Chemistry Rocks: Redox chemistry as a geologic tool

Journal Article | August 2001

Teachers can use students’ interest in the color in rocks as a starting point for a redox chemistry lesson. In this activity, each group of students examines one or more of the rocks. By matching a rock’s color to a…

Nutritional Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2004

With the convenience of fast-food restaurants on almost every corner, many young people are consuming these foods too often. Therefore, a group of concerned high school students in Wichita, Kansas, studied ratios of…

Colorful Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2017

A STEAM activity has students paint with the power of chemical reactions.

Cooperative Chemistry

Journal Article | January 2003

Concept mapping in the organic chemistry laboratory can supplant cookbook activities with higher cognitive exercises. The common thread of most organic lab experiments is the synthesis, isolation, purification, and…

Chemistry by the Case

Journal Article | August 2002

This article describes the structure and content of a one-semester course dealing with chemistry, science, and technology designed for nonscience majors. The course uses a hybrid of two active learning methodologies—…

A Change for Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2012

By using a preassessment of chemical and physical change, teachers can become better equipped to bridge conceptual gaps through instruction.

Applying the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Framework During a Community College Chemistry Project-Based Learning Activity

Journal Article | October 2020

Project-based learning (PBL) instructional methods attempt to make connections between students and their ability to solve real problems. We framed our qualitative study within sociocultural theory and used the…