from Erica K. Jacobsen, JCE High School Editor
“What is the average yearly rainfall for Phoenix?” A social studies assignment asked an extension question of this sort during my grade school years. The answer wasn’t in the text, so tracking down the answer required a trip to the local library, or a telephone call to the […]

by Robert J. Eierman
In a recent Chemical and Engineering News (1), more than 40% of position advertisements for new college chemistry faculty members included a request for candidates to provide a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application file. Another 20% requested a statement of teaching plans or interests. Almost all primarily undergraduate institutions […]

from Erica K. Jacobsen, JCE High School Editor
Streaming Chemistry–On the Web
“Amazing DNA. Dee-Dee-Dee-Dee-DNA…” sang Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Collins used his talents as a guitarist and singer, along with his genetics background, to cap off his presentation at the recent National Association […]

We’ll Make You a Better Teacher:
Learning from Guitar Techniques
by Thomas J. Greenbowe, Chair, ACS Division of Chemical Education
Last June our Division of Chemical Education held a strategic planning session, and I was on the committee that reviewed comments and questions submitted in response to a survey of DivCHED members. Two questions really struck me:
I have […]

The theme for this year’s Chemists Celebrate Earth Day is Water—Streaming Chemistry. As we do every February, the JCE editorial staff has collected a broad range of articles in support of that theme. We hope this issue, and others we have done in the past, are really useful for those who are planning Earth Day […]