Abstract: “Everyday chemistry educators use resources relating to their curriculum to help advance student learning in the classroom. These materials can be anything from online sources, videos, or even lab experiments. Further, teachers are always looking for resources to help improve their own teaching ability and student understanding; applying different materials can be beneficial for students and the facilitator. This study looked at shared resources from practicing chemistry teachers who participated in online discussions in different graduate courses. The chemistry teachers were required to answer course discussion posts and had the opportunity, while not required, to share their own resources. The purpose of this study was to examine what was shared between the chemistry teachers and why they valued the resources enough to share. Resources were labeled in different categories based on the general purpose or characterization they fell into. For example, a resource that outlined a demonstration would be labeled. Finally, characterization of why a chemistry teacher valued and shared a resource was identified. One reason found was a teacher listing a resource as something they found helped student growth. General analysis found that the teachers largely asked for resources to improve their teaching ability and shared specific material such as labs or activities that were beneficial to students.”

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