In celebration of Earth Week 2025, ACS Publications invites you to explore a selection of resources on glaciers, arctic ice and climate change for educators from the Journal of Chemical Education.
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week is an annual event that takes place alongside Earth Day and celebrates the positive and crucial role that chemistry plays in the world.
This year, from April 20-26, we are turning our focus to glaciers! To help celebrate this year's theme, "Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool Chemistry," the Journal of Chemical Education has gathered resources for investigating snow, experimenting with ice, and examining climate change.
Through this selection of articles, students can investigate snow, experiment with ice, and examine the impacts of climate change, which continue to affect glaciers at an alarming rate. With 102 volumes of engaging material on a wide variety of topics, the Journal of Chemical Education helps connect the classroom experience to the greater world.
Articles and Resources from the Journal of Chemical Education
Investigating Snow
Students’ Use of Magnetic Models to Learn Hydrogen Bonding and the Formation of Snowflakes
Dewi Ayu Kencana Ungu, Mihye Won, David F. Treagust, Mauro Mocerino, Henry Matovu, Chin-Chung Tsai, and Roy Tasker
Journal of Chemical Education 2023, 100 (7), 2504-2519
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00697
A Guided-Inquiry Activity for Introducing Students to Figures from Primary Scientific Literature
Danielle N. Maxwell, Jeffrey L. Spencer, Ethan A. Teich, Madeline Cooke, Braeden Fromwiller, Nathan Peterson, Linda Nicholas-Figueroa, Ginger V. Shultz, and Kerri A. Pratt
Journal of Chemical Education 2023, 100 (5), 1788-1795
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00605
Cultural Relevance in Chemistry Education: Snow Chemistry and the Iñupiaq Community
Jeffrey L. Spencer, Danielle N. Maxwell, Kaare Ray Sikuaq Erickson, Daniel Wall, Linda Nicholas-Figueroa, Kerri A. Pratt, and Ginger V. Shultz
Journal of Chemical Education 2022, 99 (1), 363-372
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00480
Polar Plunge: Semester-Long Snow Chemistry Research in the General Chemistry Laboratory
N. W. May, S. M. McNamara, S. Wang, K. R. Kolesar, J. Vernon, J. P. Wolfe, D. Goldberg, and K. A. Pratt
Journal of Chemical Education 2018, 95 (4), 543-552
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00823
Spring Shock!: Impact of Spring Snowmelt on Lakes and Streams
Judith A. Halstead
Journal of Chemical Education 1998, 75 (4), 400A
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p400A
Squeak, skid and glide - The unusual properties of snow and ice
Robert C. Plumb and N. H. Fletcher
Journal of Chemical Education 1972, 49 (3), 179
DOI: 10.1021/ed049p179.1
Experimenting with Ice
Demonstrating the Temperature Dependence of Scientific Phenomena for Middle Schoolers
Thomas H. Linz, Mario A. Cornejo, Courtney E. Cunningham, Hao T. Mai, and Shakila H. Peli Thanthri
Journal of Chemical Education 2024, 101 (5), 2167-2171
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00104
A Low-Cost and Simple Demonstration of Freezing Point Depression and Colligative Properties with Common Salts and Ice Cream
Timothy R. Johnson, Tyler A. Shaffer, Lisa A. Holland, Lindsay M. Veltri, John A. Lucas, Yousef S. Elshamy, and Patrick K. Rutto
Journal of Chemical Education 2022, 99 (10), 3590-3594
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00626
Invisibility Cloaks and Hot Reactions: Applying Infrared Thermography in the Chemistry Education Laboratory
Travis C. Green, Rebekkah H. Gresh, Desiree A. Cochran, Kaitlyn A. Crobar, Peter M. Blass, Alexis D. Ostrowski, Dean J. Campbell, Charles Xie, and Andrew T. Torelli
Journal of Chemical Education 2020, 97 (3), 710-718
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00789
Using Beads and Divided Containers To Study Kinetic and Equilibrium Isotope Effects in the Laboratory and in the Classroom
Dean J. Campbell, Emily R. Brewer, Keri A. Martinez, and Tamara J. Fitzjarrald
Journal of Chemical Education 2017, 94 (8), 1118-1123
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b01004
Updating a Student-Generated Ice-Core Data Plot Exercise for Courses Investigating Climate Change Topics
Edward Maslowsky Jr.
Journal of Chemical Education 2016, 93 (4), 785-786
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00947
Hold the Heat: Global Heat Retention, Global Warming and Calorimetry
Harold S. Johnston and Joel D. Burley
Journal of Chemical Education 2008, 85 (2), 224A
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p224A
Examining Climate Change
Simple Climate Models That Can Be Used in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Education
Timothy G. Harrison, Michael T. Davies-Coleman, Alison C. Rivett, M. Anwar H. Khan, Joyce D. Sewry, Magdalena Wajrak, Nicholas M. Barker, Jonny Furze, Sophie D. Franklin, Linda Sellou, Naomi K. R. Shallcross, and Dudley E. Shallcross
Journal of Chemical Education 2024, 101 (10), 4528-4532
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00541
Climate Action Can “Flip the Switch”: Resourcing Climate Empowerment in Chemistry Education
Peter G. Mahaffy, Jadeyn Lunn, Alexa Adema, Aneilia Ayotte, Jared Faulkner, Sarah Greidanus, Ava Griffioen, Amanda Koot, Yuval Mimran, Ethan Nanninga, Dominic Pfeifer, Jonas Struyk, Martin Su, Nathaniel Tesfaye, and Grace Wagram
Journal of Chemical Education 2024, 101 (9), 3856-3868
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00548
Systems Thinking in Science Education and Outreach toward a Sustainable Future
Jillian L. Blatti, John Garcia, Danyal Cave, Felix Monge, Anthony Cuccinello, Jennifer Portillo, Betsy Juarez, Ellen Chan, and Frieda Schwebel
Journal of Chemical Education 2019, 96 (12), 2852-2862
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00318
Expanding the Educational Toolset for Chemistry Outreach: Providing a Chemical View of Climate Change through Hands-On Activities and Demonstrations Supplemented with TED-Ed Videos
Solaire A. Finkenstaedt-Quinn, Natalie V. Hudson-Smith, Matthew J. Styles, Michael K. Maudal, Adam R. Juelfs, and Christy L. Haynes
Journal of Chemical Education 2018, 95 (6), 985-990
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00948
