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Each
year in October, The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical
Society (NESACS) and the Education Committee of the Northeastern
Section
invite
high school
chemistry teachers to a program at Burlington High School (Burlington,
MA).
This program
is intended to help connect high school teachers with the numerous
education resources that are available from the American Chemical
Society. |
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Northeastern Section
of the American Chemical Society |
Connections
to Chemistry 2010
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| The Northeastern Section of
the American Chemical Society (NESACS) and the Education
Committee of the Northeastern Section invite high school
chemistry teachers to a program at Burlington
High School (Burlington, MA) on Wednesday, October 13th,
3:30 – 8:00 PM. This program will
help connect high school teachers with the numerous education
resources that are available from the American Chemical
Society. Four simultaneous hands-on workshops will
illustrate these resources: |
- Polymers in
the K-12 Curriculum with Al Hazari, Director of Undergraduate
Chemistry Labs, University of Tennessee/Knoxville.
Polymers are in us and all around us. Integrating polymers
into K- 12 classes can bring excitement, enjoyment
and relevance into the science curriculum. Polymer
activities could involve basic concepts such as density,
solubility, physical and chemical properties as well
as environmental and energy issues, and experimental
design. Advanced topics could include organic chemistry,
biochemistry and spectroscopy. Come and experience
several hands-on activities as well as a number of
polymer demonstrations all using common substances.
(Workshop A)
- How Science Can Inform the Art of Teaching - Helping
Students to Become Better Quantitative Problem Solvers
with Fred Garafalo, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences. The presenter will briefly describe
how, during the past 20 years, educational research findings
have helped to guide the evolution of his first-year
chemistry curriculum and to shape his teaching philosophy.
Using an interactive format, he will then engage workshop
participants in reflecting upon 1) their favorite quantitative
problem-solving strategies, 2) the difficulties that
commonly-used strategies often present to students, and
3) reasoning skills that can help students improve their
problem-solving ability. (Workshop B)
- (Title TBA) with Faina Ryvkin,
Emmanuel College. (Workshop C)
- (Title TBA) with Alan Crosby, Newton
South High School. (Workshop D)
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| Program |
| 3:30 – 4:00 |
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Registration
and Refreshments |
| 4:00 – 4:25 |
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Welcome
and Overview |
| 4:30 – 6:10 |
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| 4
Simultaneous 50 minute Workshops Presented in
each Session: |
Session
I: 4:25 – 5:15 Workshops
A & B & C & D |
Session
II: 5:20 – 6:10 Workshops
A & B & C & D |
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| 6:15 – 8:00 |
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| Dinner
and Address |
| Address: Motivate
Your Students' Molecules! |
Dr.
Al Hazari, Director
of Undergraduate Chemistry Labs, University
of Tennessee/Knoxville
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deadline for registration is Friday, October 8th. The registration fee is $20.00 and is non- refundable after
October 4th. Workshop and program-related materials, dinner,
a one-year subscription to ChemMatters, and a certificate
for three hours of Professional Development will be provided
to all workshop participants. |
| For additional information, contact Dr. Marietta Schwartz,
Chair, Education Committee, NESACS: 617-287-6146 or marietta.schwartz@umb.edu. |
| Click
here to download this flyer [PDF] |
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2009 Connections to Chemistry |
| by Ruth Tanner |
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The Tenth Annual Connections
to Chemistry program
took place at Burlington High School (Burlington, MA)
on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009. The program is aimed
at connecting
high school chemistry teachers with the educational resources of the American
Chemical Society. Each registrant participated in two of five different workshops
which included a
pedagogical workshop on Process- Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) by
David Cunningham of UMass Lowell and Cheryl Lavoie of Simmons College; a workshop
based on the laboratory practical portion of the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad
(USNCO) exam by Steve Lantos, chairperson of the Laboratory Practical Task Force
to USNCO, and Matt Fierman of Brookline High School; a National Chemistry Week
workshop celebrating the 140th anniversary of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table
led by Daniel Schmidt and Erick Dunkerley,
of the Plastics Engineering and Nanomanufacuring Center at UMass Lowell on nanosheets
and the elements that form them; and a workshop on radioactivity by Clayton French,
Director of Radiological Sciences at UMass Lowell. |
| In addition, a workshop was given by Dr. Bruce Bursten,
co-author of Chemistry – The Central Science,
Dean of the College of Arts and Science at the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the Immediate Past- President
of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Bursten, who
was also the keynote speaker for the evening, discussed
many aspects of his wellknown book, including how authors
try to stimulate students critical thinking, which
he views as the biggest challenge for students transitioning
from high school to college. |
Registrants, totaling 110, were from high schools
in 4 different states –Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island and Maine. The participants were welcomed
by Ruth Tanner,
Connections Program Chair and Chair of the NESACS
Education Committee, and by Steve Lantos, Chair of the
NESACS High School Education Committee. Following the
workshops
and dinner, the keynote address was given by Dr. Bruce Bursten entitled The
Central Science Live! which focused on the central aspect of chemistry in
our lives. |
His address was followed by our traditional raffle
of American Chemical Society items and subscriptions
to the Journal of Chemical Education (2 of which were
donated by the journal)
and memberships in CTC (Chemistry Teacher Connection) which includes an online
subscription to the Journal of Chemical Education along with membership in the
ACS Division of Chemical Education. |
| All of the participants received a one year’s
subscription to ChemMatters,
an award–winning magazine for high school chemistry, published by the ACS.
In addition, the Merck Co. generously donated copies of the Fourteenth Edition
of the Merck Index to the participants, in celebration of National Chemistry
Week. |
| Click
here to see photos from the event |
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