Second Year and AP Chemistry
edited by John Fischer
Ashwaubenon High School, 2391 Ridge Road, Green Bay, WI 54304-5093
Email: fischer@netnet.net
Phone: 414-492-2955, Ext. 2020
Certified in chemistry, math, and physics, John is in his 21st year of teaching at the high school level. He currrently teaches chemistry, second- year chemistry, and physics at Ashwaubenon High School in Wisconsin. He is a member of the National Science Teachers Association, the Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers, and the Wisconsin Math Council. For fun, John enjoys playing around with new technology, reading, planning his prairie and gardens, and spending the afternoons with his girls, Callie (3) and Megan (1).
The goal of this feature column is to provide innovative approaches for teaching advanced high school chemistry courses.
Mission Statement
Second-year chemistry courses provide unique challenges and opportunities for teachers and their students. Although advanced placement (AP) courses are parallel in content and expectations to introductory college courses, the setting is quite different-for example, length of class periods (which is often less than 60 minutes) or the challenge of laboratory preparation (without professional assistants). Teachers of second-year courses that do not involve AP credit face the same situations. This column provides a forum for sharing successful and innovative approaches that address the unique demands of teaching advanced high school chemistry courses.
Because this is a new column there are not examples to which prospective authors can refer. Authors should contact the feature editor to discuss their ideas before submitting the completed manuscript to the JCE office in Madison. Manuscripts that are limited to the description of an experiment will not be considered for this feature. Those who wish to submit an experiment should familiarize themselves with the requirements for this type of article (see 1996,73, A311). However, manuscripts that describe how an experiment or set of experiments has successfully been incorporated into an AP or second year chemistry course will be considered.
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.
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