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Beginning and Becoming: Introduction and Invitation
Hi everyone! My name is Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh, and I am a new Lead Contributor/Blogger for the Two-Year section of ChemEdX. While I am new to ChemEdX, I’m not new to blogging or the chemistry...
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Inquiry and Direct Instruction in the Age of NGSS
When it comes to the best approach for student learning, there seems to be two very divided camps: those who promote direct instruction and those who favor inquiry. I have been thinking a lot about...
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Accessibility and Inclusion in the Chemistry Classroom
As part of my #chemcation2019, I presented at the American Modeling Teachers Association annual conference, ChemEd biennial conference, and the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers’ summer...
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Why Green Chemistry? Or Better Yet, Why Not Green Chemistry?
Kermit the Frog sings, “It’s not easy being green” but the role of Green Chemistry is to show people not only is it easier, but also the way we need to be doing chemistry. Green Chemistry is defined...
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UPDATE on the World's Largest Periodic Table Event
We are working to collect all of the remaining elements by August 15th so they can be organized and packed up before the fall semester begins at GVSU. 95% of the elements are already organized and...
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Career Profile: Chemist & Technical Staff for Sandia National Laboratories
I am a chemist and member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. Technical staff members are expected to apply their expertise to a variety of ongoing scientific...
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Intrinsic Motivation for the Chemistry Teacher – Time to Collaborate!
After attending ChemEd at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, this past summer and meeting such wonderful chemistry teachers from across the country, I began to think about motivation and...
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Stop Motion Animation Galvanic Cell Process
When I was searching for activities to help my students understand and visualize the workings of a galvanic cell, I stumbled across the Target Inquiry activity called "The Energizer Lab" that has...
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Especially JCE: August 2019
"See it today—use it tomorrow" was the tagline. It was one of my favorite workshops to lead, now a decade ago. I highlighted several JCE Classroom Activities that were easy to prep quickly, with...
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Features of Effective Flipped Classroom Videos
Modern technology has triggered spectacular innovation in chemistry education. For instance, computer and internet accessibility has given rise to the flipped classroom. A technique that was...
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Gas Laws and Deflategate
In a previous post on exploring new ways to incorporate authentic assessments, I referenced how a wonderful activity centered around the application of gas laws could help investigate the Deflategate...
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Chemistry Magnets - Making Chemistry Visible
This past July, I had the opportunity to present “Making Chemistry Visible With Magnets” at ChemEd 2019. Additionally, through the creativeness of some fellow attendees, particularly Katy Dornbos,...
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Paraffin Wax - an Exothermic Reaction: Caution
"What are we doing to help kids achieve?"I met some amazing teachers at Chem Ed 2019. Two of these teachers are Yvonne Clifford and Sharon Geyer who ran a workshop about chemical demonstrations. One in...
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Welcome to Chemical Education Xchange
Welcome to Chemical Education Xchange (ChemEd X)! Our purpose is to deliver accessible, quality content to teachers of chemistry. ChemEd X offers you the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues,...
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JCE 96.08 August 2019 Issue Highlights
Chemistry Education: A Bridge to the FutureThe August 2019 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: authentic chemistry...
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Giving the Syllabus a Lecture
Classes for the university I work at start in late August - typically one week after the community college we share a campus with begin. At about this time I do what most other faculty do and update,...
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A Strategy to Help Students Support their Arguments with Cross-Cutting...
Writing explanations of phenomena and conclusions that are well grounded in facts is an important part of science. The writers of NGSS have organized key concepts into the cross-cutting concepts (CCCs)...
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An Easy Way to Remind Students? Use the Remind App
Hello all. I teach chemistry at Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ. I use the Remind app (https://www.remind.com/apps/) as an effective means to alert students of assignments coming due and for class...
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The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction
There could not be a better time for an updated, revised edition of Eric Scerri’s “The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction”, because 2019 has been designated the International Year of the...
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Critical Thinking vs. Critical Pedagogy
“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy…Urging all of us to open our minds and hearts so that we can know beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable, so that we can...
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