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A Glowing Obsession

Teaching Chemistry Using Antique Glass

This article highlights different ways a teacher uses antique glass as an engaging phenomenon in chemistry. She shares her experiences in connecting the phenomenon with nuclear chemistry topics such as radioactive isotopes, radioactivity, and radioactive decay, and in revisiting the phenomenon when teaching the electron structure of atoms.

Lights, Camera, Chemistry!

Implementing a “Be the YouTuber” Strategy in the High School Classroom

A teacher describes how he leverages his students’ social media content creation skills to implement a video-based assessment of student learning, applicable to a variety of chemistry topics.

Building Better Bonds

Using 3D Printing to Support Chemistry Instruction

A teacher discusses how he has incorporated 3D printing into his teaching practice as he works to better meet the needs of his students. Driven by the limitations of traditional tools, in both cost and availability, he outlines his own learning journey that has allowed him to begin designing and using custom 3D-printed learning materials and lab equipment to meet specific student needs.

From Acid Rain to Ethanol

Inviting Students to See the Unseen

A teacher shares how her elementary and high school teachers prompted her interest in science, and how teachers and college counselors later helped to open her eyes to her many options and choices in studying chemistry. Her high school summer work experience at a quality control laboratory allowed her to connect the chemistry concepts she studied at school with a real-life context, a strategy that continues to inform her teaching practice.

Dear Labby: Baffled by Burners

A new teacher requests help with figuring out whether the old and well-used lab burners found in the stock room can be reconditioned.

What I Learned as the Parent of an AP Chemistry Student

AACT President-elect Shannon Smith shares insights she gained as an AP Chemistry teacher after watching and supporting her daughter during her journey as an AP Chemistry student.

Don't Say It! (Gases)

In this activity, groups of students will play a game to review and practice explaining key terms related to gases and gas laws. One at a time, students will attempt to get their teammates to say the designated term, while trying to avoid saying any of the prohibited words during the explanations.