CCEW Educational Resources

Student Engagement

• Illustrated Poem Contest
  As part of every CCEW celebration, ACS sponsors a contest for students (Grades K-12).
• ACS Store
  Purchase promotional products for CCEW, such as mood pencils, temporary tattoos, stickers, tote bags, and the famous Enviro-Moles.

Educator Resources

• Celebrating Chemistry
  The Celebrating Chemistry publication is designed to engage and educate children (Grades 4-6) in the basic principles of chemistry and is available in both English and Spanish.
• Meg A. Mole Career Profiles
  Read all about Meg’s adventures! These interviews are an excellent resource for teachers to inform their students about the activities chemists perform everyday.
• ChemMatters
  ChemMatters is a magazine that helps high school students find connections between chemistry and the world around them.
  
• Journal of Chemical Education
  A journal for chemical educators featuring activities and articles.
• Science Safety Guidelines
  Recommendations to incorporate safe practices into your teaching curriculum.

Articles and Activities

• Grades 3-5 (from Science Activities in the Classroom)
  • Disappearing Statues
    See how acid rain eats away at hard materials.
  • Lose the Blues with CO₂
    Test how much carbon dioxide is in the air using cabbage.
  • Rooting for Sink and Float 
    Use a carrot learn why earn objects act differently in fresh and saltwater.
  • The Fate of Calcium Carbonate
    Calcium carbonate is a chemical found in eggshells, seashells, and many other materials. Observe how calcium carbonate reacts with common liquids.
  • Water Cycle Wristband
    Use colorful beads to help you remember the water cycle.
• Grades 6-8 (from Middle School Chemistry)
  • Carbon Dioxide Can Make a Solution Acidic
    Have students research the effects of too much carbon dioxide in ocean water.
  • Natural Resources & Synthetic Materials
    Gather and make sense of information to describe that synthetic materials come from natural resources and impact society.
    
• Grades 9-12 (from AACT Chemistry Solutions)
  • Finding Chemistry Connections in Climate Change
    Resources to teach global warming and climate change in your chemistry classroom.
• ACS Student Chapters (from ACS Green Chemistry Institute)
  • From Lobster Shells to Plastic Objects: A Bioplastics Activity
    The official green chemistry acitivity for CCEW 2018. Do three or more green chemistry outreach or educational activities during the school year for a chance to win a Green Chemistry Student Chapter Award. More information here.

Webinars

• AACT hosted a webinar for high school chemistry teachers titled, "Teaching Methods and Resources for CCEW 2018." The webinar took place on Wednesday, April 11. View the recorded webinar and see more teaching resources here.
• GCI hosted a webinar titled, " Riding the Wave of Green Chemistry: How to Enhance Awareness of Plastics in the Ocean." The webinar took place on Wednesday, April 25. View the recorded webinar here.

Videos