Letters to the editor

The colorful arrangement on the front cover of the December/January issue looked to me as a "collapse" waiting to happen. Perhaps there are thin shelves supporting each layer of flasks—but my old eyes could not see any.

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Category: From our readers Letters to the Editor

A chemistry teacher’s pet peeves

The following two pet peeves were sent in by Mira Soni, John F. Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Guelph ON.

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Category: Pedagogy, opinion and advice Feature

A classroom limerick challenge

Scott Hopkins from the Chemistry Department at the University of Waterloo sent us a little chemical limerick. For St. Paddy’s Day — March 17 — we thought we might gather up some other chemical limericks from past issues of Chem 13 News and other sources.

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Category: Student challenges Magazine puzzles

Book review

Always keeping my eyes open for a new read, I found a fascinating book titled The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager. The book gives a well-researched discussion of the lives of Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch.

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Category: Recommended Book, DVDs and websites Feature