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Largest Periodic Table - World Record Attempt
While meeting in December of 2017, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2019 the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019).This year coincides with the 150th...
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National Periodic Table Day is Feb. 7th!
If you didn't know, National Periodic Table Day is this Thursday, Feb. the 7th. More info about the day can be found on PeriodTableDay.org. Organizers recommend you use #PeriodicTableDay on social...
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Common Questions About the AP Chemistry Exam
Each year around this time, the same questions start emerging on listservs and discussion boards about the structure and content of the AP Chemistry Exam. Teachers start to worry if they have covered...
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More on the Periodic Table
"What are we doing to help kids achieve?"I have an extreme fascination with the periodic table. I have four periodic table neck ties, a periodic table bow tie, multiple periodic table t-shirts and, my...
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Are Great Teachers Born or Made?
Greatness is easily recognized. Whether it be in sports, music, or writing, there is often a short list of contenders for the greatest of all time. How greatness is achieved, on the other hand, can be...
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Mole Unit Mini-Practicums
As I planned for my mole unit this year, I thought about how fundamental the mole concept is for stoichiometry and brainstormed ways to really make it stick. I usually do a lab practicum at the end of...
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Molecule Monday
In August 2016, I attended the New England Association of Chemistry Teacher’s summer conference in North Adams, MA at the Massachusetts College for Liberal Arts (MCLA). As with many conferences for...
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JCE 96.02 February 2019 Issue Highlights
Collaboration among Chemical EducatorsThe February 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: microplastics and...
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Especially JCE: February 2019
When was the last time you thought about paper? Really thought about it. Even before the shift to a digital age, with a push to go paperless, it was somewhat a throwaway, unnoticed material. But, it is...
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peergrade- Student Electronically Peer Edit
“What are we doing to help kids achieve?”How many of you got into teaching because you love grading papers? Most teachers are not excited about this aspect of their profession. Another difficult aspect...
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Chemical Mystery #14: Loves Me…Loves Me Not
Here’s a fun demonstration I did for my students on Valentine’s Day:I’m thinking it might be a bit too easy for most ChemEdX readers to determine how to do this Valentine’s Day experiment. So I’ve...
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Element of the Month - An Introduction
In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table this series of articles details the Element of the Month project developed by Stephen W. Wright (SWW), Associate Research Fellow at Pfizer Inc.,...
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Element of the Month - Sodium
"In honor of the International Year of the Periodic Table this series of articles details the Element of the Month project developed by Stephen W. Wright (SWW), Associate Research Fellow at Pfizer...
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NGSSify Alka-Seltzer Rockets
One of my students favorite inquiry labs to begin the kinetics unit is to create alka-seltzer rockets using old film canisters. Students are given a film canister, a quantity of alka seltzer of their...
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How I Fell in Love with PES
When the topic of Photoelectron Spectroscopy (PES) was added to the AP Chemistry curriculum during the 2013 redesign, I was apprehensive.I did not study PES in college so it was out of my comfort zone....
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A Strategy to Build Relevance and Make Connections
I want to share a strategy that I have implemented in my classes this year and has been very helpful in establishing relevance to topics taught and in making connections between topics taught within a...
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Solution to Chemical Mystery #14: Loves Me...Loves Me Not
In Chemical Mystery #14, neutralization reactions were used to cause some interesting color changes. See the two videos below: In both experiments an indicator was used that contained a mixture of...
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Reflections of an AP Chemistry Exam Reader
I was lucky enough to be selected to read the Advanced Placement Chemistry Exam in Salt Lake City, Utah this past June for the second time. Let me share some of the tips I learned.Reading the Advanced...
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High-Impact Strategies for Implementing Next Generation Science Standards
This year I have the opportunity to work with a new team of educators to teach and assess the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in our high school’s general chemistry course. We are invested in...
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SBG Hacks: Choose Your Own Adventure Quiz
I was thinking about what I do as a chemistry teacher that is unique and other teachers might be interested in and it usually comes back to standards-based grading (SBG). I do a lot of presentations on...
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