Material Question (Annals of Innovation) by John Colapinto
Hal Harris | Fri, 01/23/2015 - 15:15
Graphene may be the most remarkable substance ever discovered. But what's it for?
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The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children, by Katherine Stewart
Hal Harris | Wed, 01/21/2015 - 15:40
Christian conservatives are capitalizing on a Supreme Court decision that allows them to use public schools to evangelize children and even to establish churches in school buildings.
The Only Thing Constant in Life is Change
Sarah Kong | Tue, 01/20/2015 - 09:45
Wow! Night one of the semester we did the activity Change You Can Believe In. It was my second time facilitating, so I did a much better job of directing students when they asked questions and it went much faster than last semester. I did still, as expected, have students that were frustrated.
JCE 92.01—January 2015 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Thu, 01/15/2015 - 12:58
A New Year with a New Volume of Resources The January 2015 issue marks the start of the 92nd volume of the Journal of Chemical Education and is now available online at http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/92/1. This issue features colorful chemistry; using stories and writing to learn; demystifying chemistry literature; cost-effective activities and materials; experimenting with chromatography and natural products.
Sowing the Seeds of Science
Erica Jacobsen | Wed, 01/14/2015 - 15:26
“On the third day of Christmas, my mailman brought to me… three gardening catalogs.” Jumping the gun? Or marketing genius? The doldrums after the holiday were a perfect time for these pages with their promise of spring. Their arrival kicked off an evening of grand plans. Somewhere along the line, chemistry crept in.
A new semester begins!
Sarah Kong | Tue, 01/13/2015 - 13:41
A good inquiry activity is an engaging way to begin a new semester.
New Year, New Format
Dan Meyers | Mon, 01/12/2015 - 11:11
Happy New Year! For many, the beginning of a new year involves creating resolutions. And, hopefully not quitting them! Something I have resolved to do is modify the presentation and submission of lab reports.
Liquid Nitrogen, Gas Laws and Rocket Science
Tom Kuntzleman | Fri, 01/09/2015 - 13:58
The “bucket launch” is a fantastic experiment you can do if you have access to liquid nitrogen. Depending upon conditions, we have observed the bucket to launch anywhere from 80 to 160 feet high. See the video.
A Chemist Celebrates the International Year of Light
Tom Kuntzleman | Thu, 01/08/2015 - 13:43
Happy New Year! Did you know that 2015 is the International Year of Light (IYL)? IYL is a “global initiative adopted by the United Nations to raise awareness of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to worldwide challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health1”. IYL is sponsored by several organizations with interests in science and science education, including the European Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, and the American Institute of Physics. You can find several lesson plans, videos and other educational resources on the IYL website2.
JCE 91.12—December 2014 Issue Highlights
Mary Saecker | Wed, 12/17/2014 - 13:50
Celebrating the International Year of Crystallography The December 2014 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available for subscribers online at http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/91/12. The December issue includes content on: crystallography, assessment, career development for undergraduates, problem solving in organic chemistry, and teaching physical chemistry. This latest issue of JCE plus the content of all past issues, volumes 1 through 91, are available at http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc.