working group 3 - Chemistry Education (University, School, Nursery)

Status Quo

Teaching materials on the internet: Characteristics of the chemical reaction in the experiment, lithium to become more important than oil and gas in the future, teacher training: renewable energies, from the Big Bang to radiation protection

DEGINTU: access via the website "Chemical education"

Collaboration with the Division of chemical education.

Contributions submitted to the annual conference of the Division of chemical education.

1. Regensburg with experimental lecture "Characteristics of the chemical reaction in the experiment" from the series from practice for practice
2. Erlangen with symposium "Experiencing chemistry through the ammonia symposium: A chemical equilibrium as a lever for global food security and decarbonisation"
3. Poster "Senior Experts and Chemical education Divisions: Together for chemistry"

Brochure “Igniting chemistry experiments”, 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 Division of chemical education every two years
• Nursery schools: training and materials for SEC members to support children during experiments
• Ensure a continuous supply of young talent

Planned projects

1. Generate teaching materials from Online lectures:
   1.1. Runge lecture, develop teaching materials on chromatography from it
   1.2. Teaching materials “Salts and ionic bonding” – experimental learning at stations [notice inviting participation published in the newsletter – Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Barke is providing materials]
2. Initiate a nitrous oxide lecture for schools (Faszination Chemie already contains an article by Karin J. Schmitz entitled "What actually is nitrous oxide?")
3. Make DEGINTU accessible to universities in English
4. Survey “Reasons why today’s graduates choose to study chemistry”, an idea by Hans-Günther Schmalz
5. Participation in the 2026 annual conference of the Division of chemical education in Göttingen:
   5.1. Experimental lecture by Horst Klemeyer and Alfred Krause (date/time: 24/09/2026 09:50–10:45, lecture room: lecture theatre MN27 (Building K))
   5.2. Poster: presentation of the brochure “Igniting chemistry experiments” Hans-Günther Schmalz / Petra Schultheiß-Reimann will submit a proposal (submit abstract by 30 June at the latest)
6. Participation in the 2027 annual conference of the Division of chemical education:
   6.1. Symposium – WHAT?
   6.2. Poster: idea – possibly results of the survey “Reasons why today’s graduates choose to study chemistry”

Members of the working group

Co-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, other SEC members depending on the project

Participation in the annual conference of the Division of chemical education

Hans-Günther Schmalz, Petra Schultheiß-Reimann, other SEC members depending on the project

DEGINTU

Horst Klemeyer, Alfred Krause, other SEC members wanted

Nursery schools

Astrid Dorfer, Ursula Hoeppener-Kamar, Wolfgang Kortmann

Collaboration with GDCh Divisions

Division of chemical education

Special collaboration with individual Division members: e.g. with Prof. Dr. Markus Prechtel, Chemistry Education at TU Darmstadt (topic: sustainability)