Chemistry starts at home.

Mission Statement

The first editor of this feature, Doris Kolb, described the intent of the column as follows:

"Hopefully this series will provide a mechanism whereby secondary school teachers can recalibrate their thoughts and reaffirm their understanding of some of the more fundamental concepts used repeatedly in their teaching."

Manuscripts prepared for this feature should provide insights that go beyond the treatment of high-school or general chemistry texts, providing depth that will enable teachers to become confident in their understanding. In other words, the articles are intended primarily for reading by teachers of chemistry rather than resource reading for students. However, a well-written article may be very well useful as a resource for high ability or advanced students.

Articles Published

But if Atoms are So Tiny... by Doris Kolb; p543 (Sep 1977).

Who's in Charge? by William D. Perry and Glenn C. Vogel; p222 (Mar 1992).

Applications of Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution Diagrams by Gavin D. Peckham and Ian J. McNaught; p554 (Jul 1992).

The Effect of Pressure on the Equilibrium of the N₂O₄-NO₂ System, and its Classroom Demonstration by Zhiming Yang; p95 (Feb 1993).

The Importance of Understanding Structure by Frank Galasso; p287 (Apr 1993).

Basic Principles of Scale Readings by Gavin D. Peckham; p423 (May 1994).

Studying Activity Series of Metals: Using Deep-Learning Strategies by Tien-Ghun Hoon, Ngoh-Khang Goh, and Lian-Sai Chia; p51 (Jan 1995).

The Extent of Reaction, _ -- Some Nuts and Bolts by Gavin D. Peckham; p508 (Apr 2001).

Making Assumptions Explicit: How the Law of Conservation of Matter Can Explain Empirical Formula Problems by Stephen DeMeo; p1050 (Aug 2001).

The Conductivity of Molten Metals by Monica E. Thomas, Audrey A. Cleveland, Rubin Battino, David A. Dolson, and Michael R. Hall; p1052 (Aug 2001).

Determination of the Universal Gas Constant, R. A Discovery Laboratory by David B. Moss and Kathleen Cornely; p1260 (Sep 2001).