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Dan Meyers

ChemEd X Author, Reviewer
ChemEd X Member since: January 2014

I am a precollege instructor in Portage, MI teaching chemistry, organic chemistry, computer applications, and web design. I previously taught high school in Indianapolis and was an adjunct instructor at IUPUI. I attended graduate school at Indiana University and earned 2 Master's degrees: MS Organic Chemistry (2011) and MAT Chemistry (2012). I have been a member of the ACS, AACT, HASTI, MSTA, and NSTA. Outside of school, I am a mountain bike racer and a woodworker/furniture designer. Follow me on Twitter: @MeyersChemistry.

Posts

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NGSS Integration and Chemistry Curriculum Design
// Sunday, August 28, 2016 • Dan Meyers
During my 2nd week into summer “vacation” I met with nine other secondary science teachers from my district. We set forth on a week-long curriculum design journey that involved the new Michigan Science Standards (basically NGSS).
Concept Mapping in Chemistry
// Wednesday, June 15, 2016 • Dan Meyers
It's been a few days since my summer break began. I have had a few days to decompress, relax, and think about my next post. I have been planning to write about concept mapping since the end of our first semester.
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Blending a Periodicity Unit
// Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • Dan Meyers
Previously I wrote about taking part in a district-wide high school blended learning pilot. You can read about it here. I received my Chromebook cart near the end of February/beginning of March. A little late but just in time for the periodicity unit I was planning as a blended unit. The following is a breakdown of how I designed the unit.
Self-Healing Concrete
// Monday, March 21, 2016 • Dan Meyers
Recently, I came across an article about self-healing concrete on the ACS Central Science open source journal website.