THANK YOU to the 18 participants in this month's ChemChat on "sustainable demos". We had high school and college folks from Maine to Virginia and a lively conversation.

Here is the link to the google.drive folder containing shared work.

Here is the link to the recorded video.

Here is a thought-provoking article about science education from Chemistry World

https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/do-science-courses-need-hands-on-labs-to-be-effective/4016216.article

THANK YOU to all who participated in our August ChemChat. We brainstormed some topics for this year's roundtables, and plan to do more of this in September. Topics currently being planned are 

• SEL: implementing social and emotional learning within a chem curriculum
• DEMOS: how to include meaningful but easy-to-sustain demonstrations
• NGSS: how are folks implementing this?
• READING: how to bring outside readings into the classroom in ways that are meaningful to students but not time-intensive for teachers
• ASSESSMENTS: streamlining assessments; assessing skills
• DIFFERENTIATION: how to implement differentiation without burning the teacher time candle at both ends

We wish everyone a joyful and peace-filled start to their school year.

"Chem-Chats" will run every 2nd Thursday from 4:00-5:00 pm (EST).

Plan to attend the Annual Massachusetts Marine Educators Conference on Saturday April 30 at the Quissett Campus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.  This year's theme is "Ocean and Coastal Data."  You can find more information at
https://www.massachusettsmarineeducators.org/annual-meeting-and-conference-at-woods-hole