Sessions by Strand
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Session titles are listed by strand in alphabetical order, only the lead presenter is listed at this time. Note that some presentations might fall under multiple strands, but may only be listed once. Limited Capacity sessions are listed below. You will be able to sign up in advance for these sessions in order to secure a spot, once capacity has been reached for that session, the session will be full. Sign up will begin shortly after the schedule of sessions is published - you will be able to find that on the program tab.
STEM: Cross curricular, technology
All Flowers Need a STEM • Danielle Moore
Chemical Bonding and "Rainworks" Sidewalk Art • Holly Garcia
Chemistry Technology Toolkit • Stacey Hamamura
The Science of the Scientific Revolution: A cross-curricular project w/English & World History • Chris Cassidy
Online Scenario-Based Chemistry Activities for High School Chemistry • David Yaron
Water, Water Everywhere • Michelle Kramer
"We Get to Cook Today!?" Teaching Chemistry Concepts Through the Lens of Cooking & Food Science • Jenna McClanahan
K-8 Chemistry
ACS K-5 Classroom Activities from Inquiry in Action • James Kessler
ACS Middle School 1: Particles of a Liquid and Changes of State • James Kessler
ACS Middle School 2: The Water Molecule and Dissolving • James Kessler
ACS Middle School 3: Chemical Reactions – Breaking and Making Bonds • James Kessler
ACS Middle School 4: Chemical Reactions – Ocean Acidification • James Kessler
Argument-Driven Inquiry in Grades 3-5: Three-Dimensional Investigations that Integrate Literacy & Mathematics • Victor Sampson
Chocolate Hot Spots • Diana Mason
Cold Finger Distillation • Diana Mason
Construction of a Simple Device to Measure Kinetic Data in the Coke and Mentos Experiment • Tom Kuntzleman
"Cool" Chemical Engineering Challenge • Katie Kralik
Elementary & Middle School Chemistry: Demonstrations and Lab Activities on a Shoestring Budget • Kimberly Duncan
Elementary Rural Outreach Chemistry For Kids (R.O.C.K.): We Will ROCK You! • Rose Clark Limited Capacity
Essential Elements for Teaching Hands-on Science in Your K-8 Classroom - A You Be The Chemist Essential Elements Workshop • Kate Nagle
Exploring the Photochemistry of Inexpensive UV Beads • Russ Blair
Fostering Community Appreciation of Science In & Out of the Classroom • Bassam Shakhashiri
How is that again?: Discrepant Events Demonstrations • Andy Cherkas
Laying the Foundations for Chemical Thought in the Elementary Classroom • Liz Velikonja
Making Students' Thinking Visible • Becky Swiontek
Microscopic Mycelium: Growing Sustainable Solutions • Cassandra Knutson
Paper Science for K-8 • Sally Mitchell Limited Capacity
Polymers: Teaching Science and Math Concepts with Gooey Labs • Debbie Goodwin
Rural Outreach Chemistry For Kids (R.O.C.K.): We Will ROCK You! • Edward Zovinka Limited Capacity
Safe and Engaging demos for the K-8 teacher • Greta Glugoski-Sharp
Solids - The "Neglected" State of Chemistry • Debbie Goodwin
STEM and Polymers an Everyday Experience • Robert Wesolowski
Storytelling for Chemistry Education and Public Engagement • John O'Donoghue
Teaching Chemistry with SOLE • Kristin Gregory
Teaching Elementary School Science Using Children's Literature • Barbara Manner
Teaching Science with Toys • Karen Levitt
Methodology/Pedagogy
A Few of My Favorite Things • Tanya Katovich
ACS 1: Relating Structure & Properties: Exploring the Nature & Properties of Ionic & Covalent Compounds – Composition, State and Conductivity • Kimberly Duncan
ACS 2: Relating Structure & Properties: Constructing Science Ideas about Ionic Bond Strength – Solubility & Melting Point • Kimberly Duncan
ACS 3: Interparticle Forces in Covalent Compounds—Melting Point, Viscosity, & Vapor Pressure • Kimberly Duncan
ACS/AACT Science Coaches Outreach Initiative • Kevin Kopack
After 48 years of teaching, I still don't know what I'm doing, but here's what I learned along the way • Ken Lyle
Attaining the Straight "A" Class in Chemistry • Andy Cherkas
Building a Periodic Table Unit Plan Using AACT Resources • Heather Weck
Chem Games and Manipulatives for Formative Assessment • Juleen Jenkins-Whall
Chemistry & Pop Culture: Frankenstein, Black Panther & Vibranium • Sibrina Collins
Creating Interactive Videos with Edpuzzle & Screencastify • Tina Sabatello
Cross-cutting tools to help students develop a holistic view of energy • Janelle Hollingshead
Differentiating Instruction w/Google Forms • Amy Roediger
Edpuzzle: Interactive Video Tool • Jodi Hansen
Engaging Reviews • Jamie Flint
Engaging Students with Chemistry Games • Edward Wang (PlayMada Games)
Enhancing student situational engagement via a professional development program in chemistry teacher education: A case study from Finland • Ari Myllyviita
Enlightening Chemistry: Tools for Teaching Chemistry to Blind & Visually Impaired Students • Julee Isenhower
Examining the Gimli Glider Incident: An Introductory Unit in Data Representation & Analysis • Laura Dubnicka
Filling the Gap: Increasing enrollment of underrepresented students in honors & AP science classes • Polly Foley
Flipped and Active Chemistry • Eric Pantano
Game-Based Learning in Chemistry • Edward Wang (PlayMada Games)
Google Drawings for the Chemistry Classroom • Tina Sabatello
Google Forms : Autograded Quizzes with Feedback & Differentiation • Tina Sabatello
Gowin’s Vee: Reworking an “old” lab organizer for the new NGSS Practices • Sue Klemmer
How to Get the Most Out of Your Demo • Liz Velikonja
How Video Making Can Make Complex Chemical Processes Understandable • Margaret Hoeger
IFE, Not ICE, Tables • Phil Culcasi
Introduction to POGIL • Kristen Drury
Inquiry-Based Learning in Senior Chemistry w/Minor Tweaks in Your Lesson • Bluky Ng
Integrating Modern Technology into Learning Management Systems • Patrick Madigan
It's All Fun & Games in HIgh School Chemistry • Elaine Kollar
Keeping New Science Teachers Alive • Ronald Ulrich
Key Elements of the Learning Assistant Model • Andrea Van Duzor
Level-Up: Game-based Learning and Gamification in Chemistry • Tracy Wazenegger
Making Chemistry Visible w/Magnets • Doug Ragan
Making Thinking Visible • Caleb Evans
Meeting Chemistry's Particular Needs w/Nearpod • Amy Roediger
Modeling Chemistry: Cut, Paste and Fold • Corinne Fish
Modeling Energy in Chemistry • Chad Bridle
Modeling Equilibrium: an Experiential Approach • Melissa Rathier
My Molecule – Spectroscopy and Model • Christine Hermann
Incorporating Non-Majority Chemists Into the High School Curriculum • Daniel Radoff
NGSS Chemistry for all learners • Anjana Iyer
NGSS in "Practice": Aligned Labs & Activities to incorporate into your Acids & Bases Unit • Julia Komrska
Online Master’s in Chemistry Education: Reported Impacts on Teachers’ Practices • Sarah Boesdorfer
Open Learning Initiative General Chemistry Courseware • David Yaron
Particulate drawings and manipulatives • Alice Putti
Particle Pictures that help bring Math Problems in Chemistry Alive! • Janelle Hollingshead
Photoelectron Spectroscopy in an Honors Chemistry Class • Heidi Park
Sharks & Turtles: Models of Dynamic Equilibria • Steve Sogo
STEAM Ahead • Andy Cherkas
STEM Education for Social Justice • Dana Hsi
Stoichiometry Exploration: Baby Bottle Boat Challenge • Melanie Shedd
Storytelling for Chemistry Education and Public Engagement • John O'Donoghue
Student Driven Rich Post Lab Discussions (using white boards & density labs) • Janelle Hollingshead
Teaching Chemistry with SOLE • Kristin Gregory
Teaching the modern metric system using sound mathematical principles • Sally Mitchell
Tech Talks: Creating an Interactive Classroom • Tina Sabatello
Thinking Small: An Inquiry-based Curriculum for Particulate-level Chemistry • Chad Bridle
Using LEGO's to understand ionic reactions and stoichiometry • Anne Schmidt
What exactly is Modeling Chemistry?? • Kim Freudenberg
Green Chemistry
A Novel Approach Towards STEM Education: innovative cross curricular technology in green chemistry • Mani Omprakash Srivastava
"Global" Chemistry & the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals • Eric Bahaveolos-Wolf
It’s a Gas: Making the Invisible Visible! • Erika Check
Molecular Gastronomy and Green Chemistry Education • Frederico Anderson Passos Schoene
Teaching Toxicology Using the Poison Squad and The Poisoner's Handbook • James Goll
The Greener, Quicker Copper Cycle Lab • Jim Burdick
5 Favorite Phase Change/Triple Point Demos • Eric Knispel
Active and Discovery Learning Using Open Spectrometry • Alex Scheeline (Spectroclick)
A Very Cool Investigation • Ryan Schoenborn
Adding T-E-A in Chemistry • Bernoli Baello Limited Capacity
An Electrochemistry Lab developed as part of Target Inquiry • Deanna Cullen
Argument-Driven Inquiry in Chemistry: Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12 • Victor Sampson
Bridging the Gap between the School and the Community through STEM • Maria Maderal Limited Capacity
Carbon Chemistry as a High School Elective-Lab Ideas that Fit • Eric Knispel
Challenge Labs • Ben North
Chemistry Break Out Game • Dennis Burkett
Color, Chromatography, and Spectroscopy • Greg Dodd
Connect the Units with one Lab/Demo • Andy Cherkas
Construction of a Simple Device to Measure Kinetic Data in the Coke and Mentos Experiment • Tom Kuntzleman Limited Capacity
Copper Etching via 2 Methods: Ferric Chloride & Electrolysis • Eric Bahaveolos-Wolf Limited Capacity
Create a Chromatography Quilt! • Susan Morgan
Easy-Bake Chemistry • Jessica Thomulka
Equilibrium and Reaction Quotient Activities • Timothy Sweeney
Eurekaville! - Do you want to have more “Eureka” moments in your classroom? • Yvonne Clifford
Exploring the Photochemistry of Inexpensive UV Beads • Russ Blair
Gases - Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Something Old, Something New • John Eix
Hands-On Activities to Show that Light Energy is Quantized • Susan Zawacky Limited Capacity
How is that again?: Discrepant Events Demonstrations • Andy Cherkas
Hydrogen-powered Soda Bottle Rockets • Steve Sogo
Inquiry Approach to Titrations • Lynda Rupp
Inquiry coffee solution chemistry • Christopher Koutros
Inquiry Problem Based Laboratory Experiments • Jesse Bernstein
Integrating Engineering: Activities, Ideas, and Tips • Sarah Boesdorfer
Keep Calm & Chemistry On: Successful Lab Activities for the New Chemistry Teacher • Felicia Cherry (Carolina Biological)
Keep your hands (and eyes!) on the ions! • Esquivel Danica
Law of Conservation of Mass: How to Teach Science Practices through Content • Ariel Serkin
Mass Spectroscopy Explained with a Straight Forward Demonstration • Stefan Panzilius Limited Capacity
Microscale Gas Chemistry Workshop • Bruce Mattson
Microscale Precipitation Reactions in 10-drop Puddles. • Bruce Mattson
Microscopic Mycelium: Growing Sustainable Solutions • Cassandra Knutson Limited Capacity
Modeling Energy in Chemistry • Nathan Johnson
Modeling Gas Laws with Graphs and Particle Diagrams • Kim Freudenberg
NGSS Kinetics Redesign for 1st Year High School Chemistry • Katharine Lynch
Particulate activities for teaching chemistry • Alice Putti
Polymer Lab • Mary Coogan
Putt Putting Around: Using putt-putt boats in high school chemistry • Laura Kopff
Replacing Traditional Labs with Greener Alternatives • Cassandra Knutson
Rethinking Approaches to Lab Safety • Jim Burdick
Safe and Engaging Demos for the New Chemistry Teacher • Greta Glugoski-Sharp
Self-Inflating Balloon Challenge • Shelley Dorner
"Simple"y the Best • Bette Bridges
Soap Making: Good for Teaching Basic Concepts and Good for your Community • Sue Klemmer
Target Inquiry - Avogadro's Airbag • Doug Ragan
Target Inquiry Periodic Table Trendsetter • Chad Husting
The Great Bowling Ball Float-Off • Kathleen Holley
The Greener, Quicker Copper Cycle Lab • Jim Burdick
The Science of the Scientific Revolution: A cross-curricular project w/English & World History • Chris Cassidy
Three Quick Heat Capacity Demonstrations • Susan Zawacky
Triple Double • Meg Young
Using Balloons, Balls and other Toys as Models in Chemistry • Mary Coogan
Using Imagination & Movement to Help Students Visualize Chemistry • Katy Dornbos
Using polymers to get the attention of today's learners • Dori Hess
What is the Oxidation Reduction Potential Change of Household H₂O₂ & KMnO₄? • Greg Dodd
Demonstration/Laboratory
Specialties of Chemistry: Environmental Science, Forensics, Materials Science
Introduction to Polarized Light Microscopy • Thomas Schaefer Limited Capacity
Activities for your Forensic Science Class • Christina Beatty
Biochemistry Students’ Understanding of Protein Structure using Molecular Visualization Software • Anna Szuba
Incorporating Food Chemistry into your curriculum • Sally Mitchell
Industrial Applications of Ink Jet Inks • Lin Zhu
Solids – The Ignored Phase – Materials Science to the Rescue • Edmund Escudero
Using Forensics to Introduce IR Spectroscopy & Molecular Modeling • Joe Golab
College/AP/IB (Beyond 1st Year Chemistry)
A Few of My Favorite Labs • Steve Sogo
An improvement over VSEPR through student analysis of WebMO computational chemistry results • Melinda Ogden
An Inquiry and Forensic Approach Towards Experimentation • Jesse Bernstein
Anything you can do, we can do smaller! • Bob Worley
AP Chem Big Idea 6 • Jamie Flint
AP Chemistry: Everything you need, and nothing you don't • Adrian Dingle
AP Chemistry Mock Reading • Linda Cummings
Battery Buzz in Your Chemistry Classroom • Diana Kennen
Building Sustainable Solutions: Blackberry Solar Cells • Cassandra Knutson Limited Capacity
Chemical Entomology: Signalling Molecules of the Spined Soldier Bug • Charles Abrams
Chemiluminescence Enlightens Kinetics • Robyn Shipley-Gerko
“Chemistry was still not in the picture” - Undergraduate students’ decision to major in chemistry • Ibiye Dagogo
Chemistry I've learned while teaching • Scott Milam
College-level labs that can be done in 50 minutes or less • Linda Cummings
Demonstrations for Chemical Equilibrium • Therese Youel
Developing a Biochemistry Course for High School Students • Daniel Radoff
Developing a Chemistry Career Seminar Series • Safia Jilani
Discover the Wavelength • Nüsret Hisim (Vernier)
Driving Forces: Thermodynamics Activities & Experiments • Roxie Allen
Equilibrium and Kinetics in AP Chemistry Using Spectroscopy • Nüsret Hisim (Vernier)
Flip Movies All Grown Up • Bruce Mattson
Food Chemistry Activities • Nüsret Hisim (Vernier)
Food in the Chemistry Classroom • Sunil Malapati Limited Capacity
Forensic Chemistry: Poisoned Wine and Mystery Powders • Nüsret Hisim (Vernier)
Gas Laws with Two Sensors or Less • Nüsret Hisim (Vernier)
How to Build Models of Atomic Orbitals • William Deese
Improving your teaching- and their learning- by using the science of learning • Amy Snyder
Increasing Diversity in AP Science Courses • Tina Lulla
Innovation & Expectations of 1st Year College Chemistry • Nancy Peterson
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream • Ken Lyle Limited Capacity
Mini Electrolysis of Sodium Sulphate(VI)(aq) and Micro Electrolysis of Copper(II) Chloride(aq) • John Eix
Modeling Instruction in the AP Chemistry Classroom • Phil Culcasi
Particle Interactions: From Observation to Structure • Jenelle Ball
Phlogiston and Combustion • William Deese
POGIL in the AP Chemistry Classroom • Laura Trout
Reflectance Spectroscopy of a Sugar Cookie Baking • Michael Welsh
Replacing the Bohr atomic model with an accessible picture of how atoms and light truly interact • Binyomin Abrams
Skipping Bohr: a modern (math-free) quantum mechanics approach to teaching atomic structure • Binyomin Abrams
Teacher's Toolbox for Lab Safety • Irene Cesa
Teaching Entropy with Fun • Regina Rueffler
Teaching IR and NMR in an advanced chemistry course • Bonnie Bloom
The IB Internal Assessment: Strategic Planning • Stephanie O'Brien
The Secrets of Mixtures • Regina Rueffler
Transition Metal Chemistry is in the Bag • Diana Mason
Transitioning to College Chemistry • Renee Link
Transitioning to College Chemistry: Course Framework for General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry • Renee Link
Transitioning to College Chemistry: In-class activities for General Chemistry • Renee Link
Transitioning to College Chemistry: In-class activities for Organic Chemistry • Renee Link
Transitioning to College Chemistry: Laboratory • Renee Link
Using a Thinking Routine for Greater Understandings of Demos • Margaret Hoeger
What’s in it for you? Chem13News Magazine & Timeline of Elements Project • Jean Hein
Assessment
Activities that connect core chemistry ideas with biological phenomena • Becky Matz
Automaticity is the Key to Success • Diana Mason
Building Faculty Support for Assessment in a Multi-Campus System • Lori Wilson
Chemistry Collaboration: Workshop a Lesson • Melanie Shedd
Chemistry is for Everyone: Accommodations and Modifications for Teaching Chemistry • Ariel Serkin
Classroom technology to support inquiry-based small group discussions • Matthew Van Duzor
Differentiate using Google Form Formative Assessments • Melissa Hemling
Ed Puzzle...Flipped Classroom that is Manageable! • Janelle Hollingshead
Escape Boxes: Escaping from an ordinary day in chemistry! • Cindy Protus-Edelstein
Evaluating success in Chemistry based on Tenets of Student Excellence in Science • Jennifer Fore
Flipping Out Over Flipped Learning in Chemistry • Joseph Lamb
Formative Assessment in the NGSS Classroom • Nicole Ray
Formatively Assessing for the Chemistry Classroom • Margaret Hoeger
Instructor Evaluation of Written Responses to Assessment in Chemical Thinking • Michelle Herridge-Bailey
Integrating Literacy and Hands-on Science in the Elementary Classroom Using Technology • Melissa Eaton
Kinesthetic Chemistry: Get your students up and moving • Catherine Zavacki
Making Chemistry Inclusive • Carrie Alexander
Make Chemistry the Best Class of the Day • Sharon Geyer
Mastering Chemistry through formative assessments & different hands-on learning strategies • Peggy Au
Play with Your Students to Build Understanding • Daniella Fisher Limited Capacity
Pre-AP Chemistry Preview • Paul Price
Results of the 2019 AP Chemistry Exam • Paul Bonvallet
Red Alert : A Guided-Inquiry Investigation of Reaction Rates • Angela Slater
Standards Based Grading in the Chemistry Classroom • Phil Culcasi
Teachers As Researchers: Implementing Action Research in the Chemistry Classroom • Ryan Johnson
Teaching Chemistry Using Tablet with OneNote • Sherrie Wang
Turning Labs into Assessments in the NGSS Context • Chris Cassidy
Using the Lab Practical to Assess Students • Jennifer Clarke
Using Lab Tests to Demonstrate Mastery a 1st Year Chemistry Class w/an Emphasis on Acids & Bases • Nicole Williams
What Happens When Your Students Make the Lab Safety Video • Katie Wibby
Other
Advancing Science Literacy • Christine Suh
Can We Talk? • Cathy Mehl
Classroom Management: How to talk so students will listen, & how to listen so students will talk • Janelle Hollingshead
Climate Disruption: Carbon Dioxide, Ice, & Water • Bassam Shakhashiri
Creating modeling kits and activity binders • Rebecca Talik
Demonstrations You Don’t See Everyday • Jeffrey Drach
Humor in Chemistry, or Lack Thereof • Lee Marek
Incorporating Simulations, Animations, and Videos into your Chemistry Curriculum • Kimberly Duncan
Introducing Organic Nomenclature • Shelley Dorner
Light, Color & Spectroscopy for Kids • John Varine
Marvelous Metals & ACS ChemClubs • Karen Kaleuati
Remembering Harvey Gendreau • Andy Cherkas
Silk Scarf Tie-Dye • Joanna Yanaga
Students Doing Outreach: How to establish community partnerships • Chris Cassidy
SuperActive Learning with Superstore Items • Bernadette Harkness Limited Capacity
Teaching Blended Chemistry! • Allison Tuleo
Win the Grant Writing Game: Grant Writing Strategies for You and Your Chemistry Students • Kenetia Thompson