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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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Haber Film
Haber - The Father of Chemical Warfare
// Wednesday, April 15, 2015 • Deanna Cullen
Haber is a name that is heard often in chemistry class because of the Haber process of producing ammonia which earned Fritz Haber a Nobel Prize. Students may not always hear about the other parts of Haber's career and life.
Material Question
Material Question (Annals of Innovation) by John Colapinto
// Friday, January 23, 2015 • Hal Harris
If you are teacher of chemistry, you probably already know something about graphene, the first and only two-dimensional material.  As you probably know, graphene consists of a single layer of the familiar graphite carbon hexagons that we teach about in introductory courses.
"What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" by Randall Munroe
// Wednesday, November 5, 2014 • Hal Harris
What would happen if you collected samples of each of the elements starting with hydrogen, then helium, then lithium, and so on, stacking cubic samples of each element one on another, to build a tangible Periodic Table Wall. How far could you go before you died of explosion or poisoning, and what would get you first?
JCE AP Special Issue
JCE AP Special Issue
// Monday, September 22, 2014 • Deanna Cullen
The Journal of Chemical Education AP Special Issue is in print. Greg Rushton and I were happy to highlight the special issue for high school chemistry teachers and other stake holders at BCCE in August. If you haven't already taken a look at the articles, I hope you will find some time to check them out.
Vandana Shiva
Seeds of Doubt (Annals of Science) by MIchael Specter
// Friday, September 19, 2014 • Hal Harris
As the world population grows toward seven billion, it remains unclear whether food production can be increased sufficiently to feed all of those people, even at levels well below what developed countries consume now.
Griep Research Group
Music for Chemistry
// Monday, September 1, 2014 • Deanna Cullen
If you want to liven up your chemistry course with some music, check out the Griep Research Group Website. They are at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Many suggestions for music can be found. You may also be interested in suggestions for movie clips that you might want to include. 
The Particle at the End of the Universe by Sean Carroll
// Thursday, August 7, 2014 • Melanie Anastasio
The Higgs boson is one of our era’s most fascinating scientific frontiers and the key to understanding why mass exists. The most recent book on the subject, The God Particle, was a bestseller.