Teaching Chemistry

Blogs

• Aaron Sams - http://chemicalsams.blogspot.com/
• Adrian Dingle's Chemistry Pages - http://adriandingleschemistrypages.com/
• Ellena Bethea: Teaching Chemistry - http://blog.msbethea.com/
• Gary Abud (new) - http://abud.me/
• Gary Abud (old) - http://blog.abud.me/
• Jonathan Bergmann (new) - http://jonbergmann.com/blog/
• Jonathan Bergmann (old) - http://flipped-learning.com/
• Jonathan Bergmann (oldest) - http://blendedclassroom.blogspot.com/
• Ramsey Musallam: Cycles of Learning - http://www.cyclesoflearning.com/

Conferences and Groups

• AP Chemistry Teacher Community - https://apcommunity.collegeboard.org/web/apchem/
• Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education 2014 - http://www.bcce2014.org/
• ChemEd 2011 - http://www.wmich.edu/chemed/
• ChemEd 2013 - https://uwaterloo.ca/chemed2013
• Chemistry Teachers Support Group - http://www.csun.edu/chemteach/
• JCE Chemical Education Exchange (former Journal of Chemistry Education) - http://www.jce.divched.org/

Instructional Strategies

• CHEM Study - http://lhs01.lhs.berkeley.edu/a/CHEM_Study
• Chemistry ConcepTest - http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/QBank/collection/ConcepTests/index.html
• CHEMStudy - http://archive.org/details/CHEMStudy
• Flipped Classroom - http://flippedlearning.org
• Global Chemistry Department - http://globalchemistrydept.org/
• Modeling Instruction - Chemistry - http://modelinginstruction.org/teachers/resources/chemistry-core-units/
• Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) - http://pogil.org/
• Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) - http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/SWH/

Lab Safety

• ACS Guidelines and Recommendations for the Teaching of High School Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2012) - recommendations-for-the-teaching-of-high-school-chemistry.pdf
• Lab Safety Guidelines, California Science Teachers Association - http://www.cascience.org/csta/leg_safety.asp
• Recommended Minimum Core Inventory to Support Standards-Based Instruction Chemistry, California Science Teachers Association (2008) - EquipList_HSChemistry.pdf
• Safety in the Science Classroom (NSTA) - SafetyInTheScienceClassroom.pdf
• School Chemistry Laboratory Safety Guide, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (2006) - 2007-107.pdf
• Science Safety Handbook for California Public Schools, California Department of Education (2012) - scisafebk2012.pdf

Lesson Plans

• ACS Inquiry Lesson Plans - http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/landmarks-lesson-plans.html
• NSTA Learning Center - http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/web_seminar_archive_sponsor.aspx?page=ACS
• NSTA Science Lessons - http://www.nsta.org/publications/freebies.aspx
• PBS Learning Media - http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
• Virtual Chemistry Library - http://www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html

Organizations

• American Chemical Society - http://www.acs.org
• ASCD - http://www.ascd.org/
• California Science Teachers Association - http://www.cascience.org/
• CUE (Educational Technology) - http://www.cue.org/
• International Society of Technology in Education - https://www.iste.org/
• National Science Teachers Association - http://www.nsta.org/
• Royal Society of Chemistry - http://www.rsc.org/

Publications

• Chemistry World - http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/
• ChemMatters - http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters.html
• Education in Chemistry - http://www.rsc.org/education/eic/
• Journal of Chemical Education - http://pubs.acs.org/journal/jceda8
• List of Science Education Journals - http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/professional_development/sci_ed_journals.html
• Live Science - http://www.livescience.com/
• Nature Magazine - http://www.nature.com/
• Popular Science - http://www.popsci.com/
• Science Magazine - http://www.sciencemag.org/
• Science News - http://www.sciencenews.org/
• The Mole - http://www.rsc.org/Education/EiC/TheMole/index.asp
• The Scientist Magazine - http://www.the-scientist.com/?

Science Supplies

• Arbor Scientific - http://www.arborsci.com/
• Carolina Biological Supply Company - http://www.carolina.com/
• Educational Innovations, Inc. - http://www.teachersource.com/
• Fisher Scientific - http://www.fishersci.com
• Flinn Scientific - http://www.flinnsci.com/
• PASCO - http://www.pasco.com/
• Sargent Welch - https://www.sargentwelch.com/
• Steve Spangler Science - http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/
• Vernier Software & Technology - http://www.vernier.com/
• Ward's Science - https://www.wardsci.com/

Teacher Sites

• Andy Allan, Science Geek - http://www.sciencegeek.net/
• Mr. Kent's Chemistry Page - http://kentchemistry.com/
• Paul Groves - Chemmybear - http://www.chemmybear.com/
• Steve Lower + Chem1 Textbook - http://www.chem1.com/

Test Questions

• ACS Exam Institute - http://chemexams.chem.iastate.edu/
• AP Chemistry Exam Questions (old) - http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/exam/exam_information/221837.html
• Assessment of Basic Chemistry Concepts v.2.6.1 - http://modeling.asu.edu/ModChem_web/Evaluation/ABCC/ABCC-v2.6.1.pdf
• California Standards Test Released Questions - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/cstrtqchemistry.pdf
• Chemistry Test Index - http://www.chemteam.info/ChemTestIndex.html
• Conceptual and Challenging Question Bank - http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/QBank/collection/CQandChP/index.html
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System - http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/2012/
• National Chemistry Olympiad Exam Questions - http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/highschool/olympiad/pastexams.html
• National Chemistry Olympiad Test Questions (old) - http://www.chemteam.info/NChO/NChO-Menu.html
• New York Regents Exams - http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/regentsexams.htm

Textbooks

• Bishop. An Introduction to Chemistry. - http://preparatorychemistry.com/
• Brown & LeMay. Chemistry: The Central Science. - http://www.pearsonhighered.com/blbmw12einfo/index.html
• Chang. Chemistry. - http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/chang/index.mhtml
• Corwin. Introductory Chemistry: Concepts and Connections. - http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZu6g&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=&PMDbCategoryId=814&PMDbSubCategoryId=6105&PMDbSubjectAreaId=&PMDbProgramId=69583
• Ebbing. General Chemistry. - http://college.cengage.com/chemistry/general/ebbing/general_chem/8e/students/
• Kotz, Treichel & Townsend. Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity. - http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=+16+4294922413+4294967052&Ntk=P_Isbn13&Ntt=9780840048288
• Tro. Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. - http://www.pearsonschool.com/index.cfm?locator=PSZu6g&PMDbSiteId=2781&PMDbSolutionId=6724&PMDbSubSolutionId=&PMDbCategoryId=814&PMDbSubCategoryId=6105&PMDbSubjectAreaId=&PMDbProgramId=112643
• Zumdahl. Chemistry, 6th. - http://college.cengage.com/chemistry/general/zumdahl/chemistry/6e/students/
• Zumdahl. Chemistry, 9th. - http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=15991359291154459024595578426825539457&N=16+4294922413+4294967052+51+4294967048&Ntk=P_EPI