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December 2019
Off the Mark
December's cartoon
(This is reprinted from the December 2005 issue of Chem 13 News. Previously it was called Rosengarten’s garden.) Author: Mark Rosengarten, Washington High School, Washingtonville, New York
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September 2019
Aluminum and Copper cartoon
Chemically-dependent cartoon Author: Richard M Furlough
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February 2019
Celebrating relationship humour from the 2000s
We decided to dig out some of Richard Furlough’s cartoons from the 2000s. We selected these dating and relationship chemical cartoons with Valentine’s Day in mind.
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December 2018 - January 2019
Christmas carols
“Deck the Labs” was printed in a 1980 December issue of Chem 13 News from George R. Hague, when he was at Hackensack High School, Hackensack, NJ. After 38 years this carol is still being sung.
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October 2018
Precipitation caper
A cartoon of three test tubes in a suspect line-up. Another test tube is a witness (NaCl) and he identifies test tube with lead(II) nitrate as the one precipitating the whole thing.
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September 2018
Dimethyl chicken wire
Fun cartoon from the 1960s
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May 2018
High school chemistry in 1916
This excerpt is taken from an article called “The content method and results of the high school course in chemistry”. The article was published in July 1916 in The Chemical News and the Journal of Physical Science and was written by Alexander Smith, Columbia University, New York City.
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April 2018
New IUPAC rules make molecular names more pronounceable, friendlier
[Taken from a blog on the Master Organic Chemistry website. This site makes organic chemistry accessible and clear. Tell students about this resource if they are planning on taking organic chemistry in university. There are some amazing cheat sheets, including ones on acid/base chemistry — there are also a few free “cheat sheets” for you to check out. ]
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December 2017 - January 2018
Santa and chemistry sets
How does Santa feel about chemistry sets?
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December 2017 - January 2018
Santa parent cartoon
Cute little Christmas cartoon but you have to know your elements...
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November 2017
Science fair
A cute twist on science fairs...
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September 2017
Your own peril
Would you put your head down?
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October 2017
Fascinating chemistry
Creative chemistry...
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May 2017
Too familiar with safety rules
Can safety be too familar?
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April 2017
Name this compound for Easter
Can you name this Easter compound?
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February 2017
Cheeky “W” in September 2016
In the September issue we asked readers to find our “egg-on-the-face” cover mistake, a cheeky “W”, and then share a story of a mistake made while teaching. We had some great replies.
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November 2016
Goldilocks and thermodynamics
Goldilocks and chemistry
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November 2016
#clickbait syllabus
If you spend any time on social media sites or anywhere on the internet, you will have encountered “click bait”. Click bait is the internet slang term for online media or news content with sensationalist headlines. The CBC radio show “As it happens” did a short interview with Laura Seay, a Texas assistant professor who hit on an idea: “what if she wrote her syllabus in the style of click-bait internet headlines?” Her #clickbaitsyllabus went viral.
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December 2016 - January 2017
Crossing the Rubicon
If you’re a history buff...
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December 2016 - January 2017
Comparing the SN1 and SN2 Reactions
Cat teaching organic chemistry reactions...
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December 2016 - January 2017
Deep thoughts
On April 12, 2016, Brandie Freeman, Woodland High School in Cartersville, Georgia tweeted this interesting thought.
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November 2015
Making an ICE table
Prashanth Velayudhan, 2nd year Medicinal Chemistry student at the University of Waterloo submitted this cartoon.
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October 2016
Spooky chemistry cookies
Spooky and yummy periodic table
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May 2016
Boil Slaw cartoon
Chemically-dependent by Richard M. Furlough
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April 2016
Caution: wet floor
On 1st of April each year, Angela Swartz, Waterloo-Oxford Secondary School, Waterloo, Ontario spills some water on the floor for her students to find. Always being a careful chemistry teacher, she also includes a caution sign so the students know the floor is wet.
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March 2016
Significant digit cartoon
The cartoon was taken with permission from www.lefthandedtoons.com. The cartoons are drawn with the left-hand although both website cartoonists are right-handed. There are over 1,500 different cartoons at this website.
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December 2015 - January 2016
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
This reprint is from the front cover of Chem 13 News, December 1995. This clever poem came to us from Fiona Walker of North Vancouver BC, via Tony Anderson, our colleague in the Physics Department at UW.
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October 2015
Sardonic Salad cartoon
This great little cartoon is courtesy of Sardonic Salad.
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October 2015
Periodic table of horrors
You can download this nifty Halloween version of the periodic table by cartoonist Adam Koford (@ApeLad). A free high-resolution image is available on Flickr for your classroom.
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December 2014 - January 2015
O Little Endpoint I Did Miss
O little endpoint I did miss despite my intention. It was with great excitement I began my titration. But now it’s all messed up the analyte’s hot pink. The stopcock leaked by half a drop and now I’m on the brink.
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November 2014
Best “Rate my professor” comment
We found this comment on “Rate My Professor” website written by a student about a chemistry professor we know — we will not mention anyone’s name — but we had to share since it was good advice for all those taking chemistry. It made us smile.
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September 2014
Songs with an elemental twist
Write these two messages out for your students and ask them what they mean...
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October 2012
Cold moles on Mole Day cartoon
Looking for some Mole Day humour...
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September 2013
Joy of Tech Cartoon
Geek mediation session...
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March 2013
Dogs teaching chemistry
I am a chemist by profession and I have been making YouTube videos of my dogs as long as I've had them in my life. Some videos have become more popular than others, but nothing to the extent of our chemistry video.
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September 2012
Timely science humour
A Higgs boson walks into a [Catholic] church and the priest says...
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September 2012
Ode to Mendeleev
A man named Mendeleev, Dimitri Set his mind to work so completely, He invented a table With which he was able To organize elements neatly.
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April 2012
A chemistry poem
The initial response of the Fourth Form Chemistry Group (14/15-year-olds) to the prospect of writing a chemistry poem for homework was one of bemused horror and disbelief.
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March 2012
Erlenmeyer flask snow hat
Have you ever been sitting in lab, waiting for your solution to dissolve, and thought to yourself: I wish there was something that simultaneously kept my head warm, as well as expressed my devotion to scientific research and wet chemistry?
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