About Erica Jacobsen
I received my B.S. in Secondary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with concentrations in Chemistry, Biology, and Natural Science. My time at the UW included a collaboration with current Editor John W. Moore on a research project that produced the JCE:Software videotape "HIV-1 Protease: An Enzyme at Work". My certifications include physical science, life science, and chemistry in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. I taught grades 11 and 12 chemistry, AP chemistry, and physics in Wells, Minnesota, from 1996 through 1998. After returning to the Madison area in 1998, I joined the staff of JCE. My involvement with the Journal initially centered on JCE Classroom Activities and JCE HS CLIC. It expanded to an appointment as Associate Editor of the Secondary School Chemistry section from 2001-2005, and now as Editor of the section. I'm excited to continue working to make JCE an even better resource for high school educators.
About Laura Slocum I received my B.A. in chemistry from Western Connecticut State University in 1990 and worked in industry for about a year and a half before becoming a faculty member at Greens Farms Academy in Greens Farms, CT. At Greens Farms, I taught General Chemistry, Honors Chemistry and Advanced Placement Chemistry. The spring of my first year at Greens Farms, I started attending micro-scale conferences and began to meet several of the people who have mentored me throughout my teaching career. In the summer of 1994, I attended my first BCCE conference and have attended every BCCE and ChemEd conference since that summer. In the summer of 1999 I returned to Indiana, my native state, and returned to school to get my M.S. in chemistry. I attended Ball State University working with Marcy Towns. She was a wonderful mentor and encouraged me to continue sharing my passion for teaching with my colleagues. In the fall of 2001, I began my present teaching position at University High School of Indiana. For the last six years, I have been helping my fellow faculty members launch this new high school on the north side of Indianapolis. It has been quite a learning experience and this spring we will move into our new academic building.
Mission Statement
Articles published in this section are selected for their interest to secondary school chemistry teachers or pre-secondary school science teachers. Many of these articles are also of interest to teachers of introductory college chemistry or readers involved in teacher education or outreach to schools. An example of content appropriate for this section might include a discussion of how an innovation or a new approach could fit into the curriculum or how it could improve the presentation of chemistry in the classroom or laboratory.
Several feature columns are associated with the Secondary School Chemistry Section. Included are Applications and Analogies, Chemical Principles Revisited, Chemistry for Kids, Interdisciplinary Connection, Products of Chemistry, The Cost-Effective Teacher, Second Year and Advanced Placement Chemistry, and The View from My Classroom. Articles that do not fit one of these features specifically but are appropriate to some aspect of the broad secondary school mission are printed under the heading Secondary School Chemistry. Two examples are Roser, C.E.; McCluskey, C.L. 1999,76, 638. and Glickstein, N. 1999,76, 353. Manuscripts from high school teachers are encouraged and prospective authors are invited to contact the feature editor to discuss the suitability of their idea and to determine which feature it is best suited for.
The "Chemistry Teacher Connection" (CTC) is especially for high school chemistry teachers. For only $40/year, it offers an online-only subscription to CLIC along with membership in the Division of Chemical Education, normally $65/year. CTC subscribers receive access to all articles and supplements from 1996 through the current issue.
Through special arrangement with the ACS, JCE High School CLIC is now able to provide subscribers with online access to Chemical & Engineering News articles that have been selected specifically for secondary science instructors and their students.
Occasionally, collections of JCE back issues become available for donation to individual teachers, schools, or libraries. JCE matches collections with interested recipients. Recipients pay shipping costs or pick up the collection.
For journals in other fields of chemistry visit ACS Publications.
I received my B.S. in Secondary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with concentrations in Chemistry, Biology, and Natural Science. My time at the UW included a collaboration with current Editor John W. Moore on a research project that produced the JCE:Software videotape "HIV-1 Protease: An Enzyme at Work". My certifications include physical science, life science, and chemistry in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. I taught grades 11 and 12 chemistry, AP chemistry, and physics in Wells, Minnesota, from 1996 through 1998. After returning to the Madison area in 1998, I joined the staff of JCE. My involvement with the Journal initially centered on JCE Classroom Activities and JCE HS CLIC. It expanded to an appointment as Associate Editor of the Secondary School Chemistry section from 2001-2005, and now as Editor of the section. I'm excited to continue working to make JCE an even better resource for high school educators.
I received my B.A. in chemistry from Western Connecticut State University in 1990 and worked in industry for about a year and a half before becoming a faculty member at Greens Farms Academy in Greens Farms, CT. At Greens Farms, I taught General Chemistry, Honors Chemistry and Advanced Placement Chemistry. The spring of my first year at Greens Farms, I started attending micro-scale conferences and began to meet several of the people who have mentored me throughout my teaching career. In the summer of 1994, I attended my first BCCE conference and have attended every BCCE and ChemEd conference since that summer. In the summer of 1999 I returned to Indiana, my native state, and returned to school to get my M.S. in chemistry. I attended Ball State University working with Marcy Towns. She was a wonderful mentor and encouraged me to continue sharing my passion for teaching with my colleagues. In the fall of 2001, I began my present teaching position at University High School of Indiana. For the last six years, I have been helping my fellow faculty members launch this new high school on the north side of Indianapolis. It has been quite a learning experience and this spring we will move into our new academic building.
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