News & Updates

September 8, 2016

AACT Classroom Resources with Cross-Disciplinary Concepts: Connections to Biology

AACT offers its members many resources to make interdisciplinary connections. In this post, we’ll take a look at resources that connect chemistry with biology.

September 1, 2016

AACT Classroom Resources with Cross-Disciplinary Concepts: Connections to Biology and the Environment

AACT offers its members many resources to make interdisciplinary connections. In this post, we’ll take a look at resources that connect chemistry with biology and the environment.

August 31, 2016

The Chemistry of Everyday Things: Olympic Gold, Silver, and Bronze

Welcome to my first of many posts to come! Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Sherri Rukes and I am the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) High School Ambassador for the 2016 – 2017 school year.

August 23, 2016

AACT Classroom Resources with Cross-Disciplinary Concepts: Connections to Geology & Earth Science

AACT offers its members many resources to make interdisciplinary connections. In this post, we’ll take a look at resources that connect chemistry with geology and earth science.

August 16, 2016

Welcome from the President

I am looking forward to a great year with my students, as well as a productive year as President of AACT. Here are a few meeting highlights.

August 11, 2016

Building a Gas Laws Unit Plan Using AACT Resources

The AACT High School Classroom Resource library and multimedia collection has everything you need to put together a Gas Laws unit plan for your classroom.

August 4, 2016

Building a Periodic Table Unit Plan Using AACT Resources

The AACT High School Classroom Resource library and multimedia collection has everything you need to put together a Periodic Table unit plan for your classroom.

April 28, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Thermodynamics

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach thermodynamics for AP students.

April 14, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Atomic Structure

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach atomic structure for AP students.

April 7, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Plan Your Post-Exam Activities

Here's how you can use AACT in your classroom after the AP exam.

April 1, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Chemical Reactions and Equations

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach chemical reactions and eqautions for AP students.

March 24, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Electrochemistry

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach electrochemistry for AP students.

March 17, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Reaction Energy

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach reaction energy for AP students.

March 17, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Equilibrium Topics

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach equilibrium for AP students.

March 3, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Periodic Trends

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach periodic trends for AP students.

February 25, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Teach Acid Base Titrations

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach acid and base titrations for AP students.

February 20, 2016

Using AACT Resources to Introduce Reaction Rates

Here's how you can use AACT in your classroom to introduce reaction rates.

January 29, 2016

@RyTriGuy at HS Chemistry Teachers Day 2015

Ryan Johnson shares his takeaways from HS Chemistry Teachers Day at the ACS national meeting in Denver 2015.

January 2, 2016

Do You Have a Science Coach?

Science Coaches is an amazing opportunity for AACT members. Here's why you should participate.

October 8, 2015

Demonstrating Relevance in Chemistry

When students don’t see the connection between the content and activities of their classes and their future lives, they question what’s happening and what we, as teachers, ask them to do. It is an unhealthy perspective if we want to keep students both connected and motivated.

July 15, 2015

NGSS: How Can AACT Help?

Here's how you can use AACT resources to teach NGSS.

September 15, 2014

Digital Media for Today’s Chemistry Classroom

Fortunately for today’s chemistry teacher, we live in the golden age of internet-based resources that can provide the visual heavy lifting

September 8, 2014

Grouping Students using the Periodic Table

I came up with the following time-saving method for randomly grouping students for labs or group activities using the periodic table.

September 5, 2014

Starting Out on the Right Foot in Chemistry

Here are some things we like to focus on during the first few weeks of chemistry class.

September 3, 2014

NGSS: Where to Start?

Here's some starting points for incorporating NGSS into your classroom.