The American Chemical Society (ACS), the worlds largest scientific society, is launching the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT), the first organization of its kind in the U.S. The association is scheduled to begin operations in September 2014, and will be dedicated to improving chemistry education and providing specialized resources to more than a million K-12 chemistry and physical science teachers nationwide. The AACT website, http://www.acs.org/aact, is live, and interested teachers may sign up there to receive email updates about the organization. Chemistry is the only scientific field without a discipline-specific teachers association. AACT will provide the resources necessary to motivate and empower K-12 chemistry teachers as they seek to inspire the scientists and scientifically literate citizens of tomorrow. Membership in the new organization will be open to all who are interested in chemistry education. AACT will have three goals: to serve as a trusted source of curricular and pedagogical resources for K-12 chemistry instruction, to provide opportunities for chemistry teachers to network with each other and the broader ACS community, and to disseminate effective teaching and learning practices at the K-12 levels. Opportunities to collaborate with other teachers of chemistry and with ACS members can help reduce the isolation … Continue reading →