ChemEd 2025: Full Schedule

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The Exhibit Hall will be in the lobby of the Green Center: Sunday 6pm - 8pm; Monday 8am - 5pm; Tuesday 8am - 3pm

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

8:30am MDT

Teaching While _____________.

Wednesday July 23, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am MDT

Hill 202

A conversation about teaching as a member of a marginalized community

Speakers

Danny Wilks

Teacher, Shorewood High School

Danny Wilks completed his 6th year of teaching chemistry at Shorewood High School in Shoreline, Washington. A Texan native that has resided in the PNW for the last 18 years, he recieved his undgraduate degree in chemsitry from the University of Texas at San Antonio, focusing on physical... Read More →

Ariel Serkin

Chemistry Teacher, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School

Ariel is currently teaching chemistry at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, MA. She brings a diverse background to her science teaching. As a former history teacher, Ariel’s instruction goes far beyond science content. She uses Modeling Instruction, a guided inquiry... Read More →

Nina Hike

Honors Chemistry Teacher, Chicago Public Schools

Nina Hike has dedicated over 28 years to teaching science in Chicago Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Chicago. A leader in the chemistry education community, Nina is a contributor to ChemEdX... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 8:30am - 9:15am MDT
Hill 202 920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Inclusive Practices for All Students

9:30am MDT

Chemistry IRL (In Real Life): Extending the Boundaries of High School Chemistry for Meaningful Learning and Community Change

Wednesday July 23, 2025 9:30am - 10:15am MDT

Hill 202

Traditional high school science learning has been critiqued as irrelevant to the lives of many students, especially to those who are not in the college science pipeline. Extending the traditional epistemic boundaries of high school chemistry to include the lenses of history and politics, students working as both scientists and activists ("Transformative Intellectuals", Giroux, 1985) have used chemistry to study science “problems” relevant to their
communities and to present solutions resulting in socially transformative education.

Speakers

Tiffany Childress Price

Doctoral Student; public high school teacher, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tiffany Childress Price is in her 18th year as a public school teacher and serves in Chicago Public Schools as a STEM instructional coach. She is a nationally board certified science teacher who is passionate about students developing a love for and mastery of science practices and... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 9:30am - 10:15am MDT
Hill 202 920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Inclusive Practices for All Students

10:30am MDT

Empowering Student Inquiry: Assessing Water Quality at George Washington High School

Wednesday July 23, 2025 10:30am - 11:15am MDT

Hill 202

Discover how students investigated the drinking water quality at GWHS, collaborating with Northwestern University scientists to share their findings at the Community Conference and in an exciting NEW Journal of Community Science!

Speakers

Adilene Aguilera

Chemistry Teacher/Service Learning Coordinator, George Washington High School

I am Adilene Aguilera, a chemistry teacher at Washington High School on the far southeast side of Chicago. My passion lies in empowering students from diverse and often underprivileged backgrounds to discover their potential in science. I have dedicated myself to transforming students... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 10:30am - 11:15am MDT
Hill 202 920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Inclusive Practices for All Students

2:30pm MDT

Driving Student Growth in Chemistry with Phenomena-Based Formative Assessment Rubrics

Wednesday July 23, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm MDT

Hill 202

Explore using formative assessment rubrics to assess student work, enhance teaching strategies, and connect phenomena to modeling and argumentation. Analyze student samples and discuss evidence-based integration methods.

Speakers

Stacey Balbach

Teacher, Cuba City High School

Stacey Balbach is an accomplished educator with over 25 years of experience in science instruction. Holding a Master of Science in Education with multiple licensures, they teach high school Biology, Chemistry, Dual Credit Chemistry, and Physics at Cuba City, Wisconsin. Dedicated to... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 2:30pm - 3:15pm MDT
Hill 202 920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Inclusive Practices for All Students

3:30pm MDT

Supporting Arguments with Evidence

Wednesday July 23, 2025 3:30pm - 4:15pm MDT

Hill 202

Argument Driven Inquiry is grounded in evidence and reasoning. It is one of the key ways scientists communicate, and that students can demonstrate understanding and make their thinking visible. Come dive into inquiry based instructional strategies that support students using evidence to make sense of the world around them.

Speakers

Frankie Petersen

Teacher, Department Chair, Lincoln Southeast High School

Frankie Petersen teaches high school science at Lincoln Southeast High School in Lincoln, NE. She is the department chair and also an adjunct professor of chemistry for Nebraska Wesleyan University. During her more than 17 years as an educator, she has worked on multiple curriculum... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 3:30pm - 4:15pm MDT
Hill 202 920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Focus on Three-Dimensional Learning

4:30pm MDT

Follow that Fertilizer: Integrating Socioscientific Issues into the Chemistry Curriculum

Wednesday July 23, 2025 4:30pm - 5:15pm MDT

Hill 202

Practical strategies for incorporating multifaceted science issues into your chemistry classroom. Explore the environmental fate of fertilizers and learn a new soil chemistry titration in this place-based project.

Speakers

Lacey Fitts

Assistant Professor of Secondary Science Education, Mississippi State University

Lacey Fitts is currently an assistant professor in the College of Education at MS State University. She has been a science educator for over 25 years in some capacity or another, teaching mostly chemistry, AP Chemistry, physics, and related college and high school courses. She serves... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 4:30pm - 5:15pm MDT
Hill 202 920 15th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA

Innovative Pedagogy from Current Chemical Education Research

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