Current status
Teaching materials on the internet: Characteristics of the chemical reaction in the experiment, Lithium to become more important than oil and gas in future, Teacher training: Renewable energies, From the Big Bang to radiation protection
DEGINTU: Access via the website "Chemical education"
Collaboration with the Chemical education Division.
Contributions submitted to the annual conference of the Chemical education Division.
- Regensburg with experimental lecture "Characteristics of the chemical reaction in the experiment" from the series From practice for practice
- Erlangen with symposium "Experiencing chemistry through the ammonia symposium: A chemical equilibrium as a lever for global food security and decarbonisation"
- Poster "Senior Experts and Chemical education Divisions: Together for chemistry"
Brochure “Chemistry experiments ignite”, a project of the working group to mark the 20th anniversary of the SEC Division
Objectives
- Generate further teaching materials
- Update and maintain the list of speakers and topics
- Participate in the annual conference of the Chemical education Division every two years
- Nursery schools: Training and materials for SEC members to accompany children while experimenting
- Ensure a continuous supply of young talent
Planned projects
- Generate teaching materials from Online lectures:
1.1. Runge lecture, developing teaching materials on chromatography from it
1.2. Teaching materials “Salts and ionic bonding” – Experimental learning at stations [Call for participation published in the newsletter – Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Barke is making materials available] - Initiate a nitrous oxide lecture for schools (Faszination Chemie already contains an article by Karin J. Schmitz entitled "What exactly is nitrous oxide?")
- Make DEGINTU accessible to universities in English
- Survey “Reasons why today’s graduates choose chemistry as their subject of study”, an idea by Hans-Günther Schmalz
- Participation in the annual conference of the Chemical education Division in Göttingen in 2026:
5.1. Experimental lecture by Horst Klemeyer and Alfred Krause (Date/time: 24.09.2026 09:50 - 24.09.2026 10:45 Lecture room: Lecture theatre MN27 (Building K))
5.2. Poster: Presentation of the brochure “Chemistry experiments ignite” Hans-Günther Schmalz / Petra Schultheiß-Reimann will submit a proposal (submit abstract by 30 June at the latest) - Participation in the annual conference of the Chemical education Division in 2027:
6.1. Symposium – WHAT?
6.2. Poster: Idea – possible results of the survey “Reasons why today’s graduates choose chemistry as their subject of study”
Members of the working group
Chairs: Petra Schultheiß-Reimann, Hans-Günther Schmalz
Eberhard Ehlers, Astrid Dorfer, Ursula Hoeppener-Kramar, Horst Klemeyer, Wolfgang Kortmann, Alfred Krause
Teaching materials (project-related):
Ursula Hoeppener-Kamar, Hans-Günther Schmalz, Petra Schultheiß-Reimann, further SEC members depending on the project
Participation in the annual conference of the Chemical education Division
Hans-Günther Schmalz, Petra Schultheiß-Reimann, further SEC members depending on the project
DEGINTU
Horst Klemeyer, Alfred Krause, further SEC members sought
Nursery schools
Astrid Dorfer, Ursula Hoeppener-Kamar, Wolfgang Kortmann
Collaboration with GDCh Divisions
Chemical education Division
Special collaboration with individual Division members: e.g. with Prof. Dr. Markus Prechtel, Chemistry Education at TU Darmstadt (topic: sustainability)
