Enjoyed a thoughtful discussion with colleagues at our monthly journal club this week, about the results presented in this paper by Walck-Shannon et al on student study habits. I love speculating on how closely self-reported study habits match actual study habits... #ITeachChem #STEMEd

To What Extent Do Study Habits Relate to Performance? - PubMed

Students' study sessions outside class are important learning opportunities in college courses. However, we often depend on students to study effectively without explicit instruction. In this study, we described students' self-reported study habits and related those habits to their performance on ex …

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Made my own birthday cake. Full 1990s retro. #ChemistsWhoCook

Braising some lentils to eat with home-made walnut bread. #ChemistsWhoCook

I talked to @latif.bsky.social at @radiolab.bsky.social about brain organoids for their new episode. Listen here: radiolab.org/podcast/brai...

Brain Balls

Scientists can now grow tiny, human brain balls. They’re useful, but are they alive?

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Saw this and thought of the #ChemSky #GardenIndicators crowd ☺️🧪

Indian farmers turn to 'magical' butterfly pea flower

Indian farmers are turning to butterfly pea flower which is in demand for its bright blue colour.

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Cinnamon rolls but with mincemeat? Yup. Shame I picked such a cold day to try as it took three times as long to prove as usual... #ChemistsWhoCook

Also, recently had fun hosting guests with a Rick Stein chicken tray bake and some gnocchi alla Sorrentina #ChemistsWhoCook

How to use up egg-yolks after royal-icing the Christmas cake? Egg yolk chocolate chip cookie bars! #ChemistsWhoCook

Yay for #chemsky ! Check out responses below!

Jenny Yang@chemjen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Someone make an app that can turn my hand drawn structures and reactions into chemdraw pls

Some interesting Higher Ed data in @jburnmurdoch.ft.com’s latest piece on special needs provision.

How redefining special needs rocked education

Broadened criteria are benefiting the better-off, harming those facing greatest difficulty and straining the system

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LIverpool Chemistry is seeking a new Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry Interested? It is a great department! #chemsky #chemchat www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ019/p...

Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry at University of Liverpool

An opportunity for an academic position as a Professor and Head of Department of Chemistry is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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It’s been a while, but here’s my cranberry and marzipan cake offering for this evening’s one-of-many seasonal socials… #ChemistsWhoCook

Hear from the Editorial board who invite you to read and consider signing the Stockholm Declaration on Chemistry for the Future & learn about how the declaration’s themes align with the mission and scope of RSC Sustainability 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5SU... #Sustainability #Chemsky #SustainableChemistry

Sitting in the last session of #ELRIGDD25 and reflecting on what I’ve seen regarding AI in the past 2 days. And how that compares / contrasts with narratives about the same technology in academia in the past year or so. No hot takes. Am convinced it’s transformational. And so complex. #ITeachChem

#ITeachChem #ChemEd

Chemistry World@chemistryworld.com · 10mo ago

'That one extra drop didn’t just show me the endpoint of a reaction – it showed me the beginning of a transformation in myself'

Meanwhile, to her mother’s delight and bemusement, the child decided she’d rather do optional maths homework than watch a film on Friday evening… 🧮🥰

This article is focused at primary/secondary education and has some great tips about observation that are widely applicable. And so interesting to see the images of universal indicator scales adjusted for differences in colour perception. #ITeachChem #ChemEd

Education in Chemistry@rsc-eic.bsky.social · 10mo ago

There is a danger that we assume students are good at observation. @dave2004b.bsky.social shares ideas to hone learners’ skills throughout their education to help them see, and explain, clearly edu.rsc.org/cpd/developi... #chemed #sciteachuk

In reporting this piece on the new trial for a Huntington's treatment, I was struck by one thing in particular: The joy. One of my sources wept for joy. He has spent his entire career studying this disease, he said it was the happiest day. www.sciencenews.org/article/hunt...

Huntington's progression slowed by experimental gene therapy

An experimental gene therapy slowed Huntington’s by up to 75 percent in a small clinical trial. While not a cure, it may give patients longer lives.

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Reposting to also tag #ITeachChem. Some nice activities here.

ChemQuiz.net LLC@chemquiz.net · 11mo ago

Happy Fall! 🍁 The ChemQuiz.net September 2025 newsletter is out and highlights new features on the site, including Topics to organize assignments on the Dashboard, an easy-to-read downloadable periodic table, a live webinar on September 30th, and more #chemed #iteachchem mailchi.mp/chemquiz.net...

Looking forward to discussing Haraldsrud and Odden's recent J Chem Ed paper "Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Real Intelligence: Self-Scaffolding Computational Modeling with Generative AI in Chemistry" at our department journal club next week! #ChemSky #ITeachChem

Bridging Artificial Intelligence and Real Intelligence: Self-Scaffolding Computational Modeling with Generative AI in Chemistry

Chemistry education researchers have, for many years, explored different ways of learning chemistry through modeling and open-ended problem-solving. With the emergence of generative artificial intelli...

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Tried potato farls this evening - tasty but not sure I got the balance of flour:potato quite right. #ChemistsWhoCook

Garlic-Parmesan sweetheart cabbage waiting to enter the oven. #ChemistsWhoCook

Fresh sardines and cauliflower baking in the oven. This #ChemistWhoCooks operates a “hybrid” kitchen, so these will be served with toasted potato waffles from a packet… 😂😅😭

While alchemy is increasingly seen as a precursor to modern chemistry, 'witchcraft' – practised by lower-status women – is still ignored. But was the 'magic', from flying ointments to healing potions, grounded in real pharmacology?

From flying ointments to healing herbs: the forgotten chemistry behind historical witchcraft practices

The unusual concoctions of village witches have historically been dismissed as nonsense hocus pocus - but is this the whole story? Victoria Atkinson investigates the chemistry behind the myth and whet...

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IT'S FINALLY TIME! BakeOff is BACK. You know what that means ChemBakeOff reaction/meme thread.

How do you learn something new—flashcards, practice, trial and error? New research from psychology professor Aaron Seitz says it all comes down to incidental learning, when our brains slip into a state ready to absorb. 🧪 Read more: http://bit.ly/4mOgoBN #COSConnects #Psychology

Is all learning ‘incidental’? Northeastern professor says that we ‘trick’ our brains into learning

Northeastern psychology professor Aaron Seitz reveals groundbreaking research showing all learning may be 'incidental'.

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Get students talking 🗣️ before they start drawing curly arrows. Oracy helps them explain, question and solve mechanisms with confidence – and it’s easy to build into your teaching: edu.rsc.org/ideas/using-... #chemsky

Using talk to help learners master organic mechanisms

Improve post-16 students' understanding through verbal communication

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Doing some pre-semester thinking about DCM substitution in teaching labs (mainly for caffeine extraction) and thought I'd share a thread in case anyone else is also still working on this. Reading included Wright and Welder's piece in J Chem Ed from earlier this summer... #ChemSky #ITeachChem (1/5)

Elimination of Dichloromethane from the Introductory Organic Chemistry Teaching Laboratory

Recent regulatory action in the United States has made it impractical for many institutions of higher learning to continue the use of dichloromethane in their teaching laboratories. We offer condensed...

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Interesting piece. I wonder if the outcomes of this research would be similar / the same across different apprenticeship sectors and subjects.

Wonkhe@wonkhe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This week on Wonkhe: Research by a team at The Open University suggests that, when it comes to degree apprenticeship independence and success, prior experience in the workplace makes a difference