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Conant Awards Inspire
The national ACS James Bryant Conant award was established in 1965 to encourage and recognize outstanding high school chemistry teachers. Candidates are chosen based upon evidence of high quality...
View ArticleAND the Worst Happens Again
It has happened again. We just published a “Lab Accidents”blog with a link to the US Chemical Safety Board’s video entitled “After the Rainbow” published December 10, 2013. Less than a month later, a...
View ArticleSafety Training Opportunity
In light of the recent chemistry accident and my blog posts about safety, I want to make sure you know of this upcoming opportunity: The Laboratory Safety Institute will be offering a free , one-hour...
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Freezing soap bubbles
Want to try an easy, yet interesting chemistry experiment this winter? Try this: Blow some bubbles into the outside winter air and catch one of the bubbles with a bubble wand. If it is cold enough...
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Safety Training Online
As I follow the conversations about the most recent chemistry classroom accident in Manhattan, I see that many agree that we need to advocate for adequate required safety training of our present and...
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Social media brought me here
By way of introducing myself, I'd like to respond to Deanna Cullen's blog post about social media here on ChemEd X-Change with some ideas of my own. The reason I'm here is that Deanna found me through...
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Journal of Chemical Education FREE issue
The Journal of Chemical Education is providing open access to the January 2014 issue. If you don't already have a subscriptiion, this is an excellent opportunity to check out what they have to offer....
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ACS offers safety webinar
ACS is offering an upcoming webinar highlighting safety called "Tales, Investigations, and Lessons Learned". The role of the US Chemical Safety Board will be defined. Root cause investigations of...
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Types of Chemical Reactions
I expect that most high school chemistry teachers assign some type of laboratory related to types of chemical reactions including synthesis, decomposition, single replacement and double replacement...
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Connecting and Collaborating with ACS
As this is my first blog post, I’d like to introduce myself to the ChemEdX community. I currently teach Chemistry I, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, and AP Chemistry at The University High...
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The power of seeing the chemistry in action
As I maneuver through the school year, a certain rhythm develops. The start of the year brings the excitement of new classes and new students. I'm often trying new things in the fall as I've reflected...
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The American Association of Chemistry Teachers
I graduated from Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and education at the age of twenty-one. My first job, however, was in Texas, over 1,200...
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www.endmemo.com/chem
Are you looking for that one website that has an abundance of chemistry knowledge? Well, I came across www.endmemo.com/chem/ and it is filled with all types of chemistry information. One...
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Whiteboarding Strategies
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...
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How Do You Inspire Future Chemists?
I recently spoke with a chemist from industry that said that if she admits to being a chemist, it is a serious conversation ender. I can relate! I know many of you can to. My colleague, Greg Rushton,...
View ArticleInquiry Interviews
This year one my goals is to use this space to talk specifically with various teachers about how they use inquiry in their chemistry classrooms. My four questions are:How do you define inquiry? or...
View ArticleAnswers from Alice
This week I talked with Alice Putti who teaches Chemistry and AP Chem in West Michigan. Below are her answers to our inquiry questions:Q1: How do you define inquiry? or What does inquiry look like to...
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PhET has a new Logo, so what does that mean?
Is PhET still free to use? Yes, but you can always make donations or encourage others. https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1437859Have you been following our progress on creating next-generation PhET...
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PhET has a new Logo, so what does that mean?
Is PhET still free to use? Yes, but you can always make donations or encourage others. https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1437859Have you been following our progress on creating next-generation PhET...
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PhET has a new Logo, so what does that mean?
Is PhET still free to use? Yes, but you can always make donations or encourage others. https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1437859Have you been following our progress on creating next-generation PhET...
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