Letter to the editor

I totally agree with Michael P. Jansen and have shared “Crossing the Rubicon” — December 2016 and January 2017 issue, Chem 13 News — with my students so they can gain his perspective.

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Category: From our readers Letters to the Editor

Celebrate our colleagues

As a chemistry teacher, my students, their parents and school’s administration expect me to know stuff — stuff about chemistry.

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Category: Pedagogy, opinion and advice Editorials

Decoding the chemicals in our food puzzle

André Dumais’s classroom submission from Hearst High School in Hearst, Ontario and Curt Peters from Kristi Deaver’s Honors Chemistry class at Ankeny Centennial High School in Ankeny, Iowa were selected for having the correct answers to the contest in our October 2016 issue.

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Category: Student challenges Magazine puzzles

What’s in an organic compound name?

At the University of Toronto, introductory organic chemistry is taught to life science undergraduates through two single-semester courses: one in their first year of studies, and the other in second year.

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Category: Feature Pedagogy, opinion and advice Viewpoint and advice