Chemical Education Today
ACS National Meeting
CHED-Sponsored Workshops Sunday, April 1, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Guided Inquiry Learning across the Chemistry Curriculum: General, Organic, and Physical Chemistry
The workshop will be devoted to the guided inquiry approach to active learning. After an introduction to the theory and pedagogy involved there will be concurrent breakout sessions on general, organic, and physical chemistry. Participants working in groups will use guided inquiry worksheets and convert lecture material to guided inquiry format. A participants–presenters roundtable discussion will conclude the workshop. Presenters are James Spencer, Richard Moog, Andrei Straumanis, Daniel Libby, and Frank Creegan. Preregistration required; $5 fee; attendance limited. Contact Frank Creegan; phone: 410/778-7725, fax: 410/7787275,
[email protected] or register online by March 23, 2001, at http://www.chemistry.washcoll.edu/ guidedinquiry/.
Sunday, April 1, 1:30–4:30 p.m. Enrich Your Students with Indigenous/ Cross-Cultural Examples In Chemistry
The workshop, sponsored by Project Inclusion, will explore ways to weave indigenous/cross-cultural/multicultural threads into chemistry and physical science curricula in high school, two-year college, or four-year college/ university by focusing on the chemical and scientific contributions of women, the physically challenged, and various ethnic, racial, and cultural groups. Connections will be made to the work of Mario Molina and the technologies of Native Americans and the ancient Oaxacans of Mexico. Hands-on experiments and demonstrations will be utilized, and a comprehensive packet of take-home resource materials will be provided. Preregistration required; fee $15; attendance limited to 24. Contact Janan Hayes, Merced College, Merced, CA 95348; phone: 209/384-6345, fax: 209/384-6362;
[email protected].
Monday, April 2, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
The Professional Science Master’s Degree: New Roles/New Careers for Chemistry Graduates
Sponsored by Sloan Science Master’s Outreach Project, the workshop will focus on reinventing the science master’s degree as a stand-alone professional degree and review efforts at graduate institutions to mount full- and part-time professional science M.S. degree programs—in-residence and distance. New content areas and skill sets will be examined at the interface of chemistry and biology, chemistry and mathematics, science and regulatory affairs, science and intellectual property rights, innovation and finance, and other developing fields. Presenters are James Harrison, Greg Dewey, Don Genson, Ned Heindel, and Andrew Barron. Preregistration required; no fee; attendance limited to 60. Contact Sheila Tobias; phone: 520/628-1105, fax: 520/ 882-6973;
[email protected].
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