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Dance Your Final Project
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it. Albert Einstein’s quote might be the idea behind the ScienceMagazine and AAAS-sponsored “Dance Your PhD” contest. The idea is for PhD candidates...
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The Two Words Every Chemistry Student Needs to Learn
Raise your hand if you've had students who felt personally victimized by stoichiometry! I know. We’ve all been there. Ugh. The year is cruising on, and there your students are, nailing experiment after...
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Creating a Culture of Nerdy
It all started with a couple of summers spent on fellowships at the Institute for Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin: Madison. In 1990 after two years of teaching high school chemistry I...
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The Teacher Page - An Organizational Tool
I don't look like an organized person. At least, the appearance of my desk lies about my organizational skills (I know what's in all of the piles, I promise!) But I do insist on my curriculum write ups...
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Measuring Activity
What are we doing to help kids achieve? I want to share a measuring activity for you to consider. First, start with two baseballs. The first baseball is a regular baseball. The other baseball is...
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Density and Measuring
"What are we doing to help kids achieve?" If you are looking for a measuring and density activity that will be challenging, allow students to experience success early on and can be boxed up to use...
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Get Your Learn On
When I first started teaching I was very fortunate that a local teacher invited me to a high school chemistry teachers meeting. I was really young and really motivated to be a better teacher. I...
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Searching for the Next Editor-in-Chief of JCE
The Board of Publication of the ACS Division of Chemical Education announces the opening of a search for the ninth Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chemical Education (JCE). The Editor-in-Chief is...
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Are you part of an AP Chemistry professional learning community?
I grow most when I dig into the content and pedagogy with experienced chemistry teachers. I believe most of you would agree. I've read the research. I need practical advice. Help.My district-level...
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A Class Discussion on the Nature of Science
The first chapter of every middle and high school science textbook I have ever seen contains a section on “the scientific method.” As a result, by the time your students get to you they are probably...
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JCE 94.09 September 2017 Issue Highlights
Enhancing Student Success in ChemistryThe September 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: student thinking and...
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Flinn Chemventory
At some point in the late 90s, I suggested to my principal that a chemical inventory should be completed and many chemicals should be disposed of. I had inherited a large amount of chemicals when I...
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Especially JCE: September 2017
You learn something new every day. I feel like I do anyway, sometimes through the connections made on social media. A couple of days ago, Deanna Cullen tweeted about one of the articles from the...
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Chemistry Rocks!—Resources for National Chemistry Week, the Classroom, and...
With its focus on geology and chemistry, this year’s National Chemistry Week (NCW) celebration is a chance to show students that Chemistry Rocks! An upcoming free webinar will show you resources that...
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Elements and Augmented Reality
Augmented reality is a type of technology that uses an app to turn a hidden QR code into a three dimensional object on a screen as viewed by your camera. I have heard that there are biology...
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The Role of the Journal of Chemical Education in Teaching and Learning will be presented on October 18, 2017. The webinar will air 7-8pm EST.The host: Kimberly Duncan of AACTThe presenters: Norb...
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Using EdPuzzle As A Platform To Deliver Videos
I have been using videos as a primary means of delivering new content to my IB Chemistry classes for quite a few years. I view this as a viable method for a few reasons. But that's not the focus...
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My Research: Unpacking Active Learning
Collaborative activities are becoming increasingly prevalent in classroom instruction. Often, when instructors start to incorporate collaborative activities in their instruction, they also start...
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That’s What Scientists Do!
As I began to prepare my labs for this upcoming year, I decided to put a bit of a twist on a previous density of a block lab I had used in the past entitled the Measurement Challenge that is sold by...
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Literacy Stations in the Chemistry Classroom
Researchers have identified many reasons for the perception of chemistry as a challenging subject. General chemistry introduces more terms and concepts to students than a first-year foreign language...
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