Share the Wonder

Abstract

This editorial encourages teachers to begin the academic year by remembering what initially excited them about science and to use those personal memories in creating lessons that will excite students about the magic of chemistry and to continue to provide opportunities that foster a sense of wonder. (The abstract graphical image is a still photograph from the video "Nitric Acid Acts Upon a Copper Penny" in Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 8 published by JCE Software. Reproduced with permission.

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“…Experience (and feedback) tells us that many adults from a non-scientific, even arts background, find interesting content that they had not expected to encounter. As chemists, we understand that molecules are fascinating in terms of what they do, and we try to share that ‘sense of wonder’, as Deanna Cullen calls it [ 37 ], with scientific and non-scientific audiences alike.…”