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Hoffman Apparatus on the Go....
What are we doing to help kids achieve? We reached the topic of bonding and I wanted to do some demonstrations and/or experiments to get kids thinking. Thanks to my modeling friend and colleague...
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Building Models of Isomers
I have been looking at model building labs in some of my previous posts and would like to continue with that theme. In my last post I talked about an activity where students try to recognize functional...
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Exciting Summer Research Opportunity for Teachers in Indiana and Alabama
The RET Site is a unique professional development opportunity for STEM teachers from Indiana and Alabama over six weeks in the summer of 2017. Teachers will conduct research and participate in...
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Introduction to the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) Framework
Free webinar for all AMTA members!This webinar will introduce the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) Framework, implementation strategies, and how it helps create a classroom culture that more accurately...
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Investigating the Effect of Concentration on Reaction Time
Whether you are introducing collision theory or something more demanding like reaction order, the reaction between sodium thiosulfate—Na2S2O3 and hydrochloric acid can provide a consistent, accurate,...
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Mid-Year Reflections
It’s the end of one semester and the beginning of another. Final exam week. For the first time in my teaching career, I had my grades caught up and posted prior to the beginning of final exams. This...
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AACT Webinar Series: A Visual and Intuitive Approach to Stoichiometry
This webinar will discuss how to approach teaching stoichiometry problems using a table set-up (commonly referred to as Before, Change, After tables) to make the process visually appealing and more...
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AMTA Webinar Series: Engineering in the Modeling Classroom
Free Webinar for all AMTA members!The NGSS calls for the use of the engineering design process in science classrooms K12. Let’s discuss what this means for the modeling classroom. Bring your ideas...
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The Case of the Barking Dog
To grasp the concept of oxidation and reduction reactions, I have my high school students write half reactions to show the loss and gain of electrons by the substances being oxidized and reduced. To...
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Chemical Connections to Climate Change
Chemical Connections to Climate ChangeDid you know that climate change can be used as a backdrop to discuss several ideas in chemistry? In this post I’ll describe how several chemical concepts...
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ChemEd 2017
CHEM Ed 2017 will be in Brookings, South Dakota on the campus of South Dakota State University from July 23 through 27. Currently the conference program directors are accepting abstract submissions...
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Creating an Organic Chemistry Reaction Pathways Flowchart as a Unit Summary
As a teacher, there are certain things I think I do well, and other areas where I think I can improve. One of these areas is helping students make connections between topics - especially at the end of...
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Chemicals Investigations of McCormick's Color From Nature Food Colors. Part...
Over the past few years, consumers have been looking for products containing natural rather than synthetic food dyes.1,2 In response to this trend McCormick & Company, Inc. has recently released...
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Ionic Covalent Compounds and Card Sorts
What are we doing to help kids achieve? Card sorts are a great way to achieve a number of classroom objectives. They can be used as a review activity or they can be done during the middle of a...
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JCE Pick: Improving Student Results in the Crystal Violet Chemical Kinetics...
Every year, I have asked my AP students to determine the reaction order of both crystal violet (CrV) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) using spectrometers. The lab I gave them is a modification of the...
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Flinn Scientific and Beyond Benign Launch Partnership to Deliver Green...
Partnership Advances Sustainable Science and Green Chemistry Education K-20 to Build a 21st Century Skilled WorkforceCapable of Green Technological Innovation Wilmington, MA—Beyond Benign, a...
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Implementing the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Framework in the Chemistry Classroom
As a science teacher, few things beat a high-quality scientific explanation from a student. However, the frequency of such explanations often seems far and few between. Yet year after year, I grade...
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Especially JCE: February 2017
“The common image of chemistry is in fact a rather wretched one, full of hazards, risks, and pollution. The word ‘chemicals’ has become synonymous with ‘dangerous substances’ in the popular culture....
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JCE 94.02 February 2017 Issue Highlights
Fostering Creativity in ChemistryThe February 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: surface chemistry; chemical...
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Julia Winter - Teacher & CEO
Julia Winter has been an energetic and inventive teacher for more than 20 years at Detroit Country Day in Beverly Hills, Michigan. She has always challenged herself to try new things and stay abreast...
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