Soil Studies: Applying acid-base chemistry to environmental analysis

Journal Article | October 2001

To help secondary students understand acid-base chemistry, two educators design experiments focusing on acid rain’s effect on soil. Students conduct experiments to measure the pH of rainwater and soil before and after…

A Team Approach to Successful Learning: Peer Learning Coaches in Chemistry

Journal Article | December 2012

Through weekly Team Approach to Successful Learning workshops, students learn and apply problem-solving strategies, coached by specially trained peer learning coaches.

Idea Bank: Celebrating Seren<i>dipity:</i> Connecting Chemistry and History

Journal Article | December 1969

In today's world of social media websites and Web 2.0, people are connected like never before. Why not use these web tools in the science classroom? In this month's Idea Bank, the authors propose that teachers use an…

Collaborative Teaching Across Freshman Information Technology and Chemistry Courses

Journal Article | February 2007

This article discusses a lesson in which chemistry was incorporated into information technology (IT) programming assignments and IT problem solving into chemistry. At-risk students, performing well below control groups…