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Examining VSEPR though the Cross Cutting Concept of Patterns
Last year, I taught Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory and then had the students complete the pHET simulation called Molecule Shapes. This year in effort to align to NGSS, I told the...
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Mg Lab - A lab(s) that is great for differentiation.
What are we doing to help kids achieve?It is always helpful to have a lab that can be adapted to meet the needs of students. The "Magnesium Lab" is one of these experiments.This lab can be adapted a...
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Review Lab - Better than a Worksheet
"What are we doing to help kids achieve?"A friend that I work with teaches chemistry in a school within a school. She was trying to find a lab to help students review at the end of the semester. After...
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Career Profile: Agricultural Chemical Laboratory Supervisor - Jason Kong
What do bags of dog food, maple syrup, urine from steers and apple cider all have in common with each other? If you answered, “They’re all regulated by Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA),” you would...
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Faces of Chemistry - Career Profiles
“The Many Faces of Chemistry”1 was the theme of National Chemistry Week in 2007. Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) staff, including precollege editors Erica Jacobsen and Laura Slocum, invited a...
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Synergistic Inquiry
Inquiry learning (also known as discovery learning)1 is an educational method that “places responsibility on the students to pose hypotheses, design experiments, make predictions…decide how to analyze...
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Why I Am Attending ChemEd 2019
I am already planning for my trip to Illinois in July to attend ChemEd 2019! Let me tell you why I want to attend.It all began a few years ago. I was complacent in my routines of teaching state level...
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Chemistry ROCKS!
I must admit, I feel somewhat of an imposter in the chemistry world as I have a Master’s degree in geology. While my research was in the field of geochemistry, I (like most geologists) have a deep and...
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Immobilization of Lactase Enzyme on Alginate Beads - A Quick Test
I came across an interesting Journal of Chemical Education1 article that explains how it is possible to crosslink sodium alginate, leading to the formation of calcium alginate beads. Sodium alginate is...
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JCE 96.01 January 2019 Issue Highlights
Ninety-Six Years NewThe January 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: chemical biology, innovative curriculum...
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A “Science Reasoning Rubric” to Support Argumentative Writing
It is often said that writing is a window into a person’s thinking. As teachers, we must know what our students are thinking in regards to the concepts we teach. The whole point of the pedagogical...
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Improvisation in the Classroom
I recently attended a workshop at my state conference about improvisation techniques to use in the classroom. As a teacher we are challenged to constantly adapt our pedagogical techniques to meet the...
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Especially JCE: January 2019
The Journal is a jumping-off point. When I read even a finely crafted activity, I know there are going to be tweaks I will need to make to use it. Maybe it’s because of what I do (or don’t) have in my...
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Josh Kenney is Teaching, Youtubing, and Researching Chemistry Education
I think that most people can recall someone whom we considered to be a great teacher. The kind of person who inspired us and motivated us to learn. As I started my career, I remember wondering what...
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Career Profile: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Dr. Nakita K. Noel
I’m currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Princeton Research Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) working on metal-halide perovskites.The term perovskites encompasses...
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NSF Engineering Research Center RET Opportunity
The Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR), an NSF Engineering Research Center at Purdue University, is hosting an exciting Research Experience for Teachers...
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Capping Off a Unique Redesign of the Laboratory Curriculum
A few years ago, the faculty in our department at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania decided to switch to an atoms first approach to the General Chemistry course. We took advantage of this change...
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Periodic Trends Guided-Inquiry Activity
Trends related to placement of elements on the periodic table are often taught using diagrams in a textbook. Students often memorize trends, but to get a true grasp of their meaning and what causes...
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The Blue Butterfly Effect
The June, 2018 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education contains an article that describes a simple, yet fascinating experiment that you and your students are going to love! It involves the use of...
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Boltzmann Bucks—Helping Students Conceptualize Entropy
Each year, my honors chemistry class eventually gets to the point where thermodynamic quantities and the relationships between them are introduced. For many students, the very nature of the ideas...
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