Webinars Archive

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26 – 35 of 35 Webinars

April 19, 2017 | Teaching Resources AACT Resources and Website Open House (2017)
Take a virtual tour of the updated AACT website and explore valuable resources available to members. This webinar will be particularly valuable to teachers considering AACT membership, or members who are not yet familiar with all the classroom resources available on teachchemistry.org.
January 18, 2017 | Teaching Resources Elementary and Middle School Resources from AACT
Join Rebecca Field, Elementary School Ambassador, and Sarah Paquette, Middle School Ambassador, to discover the many classroom resources available from AACT for K-8 teachers.
January 12, 2017 | Teaching Resources Enhance Your Chemistry Classroom with Other People’s Money
Find out about grant opportunities available to high school chemistry teachers (including those from the American Chemical Society) and the process for writing a fundable proposal. Presenter Kenetia Thompson works in the Education Division of the American Chemical Society.
December 14, 2016 | Teaching Resources Take Home Labs
The scope and size of the chemistry curriculum is continuously expanding, but not the time given to teach the material. Hear about one teacher's solution to this problem: implementing Take Home labs as a part of the curriculum.
November 16, 2016 | Teaching Resources Chemistry Beyond the Classroom
Students eagerly participate in chemistry activities, when they join an ACS ChemClub program. Learn about ChemClubs from two teachers who have created successful programs that fit their school and students.
September 20, 2016 | Teaching Resources Advancing Scientific Literacy with Inquiry Based Lessons Designed Around ChemMatters Articles
This presentation explores specific strategies to improve students’ understanding of scientific concepts through reading and investigations. Highly-ranked ChemMatters articles are used to demonstrate the process of developing and implementing inquiry lesson plans based on non-fiction texts. Strategies to create specific learning goals and authentic assessments in line with NGSS and Common Core State Standards are also discussed.
July 20, 2016 | Technology Ten Signs of a 21st Century Classroom
We teach in 2016 so why do many of our classrooms look like they’re from the 1950s? Concepts from engineering can help to modernize our teaching methods and classroom style. We'll discuss tools for improving technology integration, collaboration, creativity, inquiry, justification for answers, writing for reflection, problem solving, hands-on learning, the role of the teacher as a facilitator, and transparent assessment.
July 19, 2016 | Teaching Resources Middle School Chemistry Workshop
Presented at the Dow and AACT Teacher Summit in Austin, TX, this workshop focuses on activities from middleschoolchemistry.com—a free online resource from the American Chemical Society (ACS). Using hands-on activities and molecular animations provided on the website, we explore the chemistry behind everyday observations and make connections to fundamentals of chemistry at a range of instructional levels.
June 02, 2016 | Teaching Resources Getting Involved with Science Coaches
Learn more about the new AACT member benefit, Science Coaches. Teachers are paired with chemists in the classroom, and virtually.
October 15, 2015 | Teaching Resources NGSS and Middle School Chemistry
Learn about simple inexpensive middle school lessons you can do with students that address the Next Generation Science Standards. We’ll discuss components of standard MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.