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Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, a...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Chemistry Climate Change Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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Wildfire!

By Michael Giamellaro, Elinor Wilson, and Heidi Dixon

Chemistry Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Phenomena Physical Science

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Connecting pH and Molarity to Health Care

Given the recent state of social distancing, the online lab experience discussed in this article offers an economical and versatile approach to online undergraduate chemistry lab instruction. With videoconferencing software, this experience is easily...

By Angela L. Mahaffey

Assessment Chemistry Distance Learning Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary

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Interactive, Physical Course Materials as Formative Assessment Opportunities to Improve Student Learning of Molecular Structure-Function Relationships

Physical and life science disciplines emphasize how basic structural units influence function, yet it is challenging for students to understand structure-function relationships, particularly at molecular scales. Undergraduates in our biology capstone...

By Robin Forbes-Lorman, Michele Korb, Amy Moser, Margaret A. Franzen, and Michelle A. Harris

Assessment Chemistry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science

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Halloween Activities: Don’t Be Spooked by the Need to Include Lab Safety

By Ken Roy

Middle School Elementary High School Preschool Chemistry General Science Physical Science Safety STEM

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Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Rocketry, November 9, 2022

This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Middle School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry. Explore c...

Middle School Informal Education Aerospace Chemistry Engineering Mathematics Physical Science Physics STEM

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Catalyzing the Advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemical Education

Only a relatively small number of students from underrepresented groups enter the field of chemistry, complete their degrees, and enter the workforce. There are ethical and practical concerns when we lose out on diversifying the chemical sciences and...

By Reginald Rogers and Todd Pagano

Chemistry Equity Inclusion Multicultural Social Justice

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Rider Root Beer

By Ehren Whigham, Jerrid Kruse, and Kate Galligan

Biology Chemistry Interdisciplinary Labs Science and Engineering Practices

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An Argumentative Writing Prompt Model to Support Nonscience Major Students’ Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course

An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to strengthen their conceptual unders...

By Claudia Aguirre-Mendez and Ying-Chih Chen

Chemistry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

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A Human-Centered Design Tool Kit for STEM-Based Capstone Courses

In fall 2019, a food science instructor partnered with the design center at a large Midwestern university to create a student activity tool kit for integrating the Human-Centered Design (HCD) approach into a science, technology, engineering, and math...

By Lucas O’Bryan, Dawn Bohn, and Saadeddine Shehab

Biology Chemistry Curriculum STEM Teaching Strategies

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New Community Creation Through a Shared Biology-Chemistry-Communication Laboratory Model for First-Year STEM Majors

This article explores results from a 3-year model of laboratory instruction, Project Synapse, that synthesized biology, chemistry, and communication curricula for first-year science majors at a STEM-focused university. Laboratory biology-chemistry in...

By Margery Gardner, Neal Abrams, Gregory McGee, and Elizabeth Hogan

Biology Chemistry Interdisciplinary Labs STEM

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Personal Characteristics Influencing College Readiness of Hispanic Students in a STEM Gateway Course, First-Semester General Chemistry

This study is an exploratory comparison of 69 Hispanic students enrolled in first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) who attended either a Hispanic-Serving or emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution and were not successful in Chem I. Students’ autom...

By Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Anton Dubrovskiy, Deborah Rush Walker, Blain Mamiya, G. Robert Shelton, Cynthia B. Powell, Susan Broadway, Rebecca Weber, and Diana Mason

Chemistry Equity Inclusion Multicultural Social Justice STEM

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Teacher Demonstration—Student Exploration

By Julie Gaubatz

High School Chemistry Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Chemicals Gone Funny

By Nick Thomas

Chemistry Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies