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The Green Room: The Green Chemistry Laboratory
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When it comes to making chemistry labs greener, there are two overarching goals: to reduce the consumption of energy and resources and reduce the production of hazardous and nonhazardous waste. Clearly, these two goals…
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The Prepared Practitioner: Alternative Conceptions in Chemistry
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Despite its importance, chemistry can be difficult for some students to learn. Many concepts are abstract, and students cannot always relate the ideas in this subject to their own experiences. Researchers examining…
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Favorite Demonstration: MOM Teaches Chemistry
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Bring in an expert to demonstrate simple chemistry concepts—MOM! Milk of Magnesia (MOM) is used in this practical demonstration that is simple to do, safe to perform, and engages students as they try to figure out and…
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Integrating Pharmacology into the Organic Chemistry Course
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Many nonchemistry majors are unaware of the unity between chemistry and biology and tend to separate the two disciplines conceptually. In a course designed to emphasize health-related issues using a pharmacological…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Chemistry beyond the chemicals
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Middle level teachers need to show students that chemistry is not just about blowing things up or memorizing the periodic table of elements. We should help them see that chemistry involves living organisms as well as…
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The aim of this study is to determine what students' conceptions of a chemical are as they graduate with degrees in chemistry. With the knowledge of what preconceptions students are bringing into the classroom,…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Kitchen Chemistry
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The kitchen is a wondrous place for children to make observations and explore the basics of chemistry. Seize the opportunity and help students build process skills while cooking or baking. Almost everything we eat and…
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The Color of Soil: Exploring the chemistry of soil color
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Soil color is a study of various chemical processes acting on soil. These processes include the weathering of geologic materials, the chemistry of oxidation-reduction actions upon various minerals of soil, and the…
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Solving Solutions: Exploring unknowns through chemistry
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Developing middle school students’ problem-solving skills is a common goal of the National Science Education Standards and the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. The following chemistry activities support…
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The Role of Gender in Grade Perception in Chemistry Courses
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Interest in the gender gap in the physical sciences has been ongoing for a number of years. This study aimed to explore differences in gender based on students’ self-perception.
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Editor's Corner: Chemistry Instruction in the Era of the NGSS
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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