Javametrics 101: Introducing Nonscience Majors to the Chemistry Laboratory

Journal Article | September 2000

A novel way to introduce nonscience majors to the chemistry laboratory using hands-on experiments can be done with one of college students’ favorite beverages—coffee. The course described in this article, Javametrics…

Creative Exercises in General Chemistry: A Student-Centered Assessment

Journal Article | August 2010

Creative exercises (CEs) are a form of assessment in which students are given a prompt and asked to write down as many distinct, correct, and relevant facts about the prompt as they can. Students receive credit for each…

Buffer Biology: A design-your-own lab for chemistry

Journal Article | October 2000

This article presents a buffer investigation to learn about the buffering capacity of household products such as shampoo and hand lotion. Students design and perform their own chemistry lab to gain a better…

Point of View: Teaching Chemistry for the Twenty-Second Century

Journal Article | June 2013

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue the author shares thoughts on the future of teaching chemistry.

Polymer Chemistry: Introduction to an Indispensable Science (e-book)

eBook | April 2009

Here’s an interesting statistic: More than half of all chemists work on some aspect of polymers. For high school teachers who want to introduce polymer science basics, properties, and uses, this book is uniquely helpful…

Research and Teaching: Raising Success Rates in Freshman Chemistry

Journal Article | January 2001

Using data collected from student records and surveys, this article examines the likelihood of student success in a spring section of freshman chemistry populated by many students deemed at risk of failure. The study…

A Writing and Ethics Component for a Quantum Mechanics, Physical Chemistry Course

Journal Article | February 2010

A writing-across-the-curriculum and ethics component is presented for a second-semester, physical chemistry course. The activity involves introducing ethical issues pertinent to scientists. Students are asked to read…

Storybook Science: Learning chemistry through science literature and technology

Journal Article | April 2001

In this article, a high school teacher did not know how to help students read better to understand science and an elementary teacher wanted students to have technology experience. Together, they created and launched a…