The James Madison University ChemDemo project provides resources for educators interested in using chemistry demonstrations in a variety of venues.  Specifically, the program targets college professors, college students and K-12 teachers, largely within the state of Virginia. A website was developed that catalogs over 50 demonstrations, correlated to VA standards of learning (SOLs), including procedures in downloadable and editable formats. In addition the website has lesson plans and problem sets corresponding to selected demos. Annual chemistry demonstration workshops for high school teachers have been held since 2010. The workshops integrate hands-on demonstration instruction, presentations on the value of demonstrations, and opportunities to discuss these activities with other educators. Demonstration videos, including several that require dry ice or liquid nitrogen, were recorded and produced in collaboration with JMU's Center for Instructional Technology. These videos are distributed via YouTube, the ChemDemo website, and DVD. http://sites.jmu.edu/chemdemo/

<i>JMU ChemDemo</i>: Lowering the activation energy to do chemistry demonstrations

244th National Meeting (2012)

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JMU ChemDemo: Lowering the activation energy to do chemistry demonstrations