The Trouble with Chemical Energy: Why Understanding Bond Energies Requires an Interdisciplinary Systems Approach

Helping students understand “chemical energy” is notoriously difficult. Change will require an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum reform, building on the National Research Council Framework for K–12 Science Education and learning progressions designed to help students move from the macroscopic- to molecular-level understanding of energy.

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