Chemistry Solutions
September 2015
Featured Article
Resource Feature
The Chemistry Close ReadHigh school chemistry teacher Jenelle Ball joins forces with an English teacher and a librarian to successfully implement an English class reading technique in a chemistry class.
Resource Features
Lessons by teachers with their inspiration for the activity or tips for how to implement the lesson.
Resource Feature
Stoichiometry Set-up Method
How do you make stoichiometry calculations easier for students to understand? This teacher describes a process of using visual cues in combination with a step-by-step problem solving method to guide students.
Classroom Commentary
Reflections and perspectives by teachers about topics that affect chemistry education.
Classroom Commentary
How I Found Modeling Pedagogy
Throughout his 35-year teaching career, this teacher found success in active learning, particularly through modeling chemistry pedagogy. Read how his teaching evolved by incorporating new techniques, strategies, and ideas.
Nuts & Bolts
Functional tips you can implement in your classroom.
Nuts & Bolts
Teaching Chemistry on a Budget
Do you have an unlimited budget for your classroom? Learn tips for maximizing your teaching resources and supplies, while minimizing cost.
Nuts & Bolts
Round Robin: A Collaborative Problem-Solving Tool
Try this this problem solving activity that provides the opportunity for students to learn from each other in a cooperative manner.
Nuts & Bolts
Minimizing Error in a Stoichiometry Lab
A student suggests an alternative method to minimize the error in an exciting stoichiometry experiment.
Tech Tips
How to incorporate technology into your chemistry classroom.
Tech Tips
Google Drawings: Visualizing and Interacting
An instructional guide for teachers who want to use the Google App, Google Drawings, in their classroom.
Tech Tips
Connecting Chemistry Students with Practicing Professionals
Learn how to leverage a virtual platform to connect your students to practicing professionals.
In My Element
Stories about teachers finding their way to the chemistry classroom.
In My Element
Is Chemistry Really That Hard?
Elliot Richman shares ways in which he tries to make chemistry less remote, less abstract, and more approachable for his students, including interdisciplinary projects and real world applications.
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Editorial
Editorial
So Many Firsts
September 2 marked the one year anniversary of AACT and Chemistry Solutions. Read about this year of firsts from the editor.
Simulation
Simulation
Density
The simulation for the September 2015 issue allows students to investigate the effect of changing variables on both the volume and the density of a solid, a liquid, and a gas sample. Students will analyze the different states of matter at the particle level as well as quantitatively.
Chemistry Fun
Teacher 2 Teacher
@AACTconnect asked:
What's one inspiring thing you learned from a chemistry teacher?
You answered on Twitter:
Nothing will ever go as planned, and that's okay. You can still learn something from the experience.
@EmLedd
Never stop asking questions!
@practically_sci
That I should never be fearful of trying something different.
@MelissaYard