Green Chemistry Education
// Wednesday, July 14, 2021 • Scott Donnelly
Webinar: Leading the Way in K-12 Green Chemistry Education Date: July 21, 2021 Time: 1100-1200pm Eastern Organizer: Beyond Benign (https://www.beyondbenign.org/k12/)
Atom character with her dog, Electron
The Magical Periodic Table and The Element Girls Series
// Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • Rajasree Swaminathan
I am a 7th grade teacher who has been teaching a semester of physics and a semester of chemistry at the Harker School in San Jose, CA for the last twenty years. Early on in my career, I made a few observations based on the reactions of my students when I introduced the periodic table of elements to them. 
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Skype with a Scientist Live
// Thursday, April 8, 2021 • Stephanie O'Brien
This year so many in-person events at school have not been able to happen due to COVID restrictions. One activity that my science honor society students have enjoyed greatly is the Skype with a Scientist Live sessions. Students register in advance and then have the opportunity to be face to face with a scientist.
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3DL4US Podcast
// Monday, March 22, 2021 • Deborah Herrington
Co-Authored by Deborah Herrington* and Paul Nelson**  *Chemistry professor, Grand Valley State Univesity, Allendale, MI, **Post-doctoral researcher at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Feedback: A Tool to Help Address the Issues of Time and Engagement
// Wednesday, January 20, 2021 • Ben Meacham
For years, I have had a continuous struggle with giving students feedback. Like most teachers, I am aware of its importance, which is why I continue to provide feedback as often as I can. So, what exactly is the struggle? The struggle lies primarily in two areas:
Some of the options the website offers
Website to Create Virtual Activities - flippity
// Sunday, November 22, 2020 • Stephanie O'Brien
The website flippity.net provides teachers and students the ability to take a Google Sheet and turn it into a wide variation of activities. I have been trying to create different types of assessments and activities for students to complete online.
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Soonish -the near-ish future of technologies
// Wednesday, August 19, 2020 • Hal Harris
“Soonish” is a book about the near future, or “near-ish”, anyway. Unlike predictions of what will happen many decades from now, which are inevitably far off the mark, “Soonish” is an attempt to describe technological developments that, while they may not necessarily come to fruition before we all die of a pandemic, at least there have already been
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The Alchemy of Us - How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
// Monday, July 27, 2020 • Chad Husting
The ¨Alchemy of Us¨ is a wonderful read that should be on every chemistry teacher´s bookshelf. Ainissa Ramirez has crafted a great story book that introduces the non scientist reader to the idea of material science. Does material science influence people or do people influence material science? The answer, I believe is yes.