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

Toward roads that de-ice themselves

// Sunday, February 21, 2016 • Dan Meyers

This year in the midwest United States, winter has been a fickle friend. I haven’t seen the same amount of snow or ice as in recent years, but I still made sure I was prepared for it at our home by stocking up on calcium chloride to use as a de-icer on my driveway and sidewalks.

Colligative Properties in Real Life

// Saturday, February 20, 2016 • Dan Meyers

This year in the midwest United States, winter has been a fickle friend.

Relative Reactivities of Metals

// Thursday, December 17, 2015 • Dan Meyers

Last winter I watched a webinar put on by ACS and AACT called "NGSS in the Chemistry Classroom." As a result of watching that webinar, I took an activity that had NGSS Science & Engineering Practices (SEP) integrated into it and tried it out in class. In this activity, students are required to develop their own procedures and data tables.

Blended Learning Pilot: #1

// Friday, December 11, 2015 • Dan Meyers

At the beginning of this school year, I decided my focus would be to not try a bunch of new approaches and techniques.

Vocabulary Instruction

// Monday, December 7, 2015 • Dan Meyers

Late last school year at a staff meeting, teachers were informed that we were going to be coached and encouraged to introduce more vocabulary instruc