News & Updates

The 2026 CCEW theme is "Trees and Forests: Into the Woods with Chemistry" During the week of April 19-25, celebrate this theme with your students using teaching resources from AACT!

This news post features creative ideas from the AACT library to use when planning a unit on kinetics. For more ideas, see the kinetics unit plan.

This month we spotlight Kristina McDonald, a high school chemistry teacher at St. Anne's Catholic Secondary School, in Clinton, Ontario, Canada.

Celebrate pi (and pie) with a few AACT resources that focus on pi, radii, baking, and pie!

This month we spotlight Chris Vyhnal, a high school science teacher at The Thacher School, in Ojai, California.

This news post features our most popular resources from the AACT library to use when planning a gas laws unit. For more ideas, see the gas laws unit plan.

This month we spotlight Jamie Flint, a high school chemistry teacher at Spring Woods High School, in Houston, Texas.

This month we spotlight Vladimir Baldelomar, a high school chemistry and physics teacher at West Boca Raton High School, in Boca Raton, Florida.

This news post features popular resources for a unit on stoichiometry.

This news post features our most popular resources from the AACT library to use when planning a chemical reactions unit. For more ideas, see the chemical reactions unit plan.

This month we spotlight Tola Ogundipe, a high school science teacher at Harrisonburg Summit Academy, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

This news post features our most popular resources from the AACT library to use when planning an intermolecular forces unit. For more ideas, see the intermolecular forces unit plan.

This month we spotlight Deena Vardhini, a chemistry teacher at Okinawa Christian School International in Japan.

This news post features our most popular resources from the AACT library to use when planning a chemical bonding unit. For more ideas, see the bonding unit plan.

This month we spotlight Todd Smeltz, a chemistry teacher at Upper Dauphin Area High School in Pennsylvania.

This news post features our most popular resources from the AACT library to use when planning an atomic structure unit. For more ideas, see the atomic structure unit plan.

This month we spotlight Amiee Modic, AACT President and a chemistry teacher at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas.

This news post features our most popular resources from the AACT library to use when planning a chemistry basics unit. For more ideas, see the chemistry basics unit plan.

This month we spotlight Chris Ann Syle, a chemistry teacher at University School in Ohio.

This month we spotlight Michael Miehl, a chemistry teacher at Sherwood High School in Maryland.

Join AACT for workshops and a happy hour at ChemEd 2025. Read on to learn more about the workshops we will be offering!

And the winner of the 2025 AACT Teacher of the Year Award is...