News & Updates

We've updated our homepage! We have a new website and a new benefit for members.

AACT will now be managing ChemClub!

Science Coaches meetings this year can be virtual rather than in person.

Get involved with AACT this upcoming school year!

A note of thanks from the AACT President and Governing Board Chair.

AACT is supporting an organic academic grassroots initiative #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM on June 10.

This month we spotlight Alice Putti, a high school chemistry teacher at Jenison High School in Michigan.

We've updated out student video pass feature!

The election results are in. Congratulations to our new Governing Board members!

This collection of AACT resources highlights all of the hands-on physical science and chemistry activities that are available in our high school library. They are grouped by topic: Acids and Bases, Atomic Structure, Chemistry Basics, Equilibrium, Gases, Kinetics, Molecules & Bonding, Nuclear, Quantitative Chemistry, Reactions and Stoichiometry and Solutions.

This collection of AACT resources highlights all of the hands-on physical science and chemistry activities that are available in our middle school library. They are grouped by topic: Acids and Bases, Atomic Structure, Chemistry Basics, Gases, Kinetics, Quantitative Chemistry, Reactions and Stoichiometry and Solutions.

This collection of resources highlights all the hands-on physical science and chemistry activities available in the AACT library. They are grouped by grade band and further labeled by topic. All of the resources include a list of required materials and detailed background information for teachers or other supervising adults. There are also student activity sheets and many include an answer key.

This collection of AACT resources highlights all of the hands-on physical science and chemistry activities that are available in our elementary school library. They are grouped by topic: Acids and Bases, Atomic Structure, Chemistry Basics, Gases, Kinetics, Quantitative Chemistry, Reactions and Stoichiometry, Solutions.

This month we spotlight Sean Fisk, a high school chemistry teacher at Ruamrudee International School in Thailand.

To support educators teaching chemistry remotely, we've extended the student video pass to 7 days.

Voting is now open for the governing board!

AACT is celebrating 7,000 members!

In this news post, Kim Duncan, AACT's Sr. Professional Learning Associate, writes about lessons and other activities that could be used in an Electrochemistry unit.

In this news post, Kim Duncan, AACT's Sr. Professional Learning Associate, writes about lessons and other activities that could be used in an Acids Base unit.

And the winners of the 2020 Chemistry Teacher of the Year Award are ...

This month we spotlight Michael Nocella, a high school chemistry teacher at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Illinois.

The application for the 2020-2021 Science Coaches Program is now open! There are a couple of minor adjustments this year that we’d like to make you aware of.

The following K-8 teaching resources are currently unlocked and open to all educators (and parents!) to use with students. Each activity can be done with materials that are commonly found at home, and includes a short video of the activity.

In this news post, Kim Duncan, AACT's Sr. Professional Learning Associate, writes about lessons and other activities that could be used in an Equilibrium unit.

Teaching chemistry remotely is challenging even under ideal circumstances, but the emergence of COVID-19 is making it even more difficult. Check out these freely available teaching resources to deliver engaging lessons in the coming weeks.