Chemistry sticks when students can feel it. So, how do we make the subject truly tangible?

In this episode of EdTech Elevated, PIP's president and founder, Lisa March, sits down with Dr. Gizelle Sherwood, a passionate chemistry educator and innovator at Carnegie Mellon University. With 17 years of teaching experience and her current role as Director of Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry, Dr. Sherwood has dedicated her career to making science meaningful, accessible, and connected to the world beyond the classroom.

In shaping the next generation of college learners, Dr. Sherwood's work unites chemistry with real-world impact. We also explore REAL CHEM, the next-generation digital learning experience she helped design to make chemistry more engaging and effective, bringing learning science to life for students everywhere.

Join us for a conversation about what it really takes to help students see the chemistry in everything, and how innovation in teaching can transform how we understand learning itself.

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Bookmarks:

00:40 Meet Dr. Gizelle Sherwood

02:15 Combining Math and Chemistry

05:01 The Tangibility of Homeopathic Chemistry

05:51 The Power of a Network of Chemists

07:02 Inspiring the Next Generation of Chemists Through Research Work

08:30 Cosmetic & Cooking Chemistry

10:50 REAL CHEM Gets Students Excited About the Sciences

14:57 Representation: Students Need to See Themselves in Chemistry

20:00 Student Success with REAL CHEM

20:50 Behind the Scenes of REAL CHEM Video Production

22:18 Students Today Want Tangibility

23:48 Sharing Stories: Favorite Experiments

25:20 How to Use REAL CHEM in Your Classroom

29:00 The Taurus Platform: Data-Driven Teaching

32:50 Learning Science in a Continual Feedback Loop

Resources:

Gizelle Sherwood

REAL CHEM

Gizelle Sherwood Research & Publications

Lisa March

Partner in Publishing