SEC at FGCU Annual Conference

Under the leadership of Petra Schultheiß-Reimann, the working group education developed “Experiencing Chemistry through Ammonia”. The symposium took place as part of the annual Conference of the Division of Chemical Education (FGCU) at the University of Erlangen: Friday 19 September 2025, 10:00–11:55.

From 17–19 September 2025, teachers, chemistry education specialists, trainee teachers and doctoral researchers met in Erlangen to exchange their experiences and discuss new trends in didactics; see FGCU2025. The SEC also took part in the poster exhibition at this Conference with a contribution (see box on the right).

The concept behind the lectures submitted by the SEC is based on didactically selected experiments for understanding chemical equilibrium. They are embedded in the history of the Haber–Bosch process and the future of ammonia as a hydrogen carrier. The third lecture in particular fits excellently with the Conference motto, “Global Transformation”.

We were able to secure three outstanding speakers for this lecture series, “A Chemical Equilibrium as a Lever for Global Food Security and Decarbonisation”:

• Ekkehard Schwab: 112 Years of the Haber–Bosch Process – Collaboration between Science and Industry (Discussion lecture)
• Alfred Flint: Spectacle Lenses, Baking Powder and Soldering Flux – From Phenomenon to Chemical Equilibrium According to the “Chemistry for Life” Concept (Experimental lecture)
• Benedikt Steinbach: Ammonia as the Key to Decarbonisation – New Paths and Technologies for an Old Molecule? (Discussion lecture)