ACS National Meeting A National Chemistry Week Invitation Several events related to this year’s National Chemistry Week celebration are planned for the ACS national meeting in Washington, DC. How-to Session for Organizers A special session will be held for NCW coordinators and others who are interested in holding events this year. It will take place Sunday afternoon, August 20 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel and will give you ideas about the materials and publications that will be available to help you carry out this year’s theme, Kitchen Chemistry. There will be suggestions about how to become involved in the celebration’s unifying event—conducting a food collection campaign to benefit a charity in your area. Discussions will also focus on forming partnerships for NCW and becoming familiar with the new safety guidelines developed by the NCW Task Force.
Outreach Workshop Also on the agenda is “Fun with Food: NCW and Student Affiliates Joining Forces”. Come and participate as National Chemistry Week Task Force members illustrate important aspects of carrying out NCW outreach programs. The workshop will highlight such points as how to: 1. select activities for your audience; 2. distribute materials efficiently; 3. conduct the activities safely; and 4. form partnerships to enhance your programming. You will be part of the program as you carry out a number of activities related to the NCW 2000 theme, Kitchen Chemistry. This workshop will be held on Monday, August 21, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Hotel Washington. For more ideas and information about NCW 2000 activities in your area, call 1-800/227-5558 ext. 6097 or visit the ACS Website www.acs.org/ncw.
Chemical Education Research: Developing Research Questions That Can Be Answered CHED Workshop: Sunday, August 20, 2000, 1–4 p.m. Grand Hyatt Hotel This workshop, sponsored by the Chemical Education Research Committee of CHED, will be an interactive session. Experienced chemical education researchers will interact with people who are interested in beginning a chemical education research project. The goal is to help prospective researchers learn the kinds of questions that can be answered by different types of chemical education research methodologies and learn how to define these questions in such a way that they can be answered by the research proposed. Visit DivCHED at the Exposition in Washington, DC
Presenters will include Diane Bunce (The Catholic University of America), William Robinson (Purdue University), and Mary Nakhleh (Purdue University). Preregistration is required, preferably via email; attendance is limited to 25. Communications should include the applicant’s name, address, phone, fax, and email, and a paragraph stating the basis for interest in attending this workshop and what is hoped to be achieved by participating in it. Contact Diane Bunce, 202/319-5390,
[email protected]. There is no workshop fee.
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