SAACS at Pellissippi State

10/21/2024

It is National Chemistry Week!

This Wednesday, 10/23, Pellissippi State Community College and the East Tennessee Section of the American Chemical Society are hosting a NCW event.

Where: Pellissippi Sate Community College, Goins Auditorium GN136
Time: 6:45-8:00 pm
Who? Any PSCC student/faculty/staff and if you're local and want to attend let me know.

If you home school or geek out with science with your kids here are some resources for NCW:

2024 NCW magazine: https://www.acs.org/education/celebrating-chemistry-editions/2024-ncw.html

Educational Resources: https://www.acs.org/education/national-chemistry-week/educational-resources.html

10/17/2022

Happy National Chemistry Week! One of my favorite activities with Fibers is the Chemistry of Tie Dye.
Check out one here: https://dharmatrading.com/home/color-and-dye-chemistry.html
and more ideas here: https://acs.org/content/acs/en/education/students/highschool/chemistryclubs/activities/cloth-chemistry.html

American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Chemistry for Life.

03/10/2021

Cool chemistry news. A new blue pigment was discovered at Oregon state university lab. It is finally approved by the epa for artists to use!

First Blue discovered in over 200 years 🔵

02/10/2021

Tomorrow it’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Woman scientist infographic from a few years ago highlighting contemporary women in chemistry – who would you add to the new edition!? I already have a few in mind!

8 March is International Women’s Day – to mark the occasion last year, I made this image highlighting twelve famous women in chemistry history. Since then a number of people have pointed out …

02/01/2021

Check out the latest edition of Chem Matters! Though the star of the show is volcanos, I found the article about cold brew coffee very interesting! Here is a video about cold and hot brew coffee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FebLfB4P8jQ&feature=emb_title

The February issue of is live! Our cover story, Volcanoes: Terror from Below, explores the science behind these terrifying natural formations. Learn what causes rock to melt into magma in the first place, what causes explosive eruptions, and how lava can make an entire lake disappear. Check out this open article today at www.acs.org/chemmatters, and subscribe to access the full issue.

01/27/2021

The American Chemical Society has an editors choice page where they release A FREE peer-reviewed article every day! Check it out!

Thione S-methylide, parent species of the thiocarbonyl ylide family, is a 1,3-dipolar species on the [C2SH4] potential energy surface, not so much studied as its isomers, thiirane, vinyl thiol, and thioacetaldehyde. The conrotatory ring-closure reaction toward thiirane was studied in the 90s, but no...

01/22/2021

An exciting advancement for accessibility in chemistry!!

11/19/2020

Interested in the latest Corona Virus (COVID19) research? The American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society) has a FREE read collection of research on the virus. Check it out here:

coronavirus

10/23/2020

Happy Mole Day!

Learn about Avogadro's number, the mole, in this music video to the tune of Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'. This is just a fun video that gives ...

10/19/2020

Check this out!