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Haber - The Father of Chemical Warfare
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...
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JCE 92.04—April 2015 Issue Highlights
Chemists Celebrate Earth DayThe April 2015 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online for subscribers. This issue features articles on atmospheric and environmental chemistry...
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Lab 20 aka Check the Solution!
Last night I had the opportunity to do another lab that I wrote with my students. It is so exciting to see something go from words on a screen to a group of students working together in a laboratory....
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What are they thinking? Where did they get that idea?
Have you read “Making Thinking Visible”? You should.Chemistry requires high levels of abstract thought along with applications of quantitative and qualitative concepts. I am a careful planner; I...
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Harry Potter and the Elephant Toothpaste Potion
The “Elephant Toothpaste” experiment is a very popular, albeit messy chemistry demonstration. To carry out this experiment, place a 250 mL graduated cylinder on something that you wouldn’t mind...
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The Martian: Popular Fiction Plus Chemistry
“What are you reading?”This twist on the traditional icebreaker question kicked off a meeting session last summer. I was eager for the conversation to make its way around the table to me. On my plane...
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Reflections on a Year of AP
As I write this, it is the day before the national AP Chemistry exam. We’ve been working toward this day since August. We’ve endured late hours, broken crucibles, anxiety, and tears. I’ve run...
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Beyond Benign Summer Training
Explore the green chemistry resources provided by Beyond Benign. This is a completely online course. Go at your own pace. Meet other interested virtually and engage in insightful discussions. You will...
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A Halloween Chemistry Show
Authors: Katherine A. Bussey, Annie R. Cavalier, Samantha A. Moorhead, Erin F. Reinhart, and Kayode D. Oshin.Department of Chemistry and Physics, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana 5 46556,...
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Community Outreach
I have been involved in several types of community outreach projects to promote science education and chemistry. One of the best was a biannual event I worked on with teachers from each elementary...
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Teacher as Researcher
In teaching we regularly change our class structures and routines and we implement new “interventions” in hopes of changing classroom dynamics or reaching more students. I know that most of the time I...
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Building Molar Mass
An advantage to teaching on the trimester schedule allows me the opportunity to teach the same course again roughly twelve weeks later. So after grading my 2nd trimester students’ Chemistry B final...
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JCE 92.05—May 2015 Issue Highlights
Teaching the Relevance of ChemistryThe May 2015 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. This issue includes articles on drugs & pharmaceuticals; health;...
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Creating a Time Lapse Video for the Bromination of Hexane in the Presence of...
My IB chemistry class is currently working its way through organic chemistry. One of the topics studied is the free-radical mechanism for the halogenation of an alkane. For example: CH4 (g)...
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Vote Now for AACT Ambassadors
Like many of our readers I am a charter member of the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT). I joined AACT because I believe the organization has the power to make positive transformations...
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Why consider trying project based learning?
When I applied to college more than ten years ago, I wrote about my desire to be a political science major. Well, clearly that didn’t happen since I’m writing for ChemEdX. After my first organic...
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Origami Rabbits and Flipped Chemistry Classroom: Use an Origami Tutorial to...
Teens report YouTube as a favorite site for listening to music, searching for information, and social networking. Isn’t that what classroom teachers want? I strive for listening, seeking and finding...
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ELLs and Science Practices
In a previous blog post, I shared my thoughts about the importance of science teachers (and all teachers, really) supporting their claims about lesson efficacy with evidence. While this doesn’t always...
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Helping or Hurting?
I am teaching this summer and it is especially exciting as I am piloting the labs I wrote this spring. We are using these labs exclusively and I am collecting student feedback for each lab to help in...
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KWIPPED
KWIPPED is a highly efficient, no-cost resource for chemistry teachers looking to rent equipment for projects. If you need to source equipment that is too expensive to buy, KWIPPED.com is a great way...
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