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Thursday
July 15, 2004 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W1: Developing,
Testing, and Assessing On-Line Intercollegiate Cooperative Learning Activities. Four days. Theresa Julia
Zielinski, Monmouth University, Chemistry,
West Long Branch, NJ 07764. Phone: (732) 263-5197,
FAX: (732) 263-5213, e-mail: tzielins@monmouth.edu;
Marcy Hamby Towns,
Ball State University, Chemistry, Muncie, IN 47306. Phone: 765-285-8075,
FAX: 765-285-2351, e-mail: 00mhtowns@bsu.edu. Other co-workshop
leaders: Renee Cole, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri;
Alex Grushow, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Erica Harvey, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, West Virginia; George
Long, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania; Mellisa
Reeves, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama; Deborah Sauder, Hood College,
Frederick, Maryland. During this 4-day workshop you will be introduced
to the materials developed to support on-line intercollegiate cooperative
learning activities. You will participate through use of a sample on-line
module and discuss implementation, facilitation, and assessment issues.
Participants will also collaborate to create their own on-line intercollegiate
cooperative learning activity. Participants should be familiar with tools
such as Excel or Mathcad. We will review modules that have been developed
and tested by the physical chemistry on-line consortium involving over
500 students at 23 institutions over the past 5 years (http://pcol.ch.iup.edu).
We welcome chemists from all disciplines who are interested in innovative
materials and teaching techniques. This workshop is supported by NSF grant
DUE #9950809. Room, board (for the days you are attending this workshop),
and the workshop fee will be paid for by the sponsor of this workshop.
Participants of of this workshop must register and pay the conference
fee as an 18th BCCE conference participant. When you register for campus
housing, please sign-up for a room in Frederiksen Court. Please indicate
that you are doing Workshop #1 "On-Line
Intercollegiate Cooperative Learning Activities" and
that you request roommates who are also registered for this workshop.
You can send an e-mail message to Tom Greenbowe (tgreenbo@iastate.edu)
requesting to place your name, gender, and e-mail address on a roommate
request list for Frederiksen Court. Send in your ISU housing request form
for Frederiksen Court (Air-Conditioned Campus Apartment Lodging) once
you have three other roommates. You can list 3 names along with your name
(total of 4 names) on the campus housing form. Read the detailed description
of Frederiksen Court posted on the Campus Housing link on the 18th BCCE
web site.
W2: ACS Chemistry
Workshop. 1:00 p.m. - 5:00
p.m. on Thursday; 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Friday. One and a half days.
Laura Eisen, The George
Washington University at Mount Vernon, Women in Science and Technology, 2100 Foxhall Road, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20007.
Phone: 202-242-6692; e-mail:
eisenl@gwu.edu; Ellen
F. Verdel, University of South Florida, Department
of Chemistry, Tampa, FL 33620. Phone: 813-974-8860,
FAX: 813-974-3203, e-mail: everdel@chuma1.usf.edu; Marta Gmurczyk, American Chemical Society, Education and International Activities Division,
Washington
DC 20036, USA. PHONE: 800-227-5558;
e-mail: m_gmurczyk@acs.org. Have you been
trying or considering an activity-based, student-centered approach to
teaching your general chemistry course? The new textbook, Chemistry
(a project of the American Chemical Society), is designed to support and
reinforce this approach. This textbook project is part of a bold new initiative
to re-think and re-work the general chemistry course that too many students
perceive as a barrier rather than a pathway to their future. Chemistry
includes traditional chemistry concepts in a non-traditional order using
pedagogy built on active learning and group interactions. The concepts
and principles in Chemistry are developed as often as possible
by the analysis of data obtained in classroom activities. Because the
approach requires more effort on the part of both students and instructors
and what we are trying to accomplish may be unfamiliar, the ACS is supporting
an intensive 1.5-day workshop before the BCCE to help prospective users
develop a better understanding of the content and pedagogy of this new
textbook. The workshop will be conducted by current faculty
who have used this new textbook in their classrooms. Besides demonstrating how to use Chemistry
activities and pedagogy, they will share their experiences from using
this innovative curriculum in their classrooms.
Friday July 16, 2004
W1: Developing, Testing, and Assessing On-Line Intercollegiate
Cooperative Learning Activities (continued)
W2: ACS Chemistry Workshop (continued).
Critical Issues and Effective Practices in Chemistry-Based
Laboratory Technology Education. Two and a half
days. Sam Stevenson,
American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., afternoon. e-mail: sxs97@acs.org. This is a separate conference that runs on its
own. Starts on Friday afternoon July 16, 2004 ends Sunday July 18, 2004. The location of this workshop is at the Hotel at Gateway.
Registration for this conference is from the chemtechlinks web site (www.chemtechlinks.org).
Developing industry/academic alliances from around the US. Partial participant subsidies will be provided by ChemTechLinks.
Representatives from industry and academe are invited to attend this conference,
where interactive technology and focus groups will:
i. identify critical issues
facing laboratory technology education,
ii. explore factors influencing
these issues,
iii. discuss effective
practices for addressing these factors, and
iv. develop models for
implementing selected practices. The conference outcomes will be documented
and disseminated in a report. The conference will benefit chemistry-based
laboratory technology programs and industries that hire their graduates,
by
v. providing models that
will improve training,
vi. increasing communication
between stakeholders, and
vii. enhancing the visibility
of chemical laboratory technology.
Saturday July 17, 2004 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W1: Developing, Testing, and Assessing On-Line Intercollegiate
Cooperative Learning Activities (continued).
Critical Issues and Effective Practices in Chemistry-Based Laboratory
Technology Education (continued).
Sunday Morning July
18, 2004 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W1: Developing, Testing, and Assessing On-Line Intercollegiate
Cooperative Learning Activities (continued).
Critical Issues and Effective Practices in Chemistry-Based
Laboratory Technology Education (continued).
W3: The "Chemistry
is in the News" Project. Full-day. Rainer Glaser, University of Missouri-Columbia, Chemistry, Columbia, MO 65211. Phone: (573) 882-0331, FAX: (573) 882-2754, e-mail: glaserr@missouri.edu;
Susan Schelble,
University of Colorado-Denver, Chemistry, Denver,
CO 80217. Phone: (303) 556-6260,
FAX: (303) 556-4776, e-mail: smschelb@carbon.cudenver.edu. Newspapers are
the mirrors of society and newspaper articles, therefore, are the sources
that allow one to construct the important relations between society and
chemistry. With this premise, it is the goal of the "Chemistry is
in the News" (CIITN) project to facilitate news media-based authentic
learning activities aimed at connecting real world social, economic, and
political issues to the teaching of chemistry. The activities developed
thus far are for organic chemistry courses, but could be applied to any
level of chemistry instruction. They consist of the study, creation, and
peer review of news media through on-line projects. Each project includes
authentic news articles, a tutorial, and questions to guide group discussions.
They're conducted in small collaborative groups, guided by peer-learning
assistants. The CIITN project was first developed at the University of
Missouri—Columbia (UMC), for in-class peer-review evaluation. In
2002, the project was extended to intercollegiate peer-review with the
corresponding organic chemistry classes at UMC and the University of Colorado—Denver
(UCD). The completed peer-reviewed projects can be viewed at http://www.ciitn.missouri.edu/testsite/www/ciitn_main.html. The workshop will cover the pedagogy, taxonomy,
and application of using news items for in-class and interclass peer-reviews
of current topics in chemistry for incorporation into the classroom.
W4: A Laboratory
Course for Introductory Inorganic Chemistry. Full-day. Dave Berry, University of Victoria, Chemistry, Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3V6. Phone: (250) 721-7170,
FAX: (250) 721-7147, e-mail: berryde@uvvm.uvic.ca; Kelli
Fawkes, University
of Victoria,
Chemistry, Victoria, BC,
Canada
V8W 3V6. Phone: (250) 472-5212,
FAX: (250) 721-7147, e-mail: fawkesk@uvic.ca. This workshop
will be a fully participatory laboratory session in which we mimic the
running of our second-year laboratory. In our undergraduate program, we
use collaborative group work wherever possible, and our workshop will
adopt this approach to disseminate a large amount of experimental work
in a relatively short time. Participants will be fully engaged in one
particular experiment, but will have the opportunity to learn about all
the experiments that are running in the workshop. The day will be predominantly
spent in the laboratory, and you will be encouraged to collaborate and
cooperate with everyone present. Our goal is to give you a good sense
of how we run our own laboratory program and at the same time, to stimulate
ideas on how you may influence your own program. Participants should be
familiar with lab skills expected of a general chemistry course, but specific
knowledge of inorganic theory is not necessary. This is largely a skills-based
workshop and requires a full-day commitment.
W5: Essentials of
Chemistry in the Community (ChemCom). Full-day. Angela Powers, American
Chemical Society, Education,
Washington, D.C., 20036. Phone: (202) 872-6383, FAX: (202) 833-7732, e-mail: a_powers@acs.org;
Cece Schwennsen,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Albert Einstein Research Fellow,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8300. Phone: (301) 975-8941;
e-mail: cschwenn@nist.gov. Chemistry
in the Community (ChemCom) is a first-year chemistry text for all
high school students. Aligned with the National Science Education Standards,
ChemCom presents the chemistry concepts all students should know
and the scientific procedures all students should be able to do. It emphasizes
the impact of chemistry on society by addressing chemistry-related technological
issues relevant to local communities and society at large. ChemCom
emphasizes problem-solving and decision-making skills and is built around
student-centered learning activities.
ChemCom Teacher
Training Workshops enable teachers to become familiar with the philosophy,
goals, rationale, teaching/learning strategies, chemistry content, societal-technological
content, classroom management models, and instructional activities that
comprise ChemCom. In this workshop, experienced ChemCom
Teacher Leaders will guide participants through ChemCom and provide
hands-on experience with laboratories, modeling exercises, and activities. Participants will be introduced to the new ancillaries
for the most recent edition of ChemCom, including the wraparound
Teacher's Edition, CD-ROMs, Test Bank, and Activities Book. Features introduced
in the 4th edition, such as Modeling Matter and data-based scenarios,
will also be highlighted. Whether
you are teaching ChemCom for the first time, a veteran new to
the 4th edition, or just interested in the ChemCom approach,
join us for a dynamic day of chemistry.
W6: Visualizing
Biological Macromolecules: Generating Animated, 3-Dimensional Views of
Protein and Nucleic Acid Structures.
Full-day. Manfred Philipp, Lehman College / City University of NY, Chemistry, Bronx, NY 10468. Phone: 718-960-8743, FAX: 718-960-8750, e-mail: philipp@lehman.cuny.edu. Freely available
software and databases will be used to take protein and nucleic acid structure
coordinates and transform them into colored and animated three-dimensional
structures. NMR-derived structures and multiple X-ray crystallographic
structure determinations will be used to illustrate, by animation, the
flexibility of protein main- and side-chains and illustrate, by animation,
the effects of ligand binding on protein structure. These animations will
include the use of anaglyph techniques that result in three-dimensional
animated molecular anaglyph images. The
workshop will also study ways to graphically illustrate the effect of
mutations on protein structure and use homology modeling techniques to
predict new protein structures. These predicted protein structures will
also be used as a basis of new visualization methods.
Workshop participants will themselves install the required software
and will prepare a web page that contains the images they generate.
Sunday Morning July
18, 2004 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
W7: Getting Started
with Microscale Gas Chemistry. Half-day. Bruce Mattson, Creighton University, Chemistry, Omaha, NE 68178. Phone: 402-280-2278, FAX: 402-280-5737, e-mail: xenon@creighton.edu;
Michael Anderson,
Creighton University, Chemistry, Omaha,
NE 68178. Phone: 402-280-2268,
FAX: 402-280-5737, e-mail: mikepa@creighton.edu; Susan Mattson, Underwood Public School, Science Department, Underwood, IA
51576,
USA. e-mail: argon@cox.net. Learn to safely
and conveniently generate a variety of gases for classroom and laboratory
use with simple, inexpensive equipment such as 60-mL plastic syringes.
Many of the gases, including carbon dioxide, hydrogen, oxygen,
ethyne, and ammonia are well-suited for microscale laboratory activities
for high school and college-level chemistry students.
Detailed instructions allow for the safe generation of all gases
including several which would normally not be generated in the lab or
classroom using traditional methods, but are suited for classroom demonstrations
using the methods learned in this workshop where the gases generated are
safely contained within the large syringes in which they were generated.
These gases include nitric oxide,
nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and chlorine. All gases are easily prepared without the use
of a hood and with negligible risk of releasing smells into the classroom. During this workshop participants will receive
a gas generation kit. Participants
will practice and master the techniques of gas-generation using syringes
and will perform over a dozen different experiments using gas-filled syringes.
Several spectacular demonstrations will also be presented.
W9: Calibrated Peer
ReviewTM - An Introductory Workshop. Half-day. Tim Su,
City College of San Francisco, Chemistry, San
Francisco, CA 94112. Phone:
(415) 239-3516, FAX: (415) 239-3228,e-mail:
tmsu@ccsf.edu; Arlene
Russell, UCLA,
Chemistry, Los Angeles, CA 90049. Phone: (310) 825
7570, FAX: (310) 825-4795,
e-mail: russell@chem.ucla.edu; James Rudd, California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA. Calibrated Peer
ReviewTM (CPR) is a versatile
new educational tool that enables students to learn by writing about important
topics in a course. With this writing tool students submit essays
on-line, and after some training, anonymously review (i.e. grade) essays
submitted by their peers. Regular
use of Calibrated Peer ReviewTM
assignments teaches students to articulate ideas coherently and to critically
evaluate the worth of their own ideas and the work of others. The objectives
of this "hands-on" workshop are for participants to become familiar
with the CPR software as a student and as an instructor. Part I Introduction and Overview of CPR, Login
and Tour, Exploration of Resources and "Text Entry", Calibrations,
Reviews, and Self-Assessment. Part
II View Results, Instructor Tools, and Course Management View Library
of Chemistry Assignments, Q&A
W10: Juxtaposing
High School and College Chemistry through Inquiry-Based Laboratories. Half-day. Carmen Gauthier, Florida Southern College, Chemistry, Lakeland, FL 33801-5698. Phone: 863-680-4320, FAX: 863-680-3970, e-mail: cgauthier@flsouthern.edu;
George Sellers,
The Vanguard School, Science, Lake Wales,
FL 33859-7895. Phone: 863-676-6091,
FAX: 863-676-8197, e-mail: gsellers@vanguardschool.org. In recent years
much emphasis has been placed in inquiry-based experiments but not much
information has not been available to instructors on how to design or
conduct these types of labs. This
workshop will address the shortcomings for both high school and college
instructors. The presenters will describe a number of experiments
that can be done at both levels and the participants will have the opportunity
to perform a selected number of them. In addition, each participant will receive a
CD-ROM containing a series of inquiry-based labs that can be performed
in their respective institutions. Examples
of experiments to be conducted will include, but not be limited to, concepts
such as physical and chemical properties, stoichiometry, gas laws, kinetics,
equilibrium, acid-base, and electrochemistry.
All labs conform to the National Science Education Standards.
W11: Nuts and Bolts
of Chemical Education Research Series: A Primer of Statistics for Research.
Half-day. Diane Bunce, The Catholic University of America, Chemistry, Washington, D.C. 20064. Phone: (202) 319-5390, FAX: (202) 319-5381, e-mail: bunce@cua.edu;
Katherine Havanki,
The Catholic University of America,
Education, Washington, D.C. 20064. Phone: (301) 809-5750,
FAX: (202) 319-5381, e-mail: Kathy@Havanki.us. Many people involved in chemical education research were
trained as chemists and not chemical educators. As a result, their background
in the statistics often used in chemical education research can be lacking.
The purpose of this half-day workshop is to introduce participants to
some standard statistical tests common to chemical education research.
These statistics will be introduced within the context of typical chemical
education research questions. Some of the statistics presented will be
reliability measures such as Cronbach's alpha, t tests, F tests, ANOVA,
ANCOVA, Chi Square, and correlation. The statistical package used to cover
these tests is SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Handouts
will be provided to help participants apply these statistical tests after
the workshop.
W12: Living By Chemistry
- How Do We Make Sense of the World Around Us? Half-day. Angelica Stacy, University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460. Phone: 510-642-3450, FAX: none, e-mail: astacy@socrates.berkeley.edu; Jan
Coonrod, University
of California, Berkeley, Chemistry,
Berkeley,
CA 94720-1460. Phone: 510-642-3983;
e-mail: jcoonrod@berkeley.edu. Living By Chemistry
(LBC) is an innovative high school curriculum project based out of UC
Berkeley. Our objective is to create
a set of instructional materials that will increase understanding, retention,
and practical application of chemistry concepts, making chemistry accessible
to a more diverse pool of students without sacrificing content. This workshop will provide a quick overview of
our curriculum and our approach. We
will focus on the first of six units - Alchemy.
The Alchemy unit asks the question, "Can you change copper
into gold?", while introducing the concepts of matter, atoms, and
elements. Participants will become acquainted with our
curriculum first-hand by performing activities that address these key
concepts, as well as the periodic table, atomic structure, and electron
configurations.
W13: Undergraduate
and High School Applications of FT-NMR Session 1. Half-day. Frank Contratto, Anasazi Instruments Inc,
Marketing, Aurora, IL 60506. Phone: 630-892-2459, FAX: 630-892-2459, e-mail: fcontratto@aol.com;
Amy Abe,
Lake Forest College, Chemistry, Lake
Forest, IL
60045. Phone: 847-735-5089,
FAX: 847-735-6194, e-mail: abe@LFC.edu. Analytical
Chemistry
A. FT-NMR Instrumentation
Overview
B. Quantitative FT-NMR
- Practical Considerations
Organic Chemistry
A. Introducing 1H and
13C NMR Spectroscopy
B. DEPT for 13C Multiplicity
Determination
C. COSY, HETCOR, NOESY
NMR in the High School
Curriculum
A. Overview of one school's
program
B. Can you teach high
school students NMR?
Note: Those interested
only in the high school workshop should plan to be present 45 minutes
before the end of the session.
Laboratory demonstrations
for those interested will be conducted immediately following the conclusion
of Session 1 and Session 2.
******Sunday Afternoon July
18, 2004 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W3: The "Chemistry
is in the News" Project (continued).
W4:
A laboratory course for Introductory Inorganic
Chemistry (continued).
W5:
Essentials of Chemistry in the Community
(ChemCom) [continued].
W6:
Visualizing Biological Macromolecules:
Generating Animated, 3-Dimensional Views of Protein and Nucleic Acid Structures
(continued).
W14: Interactive
Web-Based Computer Simulations, Inquiry Activities, and Using the Science
Writing Heuristic for General Chemistry. Half-day. Brian Hand, Iowa State University, Curriculum and Instruction,
Ames, IA 50011. Phone: (515) 294-0033, FAX: (515) 294-0105, e-mail: bhand@iastate.edu;
Jason Poock,
Iowa State University, Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011. Phone: (515) 294-7718,
FAX: (515) 294-0105, e-mail: jpoock@iastate.edu;
Thomas Greenbowe,
Iowa State University, Chemistry, Ames, IA 50011, USA. e-mail: tgreenbo@iastate.edu. Participants will
learn how to integrate our Flash computer simulations, accompanying guided-inquiry
tutorials, and the science writing heuristic (SWH) into the chemistry
classroom. These simulations use any web browser. They provide an interactive,
quantitative simulation of chemistry "lab experiments" for topics
in measurement, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, ideal gases, solutions,
kinetics, acid-base equilibria, and electrochemistry. Each simulation includes a guided-inquiry activity
for students. The simulations, inquiry activities, and SWH have been classroom-tested
at several universities, community colleges, and high school classrooms.
Evaluations have demonstrated that this approach is an effective learning
tool. Partial funding for this project is provided by the National Science
Foundation. There are two companion
half-day workshops that will be available at the 18th BCCE. Drs. John Gelder, Oklahoma State University, and Mike Abraham, University of Oklahoma, offer a workshop on Java-based Molecular Level laboratory Experiments in
Chemistry. Dr. I. Dwaine Eubanks,
Clemson University, will have participants use Flash to create their own interactive computer
simulations.
W15: More Microscale
Gas Chemistry! Half-day. Bruce Mattson, Creighton University, Chemistry, Omaha, NE 68178. Phone: 402-280-2278, FAX: 402-280-5737, e-mail: xenon@creighton.edu;
Michael Anderson,
Creighton University, Chemistry, Omaha,
NE 68178. Phone: 402-280-2268,
FAX: 402-280-5737, e-mail: mikepa@creighton.edu; Susan Mattson, Underwood Public School, Science Department, Underwood, IA
51576,
USA. e-mail: argon@cox.net;. This workshop is intended
for those who have completed our introductory workshop (Getting Started
with Microscale Gas Chemistry) or have experience with gas-generation
in large syringes (from the series in Chem13 News, for example). Learn to safely and conveniently generate HCl,
CO, and C2H4. Generation of these
gases is suitable for use in high school and college teaching labs or
as classroom demonstrations. A variety
of fascinating experiments can be performed with each gas. Participants also will work with a glass-encased
heterogeneous palladium catalyst tube suitable for demonstrating gas-phase
reactions in the classroom or teaching laboratory. The catalyst tube can be used to demonstrate
over a dozen reactions including oxidation of methane, or carbon monoxide
with air, hydrogenation of ethene, oxidation of ammonia, oxidation of
methane with nitrogen dioxide, as well as others.
Participants will receive a gas generation kit.
W16: ACS Exams and
Meeting State Standards for High School Chemistry. Half-day. Thomas Holme,
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee,
Chemistry, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Phone: (414) 229-5680,
FAX: (414) 229-4335, e-mail: tholme@uwm.edu. Members of the
Exams Institute and the high school exam writing committees will provide
examples of how items on the ACS High School Chemistry Exams are developed.
Discussions of matching these exams to state and national science
standards will be emphasized throughout the workshop.
People who attend this workshop will have learned (a) how ACS Exams
are developed; (b) how current exams map onto national standards; (c)
how current and future exams map to their own state standards.
Registrants will be invited to forward their state standards to
the workshop organizers in advance of the workshop so that analysis of
how states are implementing national standards can be provided.
Just as importantly, we will survey how states of participants
are assessing whether or not students are meeting their state standards.
These activities will help frame ways to empower the use of ACS
Exams to meet this assessment prerogative.
W17: Nuts and Bolts
of Chemical Education Research Series: Preparing a Research Manuscript
for Publication. Half-day. Diane Bunce, The Catholic University of America, Chemistry, Washington, D.C. 20064. Phone: 202 319 5390, FAX: 202 319-5381, e-mail: bunce@cua.edu;
Jessica VandenPlas,
The Catholic University of America,
Education, Washington, D.C. 20064. Phone: 202 487
9521, FAX: 202 319 5381, e-mail: VandenPlas@cua.edu. Writing up chemical education research experiments for
publication has a lot in common with writing up chemistry research experiments.
However, there are some subtle differences. Chemical education research
manuscripts require a theoretical
context in addition to a description of other research experiments that
support the current study; a clear statement of the research question/hypothesis;
a detailed description of the research sample and how they were selected
including reference to the Protection of Human Subjects protocol used;
an experimental method section that includes reliability and validity
data on the tests and questionnaires used; data including the statistical
test results and probability level; discussion of the results and in some
journals, a discussion of what the research means to teaching practitioners.
Sometimes it is difficult to decide what information to include in the
manuscript and what to omit. This workshop will help participants practice
putting experimental information into an acceptable form for publication.
Handouts covering the information in the workshop will be provided.
W18: Hands On Nanotechnology
Laboratory Experiments. Half-day. George Lisensky, Beloit College, Chemistry, Beloit, WI 53511. Phone: 608-363-2225, FAX: 608-363-2052, e-mail: lisensky@beloit.edu;
Karen Nordell,
Lawrence University, Chemistry, Appleton,
WI 54912. Phone: 920-832-7262,
FAX: 920-832-6962, e-mail: karen.nordell@lawrence.edu. Nanotechnology
is revolutionizing science and society. In their courses the workshop
leaders explore the design, preparation, and properties of nanoscale materials,
and the tools used to characterize materials at the nanoscale. How can
you include the excitement of this interdisciplinary field in introductory
chemistry laboratories? Workshop participants will receive directions
to a dozen nanoscale laboratory experiments suitable for use early in
the chemistry curriculum. Participants will have the opportunity for hands-on
experience in preparing red gold nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles
and nanowires, self-assembled monolayers, and nanoparticle-based solar
cells. Our experience has been that chemistry teachers and students are
enthusiastic about the materials we are providing, which bring high-tech
materials, advanced devices, and cutting-edge research into introductory
chemistry classrooms and laboratories. Partially supported by the National
Science Foundation through the University of Wisconsin - Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces, http://mrsec.wisc.edu/nano.
W19: Living By Chemistry
- What Does Molecular Structure Have to Do with Smell? Half-day. Angelica Stacy, University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460. Phone: 510-642-3450, FAX: none, e-mail: astacy@socrates.berkeley.edu; Jennifer
Claesgens, University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence
Hall of Science, Room 247, Berkeley, CA
94702. Phone: 510-642-3983;
e-mail: jclaes@berkeley.edu. Living By Chemistry
(LBC) is an innovative high school curriculum project based out of UC
Berkeley. Our objective is to create
a set of instructional materials that will increase understanding, retention,
and practical application of chemistry concepts, making chemistry accessible
to a more diverse pool of students without sacrificing content. This workshop will provide a quick overview of
our curriculum and our approach. We
will focus on the second of six units - Smells.
In this unit, the chemistry of smell is the specific context that
provides an intriguing vehicle to convey the chemistry of molecular structure.
Participants will become acquainted with our curriculum first-hand by
performing activities that address the
concepts of molecular formulas, Lewis dot structures, covalent
bonds, functional groups, and molecular shape as they relate to smell.
W20: Undergraduate
and High School Applications of FT-NMR Session 2. Half-day. Frank Contratto, Anasazi Instruments Inc,
Marketing, Aurora, IL 60507. Phone: 630-892-2459, FAX: 630-892-2459, e-mail: fcontratto@aol.com;
Amy Abe,
Lake Forest College, Chemistry, Lake
Forest, IL
60046. Phone: 847-735-5090,
FAX: 847-6195, e-mail: abe@LFC.edu. Industrial
and Process Applications of NMR
A. Examples of industrial applications
Inorganic Chemistry
A. Multinuclear NMR
B. EDTA metal complexes
Physical Chemistry
A. Spin-spin splitting
- orbital overlap, 2nd order spectra, COSY
B. Dynamic equilibria,
kinetics
Biochemistry
A. 31P spectroscopy
B. Tripeptide "sequencing"
C. Water suppression techniques
NMR in the High School
Curriculum
A. Overview of one school's
program
B. Can you teach high
school students NMR?
Note: Those interested
only in the high school workshop should plan to be present 45 minutes
before the end of the session.
Laboratory demonstrations
for those interested will be conducted immediately following the conclusion
of Session 1 and Session 2.
*****
Monday Morning
July 19,
2004
9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W21: The
Model-Observe-Reflect-Explain (MORE) Thinking Frame: Prompt Student Reflection
in Your Laboratory. Full-day. Dawn Rickey, Colorado State University,
Chemistry, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Phone: 970-491-2364, FAX: 970-491-1801,
e-mail: rickey@lamar.colostate.edu; Lydia Tien, Monroe Community College,
Chemistry and Geosciences, Rochester, NY 14623. Phone: 585-292-2397; e-mail:
ltien@monroecc.edu; Melonie Teichert, Colorado State University, Chemistry,
Fort Collins, CO 80523. Phone: 661-810-6347; e-mail: meloniet@earthlink.net.
The Model-Observe-Reflect-Explain (MORE) Thinking Frame is an instructional
tool that has been shown to promote reflection and deeper understanding
of chemistry ideas in the general chemistry laboratory. The MORE Thinking
Frame has been successfully implemented at a variety of institutions including
research universities, a primarily undergraduate institution, a 2-year
college, and a high school. It has been implemented with modular labs
specifically written to employ MORE and with standard laboratories. This
workshop will introduce participants to the MORE Thinking Frame and how
to use the tool in their laboratory program. We will conduct and discuss
sample MORE activities and discuss how to add MORE to standard lab experiments.
All participants will be given an implementation guidebook with sample
MORE activities and lessons learned from instructors at all levels. Participants
are welcome to bring a lab from their curriculum to practice applying
MORE to their program. This workshop is intended for instructors at the
college and high school levels. To receive further information about MORE,
please send an e-mail request to Dawn Rickey.
W22: Getting Your
Money's Worth out of Other People's Grants. Full-day. Carol White, Athens Technical College, Chemistry, Athens, GA 30601. Phone: 706-355-5033, FAX: 706-583-2656, e-mail: cwhite@athenstech.edu. Three institutions
will present CD-ROMs developed through NSF-funded projects. The projects produced curriculum materials for
chemical technology programs as well as for use in general chemical education.
Workshop attendees will have hands-on experience with CD materials.
Phil McBride and Don Storer with Miami University-Middletown, Ohio, will present three Chemistry in Industry CDs developed
at PACT (Partnership for the Advancement of Chemical Technology).
A copper mining CD will also be demonstrated.
The series of three NSF-supported projects at Southeast Community College, Lincoln, Nebraska, yielded three textbooks, a laboratory manual, and three
CD-ROMs for use in chemical technology courses. At this workshop, these materials will be reviewed
and Mr. John Kenkel, the PI on these projects and the author or co-author
of the textbooks and lab manual, will discuss and demonstrate their intended
use. Julianne Braun and Leslie Geldart
with Athens Technical College, Athens, Georgia, will present a CD developed for the laboratory curriculum.
Supporting materials on the CD provide a contextual basis for learning
and practicing the Voluntary Industry Skill standards developed through
the American Chemical Society. Review copies of some of the CDs will be
available for participants.
Monday Morning
July 19,
2004
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
W23: Molecular Modeling
in Chemistry Education. Half-day. Jurgen Schnitker and Sean Ohlinger,
Wavefunction, Inc., Irvine, CA 92612. Phone: (949) 955-2120, FAX: (949)
955-2118, e-mail: education@wavefun.com. Molecular modeling provides a
rich, visually-oriented source of information for any science discipline
with a molecular perspective. While already prevalent in upper-level chemistry
courses, molecular modeling is also highly applicable to science instruction
in high schools and in the first year of college. Using laptop computers,
this hands-on workshop will give examples of how to use molecular modeling
in the classroom, in homework assignments, and in the teaching laboratory.
Two suites of instructional software will be featured, „Odyssey‰
and „Spartan.‰ Odyssey is a new, content-rich learning environment
that is delivered at an introductory level and that allows for real-time
simulation of molecular motion. Odyssey will be used to address a variety
of fundamental chemistry topics, such as atomic orbitals, bond polarity,
the gas laws, the structure of solids, and the properties of solutions.
Spartan, now available in a new Student Edition, is an industry-leading
molecular modeling application that is used in more than 3,000 academic
institutions worldwide. Spartan will be used as a tool for building molecules
and for the examination of structure, stability, and reactivity. Workshop
attendees will experience firsthand why molecular modeling is uniquely
effective in engaging students.
W24: Outreach or
Teaching with Polymers for Grades 2-8—Part I. Half-day. Mary Harris, John Burroughs School, Science, St. Louis, MO 63124. Phone: 314-993-4040, FAX: none, e-mail: mharris@jburroughs.org; Barbara
Walker, Ottumwa Alternative High School, Science, Ottumwa, IA 52501. Phone: 641-683-1342,
FAX: none,
e-mail: rbjwalk@netins.net; Cora Salumbides,
Jefferson High School, Daly City, CA 94014. e-mail: corasc@aol.com. The Polymer Ambassadors
will provide instruction on the use of polymeric materials with students
in grades 2-8. Some of the activities
will include: painting with latex, glass paints on polymers, building
polariscopes, and graphing exercises with Gro-Beasts and Gummi Bears.
The National Science Education Standards will be addressed in each
activity. Complete handouts will
be available for each participant. Come join us for this make and take workshop!
W25: What Are JCE
Classroom Activities? Half-day. Erica Jacobsen, Journal
of Chemical Education/University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry,
Madison,
WI 53706. Phone: 608-262-7151,
FAX: 608-262-7145, e-mail: jacobsen@chem.wisc.edu; Diana Mason, Journal of Chemical Education/University of
North Texas,
Chemistry, Denton, TX 76203. Phone: 940-565-2491,
FAX: 940-565-4318, e-mail: dmason@unt.edu.
The Journal of Chemical Education
offers a wealth of resources for high school teachers. This includes the
Classroom Activity series. JCE Classroom Activities are hands-on, ready-to-photocopy-and-use
chemistry activities targeted at high school students. These user-friendly
activities can be used in a variety of settings, including take-home assignments.
Most of the supplies used to carry out the activities are low-cost items
found in the home or grocery store. Participants will try at least one
activity and see others demonstrated.
W26: Science and
Our Food Supply. Half-day. Sally Mitchell, East Syracuse-Minoa High School, Chemistry, East Syracuse, NY 13104. Phone: 315-656-7242, FAX: 315-656-4307, e-mail: sbmitchell@aol.com. This workshop
was developed by the FDA and NSTA to supplement the science curriculum
by introducing students to the fundamentals of microbiology and chemistry
while at the same time imparting important public health information about
our food supply. This
workshop will introduce teachers to the materials available to them free
of charge. Each participant will take home the complete
kit of a video, a high school level and a middle school level book of
activities, along with a reference guide book.
All of this is free of charge.
Participants will do a series of experiments introducing them to the 12
Most Unwanted Bacteria. They will do experiments such as: Bacteria Everywhere,
UHT milk, the science of cooking a hamburger, cross-contamination, and
many others. Participants will leave
this workshop with a better understanding of our food supply.
W27: Now That the
Lab Is Digital - What Do We Do with All That Data? Half-day. Estel Sprague, University of Cincinnati, Chemistry, Cincinnati, OH 45221. Phone: 513-556-9237, FAX: 513-556-9239, e-mail: Estel.Sprague@uc.edu;
Bobby Stanton,
University of Georgia, Chemistry, Athens, GA 30602. Phone: 706-542-1962,
FAX: 706-542-9454, e-mail: stanton@sunchem.chem.uga.edu. Electronic data
collection in the chemistry laboratory is rapidly becoming the norm, and
students routinely generate large quantities of data in a short time.
The dilemma now facing the instructor is how to facilitate the efficient
storage and analysis of the data. Placing many computers in the laboratory,
essentially turning the chemistry laboratory into a computer laboratory,
suffers from all of the problems normally associated with computer labs: maintenance of delicate hardware, frequent software
maintenance issues, and relatively frequent upgrading and replacement
of computer equipment. In this workshop, participants will use tools developed
by MeasureNet Technology to deal with this situation. They will carry
out experimental measurements to generate data of their own and will manage
the storage and analysis of the data in various ways, none of which requires
turning the chemistry lab into a computer lab.
W28: Captivating
Chemistry Substances Using Household Substances. Half-day. Brian Rohrig, Jonathan Alder High School, Science, Plain City, OH 43064. Phone: (614) 873-8860, FAX: None, e-mail: blrohrig@worldnet.att.net. Each participant will perform about 25 experiments that
are each carefully designed to stimulate critical thinking and capture
student interest. A variety of topics
will be touched upon, such as: density, reactions, acids/bases, solubility,
polymers, gases, air pressure, bonding, and more. Most of the experiments also have connections
to everyday life, which will help students see the relevance of chemistry
to their lives. This workshop will
be beneficial to any chemistry teacher who is seeking low cost, yet quality
lab and demonstration activities. Many
of the activities could also be used by middle school and elementary science
teachers. Each participant will receive a two-volume set of lab manuals
detailing 300 hands-on household chemistry experiments.
W29: Workshop on
Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL). Half-day. Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Northeastern Illinois University, Chemistry, Chicago, IL 60625. Phone: 773-4425669, FAX: 773-4425668, e-mail: P-Varmanelson@neiu.edu;
Ana Fraiman,
Northeastern Illinois University, Chemistry, Chicago, IL 60625. Phone: 773-442-5682,
FAX: 773-442-5668, e-mail: A-Fraiman@neiu.edu. Theoretical and
practical elements of the PLTL workshops will be introduced. Students
who have served as peer leaders will be present to demonstrate workshops.
Development of workshop materials, training of peer leaders, implementation
and institutionalization issues will be discussed. Participants will be
provided an implementation guide book which contains sample workshop materials
for organic, general, and allied health chemistry.
W30: Virtual Organic
Chemistry Experiments. Half-day. Allen Schoffstall,
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs,
Chemistry, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Phone:
7192623163, FAX: 7192623047, e-mail: amschoff@uccs.edu; Barbara Gaddis, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs,
Science Learning Center, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Phone: 7192623688,
FAX: 7192623047,
e-mail: bgaddis@uccs.edu. You will discover
how to use virtual experiments in your own laboratory. Examples will include
some that can be used in introductory labs and some that are more suited
for labs to accompany the one-year organic course. You will receive a
collection of virtual experiments on a CD at the conclusion of the workshop.
No additional software must be purchased. The workshop will consist of
working through a few examples of virtual organic experiments while seated
at the computer. You will become familiar with the concept of virtual
experiments, their design, and value. You
will learn how virtual experiments can be used successfully and how they
can enhance conceptual learning. You will learn the ways in which virtual
experiments can be used in conjunction with hands-on experiments.
W31: Hands-On Chemistry
with Vernier. Half-day. Dan Holmquist, Vernier Software & Technology, n/a, Beaverton, OR 97005. Phone: 888-837-6437, FAX: 503-277-2440, e-mail: dholmquist@vernier.com;
Robyn Johnson,
Vernier Software & Technology,
n/a, Beaverton, OR 97005. Phone: 888-837-6437,
FAX: 503-277-2440, e-mail: rjohnson@vernier.com. This workshop
offers hands-on experience collecting and analyzing chemistry data using
the Vernier LabPro interface. See how this versatile system can be used
to conveniently collect data using computers, TI graphing calculators,
and Palm OS handhelds. The award-winning Logger Pro data acquisition software
will be used to display, graph, and analyze data. Data will be collected
using sensors such as our new ORP Sensor, Vernier Drop Counter, Temperature,
Pressure, pH, Conductivity, Colorimeters, and Radiation Monitors. You
will be able to select from a large number of experiments appropriate
for college general chemistry, AP chemistry, or high school chemistry.
All experiments in the workshop are excerpts from our popular series of
chemistry lab books or from our newest book, Advanced Chemistry with
Vernier.
W32: Affordable,
High Quality Instrumentation for General Chemistry. Half-day. Amy Gottfried,
PhD, Chemistry Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Phone: (734) 936-3817, FAX: (734) 647-4865, e-mail: acgottfr@umich.edu.
Jeff Bush, Chemistry Teacher, Poway Unified School District, jbush@powayusd.com.
Join innovative chemistry educators for an interactive hands-on demonstration
of data collection for today’s chemistry students—whether
or not you have computers in your wet lab! See how PASCO instrumentation
provides improved thermodynamic results in calorimetry, accelerates titration
data collection, and graphically reveals gas law relationships in real-time.
Use the powerful DataStudio analysis software to investigate critical
chemistry concepts. Establish buffer capacity using advanced curve fitting
tools. Determine equivalence point with graphical representation of high
quality data. See why chemistry educators prefer using the PASCO Colorimeter
over the Spec20 by comparing data from each. The ease of a Polyprotic
titration will be shown measuring pH, temperature, and gravimetrically
calibrated drop counts. Gas laws are revealed in real-time with actual
pressure and temperature measurements. Students can even extrapolate their
thermodynamic data to experimentally determine Absolute Zero. Electrochemistry
topics will be covered using the Nernst equation for electrode calibrations.
PASCO chemistry instrumentation enables students to quickly analyze data,
leaving time for repeated trials and to discuss/interpret their results.
PASCO chemistry instrumentation includes sensors, scales, drop counters,
and robust data collection and analysis software at an affordable price.
It provides ease of use and calibration to ensure high accuracy, while
maintaining quality measurements for the highest data resolution. Presenters
will also offer ideas for connecting chemistry concepts to real-world
applications such as medicinal, pharmaceutical, and materials science.
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Monday Afternoon July 19,
2004
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
W21: The Model-Observe-Reflect-Explain
(MORE) Thinking Frame: Prompt Student Reflection in Your Laboratory (continued).
W22:
Getting Your Money's Worth out of Other
People's Grants (continued).
W33: High School
and/or College Mentoring Activity - Integrating Children's Literature
and Chemistry in the K-3 Classroom. Half-day. Dale Wheeler, Appalachian State University, Chemistry, Boone, NC 28608. Phone: (828) 262-6805, FAX: (828) 262-6558,
e-mail: wheelerde@appstate.edu;
Samuella Sigmann,
Appalachian State University, Chemistry, Boone, NC 28608. Phone: (828) 262-2755,
FAX: (828) 262-6558, e-mail: sigmannsb@appstate.edu. This workshop is for high school/college groups or elementary
teachers who are looking for a new inquiry-based activity to present in
K-3 classrooms. Workshop participants
will learn how to implement an inexpensive hands-on project appropriate
for early elementary students. This project allows students to become
actively involved in an original problem-solving adventure story and its
accompanying chemistry activity. After
listening for clues presented in the original story "Lorna's Sun
Bottle," students will mix "potions" in the castle laboratory
to decode the clues and release the Sun Spirit back into the Kingdom of Alchemy. Participants will be given a book
containing all the written materials to take with them at the end of workshop.
The chemicals needed for the activity may be purchased at the grocery
store and are safe for all to use. The
project presented in this workshop was part of a North Carolina Eisenhower
Professional Development Grant funded for 2001 and again in 2002. Each
participant will have the option to purchase the reusable supplies at
our cost.
W34: Visualizing
and Exploring Quantum Concepts with Interactive Computer Software. Half-day. Peter Garik, Boston University, Science and Mathematics Education |
