Xperience ChemEd X

Xperience ChemEd X through the ideas and opinions of its community members.

ChemEd X is designed to foster a vibrant community where chemistry educators can share their unique ideas and classroom experiences. Xperience is a dedicated space for community-contributed content, offering a more personal and informal look at chemistry education. Here, you can:

Discover Diverse Perspectives

Explore blog posts where fellow teachers share their personal observations, teaching insights, and classroom-tested reflections.

Recruiting that led to decline in diversity
Effective Recruiting that Led to a Decline in Diversity
// Sunday, September 24, 2023 • Chadwick Young
Nicholls Chemistry is at a primarily undergraduate institution and offers a B.S. in chemistry and supporting courses in physics, astronomy, and geology. It has 15 faculty and about 100 chemistry majors.
Students
Still I Rise: A Student Perspective
// Tuesday, February 9, 2016 • E Posthuma
Natalie Murdock is one of my students. She has been passionate about science and specifically Chemistry, for as long as I’ve known her.
Snowman
Creating an Inclusive Classroom in December
// Wednesday, December 12, 2018 • Ariel Serkin
It’s December and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram are replete with well-meaning teachers asking for Christmas-themed chemistry activities, labs, and demonstrations.

Engage with Peers

Participate in the community by lending your perspective via comments on published items and see what your colleagues are thinking.

Find Practical Resources

Access a wide array of informal teaching activities, demonstrations, and strategies that are ready to be adapted for your own laboratory or classroom.

 

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A Classroom View of Using Interactive Notebook Pages
// Wednesday, July 20, 2022 • Nora Walsh
I had a great time leading a ChemEd X Talk this past week on using interactive notebooks in the chemistry classroom. I always love discussing ways to share content with my peers.
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Whiteboarding Strategies
// Sunday, January 26, 2014 • E Posthuma
In my first post I mentioned using the Chemistry Modeling Curriculum (CMC) in my classroom. Although Modeling Instruction (MI) has been around for over 20 years, I discovered it during a workshop in the summer of 2010.
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Flipping the Structure of my Flipped Classroom
// Friday, May 21, 2021 • Kristen Drury
Why I Started Flipping As a flipped classroom teacher for almost a decade, I have gone through many major shifts in my teaching philosophies and it has changes the way I have delivered my videos.

Share Your Voice

We invite you to contribute your own work—whether it’s a reflection on a new pedagogy, a success story from your lab, or a thoughtful inquiry into student learning.

Please note that during our transition to our new web platform, we have suspended contributions of new content. We expect to resume accepting community contributions in Summer 2026.

Professional Development: ChemEd X Talks

Access schedule and recordings of live virtual meetings where practitioners discuss specific pedagogical strategies, from interactive notebooks to student collaboration.

Examples

The Xperience section is a treasure trove of creative, community-driven content. Here are three specific examples that highlight the diverse ways educators share their work:

choose your framework
Choose Your Framework
// Thursday, July 10, 2025 • E Posthuma
Welcome to our (Re)Bootcamp series! Below, two different styles of content presentation are shared, along with a teacher’s reflection on how each works in their classroom and why they chose this particular style. Interactive Notebooks By Nora Walsh