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May 2010 News & Announcements News from JCE ACS Paragon Plus Reminder If you are going to submit materials to the Journal of Chemical Education, remember that you'll need to sign up for an ACS Paragon Plus account. Paragon Plus is a set of Web-based tools by which authors electronically transmit all components of a submission, including a cover letter, the manuscript, a copyright form, and any other necessary materials. The Web tools are compatible with a variety of browsers, making access convenient from home or office anywhere in the world. In addition to providing a submission path, Paragon Plus is the point of communication between authors and the Journal. As an author, you will be automatically notified via e-mail of steps along the publication process. If you are already registered on Paragon Plus because you write or review for another ACS journal, you should be able to use your current login information. New authors can easily set up a Paragon Plus account by visiting the ACS Paragon Plus Web site at https://acs.manuscriptcentral.com/ (accessed Mar 2010). Share Your National Lab Day Activities with JCE Celebrate National Lab Day during the first week of May! As mentioned in this month's editorial by editor-in-chief Norbert J. Pienta (DOI: 10.1021/ed100160c) and described on the National Lab Day (NLD) Web site at http://www. nationallabday.org/ (accessed Mar 2010), dedicated hands-on learning activities will be taking place around the country. Volunteer scientists, “techies”, and other assistants (some bilingual) are available to help registered teachers and their students participate, so use the free, Web-based sign-up process to connect with resources and other educators about your NLD project. After the event, send highlights of your local NLD activities to JCE for publication by submitting a report to the Journal via Paragon Plus at https://acs.manuscriptcentral.com/ (accessed Mar 2010). Identify the contribution as National Lab Day activities in the cover letter. Text should be limited to 200 words. Graphics and pictures are welcomed, but must include attribution. Photographs of people should include their identities and permission. Please submit your highlights by June 15, 2010. Contact Jonathan (Rob) Hill with questions: jonathan-hill@ jce.acs.org. Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities Online Summer Course on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Attention, teachers: Would you like to learn more about nanoscience and nanotechnology? Do you want to know how you can incorporate these topics into your curricula? This summer, Central Michigan University is offering an eight-week 474
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online course for teachers about nanoscience. The course begins on June 21, 2010. Developed through the Nanoscience Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at UW-Madison and now offered exclusively by Central Michigan University, this course covers a variety of nano-related topics, highlights activities for use with students, and enables instructors to incorporate nanoscience into their particular courses. Teachers will receive 2 h of graduate credit for completing the course. Here are some comments from teachers in previous semesters: “I loved the class and would like to get as many people to take it if they can.”“The material is quantity and quality. ...I think there is enough stuff for a whole year elective course. ...I think all of chemistry could be taught from a nano perspective. ...If students could be fully immersed in the nanoscale people would understand chemistry better.”
For more information, contact Janice Hall Tomasik by e-mail at
[email protected], or by telephone at 989-774-3330. Call for Contributions to Educaci on Química Educacion Química is a chemical education journal printed quarterly by the School of Chemistry of the National University of Mexico. Articles are mainly written in Spanish, but also in English, Portuguese, and French, the principal languages in Iberoamerica. Subscribers can consult the full content of the issues of Educacion Química at the journal's Web site: http:// educacionquimica.info/ (accessed Mar 2010). Educacion Química is now emphasizing the need for Iberoamerican teachers to read fluently in English, and thus is promoting this language by publishing at least one article in English in each issue. If you can write a paper in English, Educacion Química invites you to submit it. Send your manuscript to: Andoni Garritz Director of Educacion Química Facultad de Química, UNAM Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado postal 70-197 04510 Mexico D.F. Telephone (52-55) 5622-3711; Fax: (52-55) 5622-3439 E-mail:
[email protected] or educquim@servidor. unam.mx ACS Project SEED Opportunities The ACS Project SEED summer research program opens new doors for economically disadvantaged students to experience what it is like to be a chemist. Students entering their junior or senior year in high school are given a rare chance to work alongside scientist-mentors on research projects in industrial, academic, and federal laboratories, discovering new career paths as they approach critical turning points in their lives. With guidance from mentors, they gain confidence, a solid sense of
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direction, and the ability to realize their own potential. For details, browse to http://www.acs.org/ > Education > Students > High School > Project SEED (accessed Mar 2010). ACS Scholars Program Scholarships The ACS Scholars Program awards renewable scholarships to underrepresented minority students, including Hispanics and Native Americans, who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields. Awards of up to $5000 are given to qualified students based on academic standing, financial need, career objective, leadership skills, and involvement in school activities and community service. For more information, browse to http://www.acs.org/ > Funding & Awards > Scholarships > ACS Scholars > ACS Scholars Program (accessed Mar 2010). 21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education The 21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE) will be held August 1-5, 2010, at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX. For information about registration, lodging, accepted symposia, workshops, and more, go to the 21st BCCE Web site at http://www.bcce2010.org/home/home.php. You can join the listserv at this URL: http://chemed.tamu.edu/ bcce2010 (both sites accessed Mar 2010). Award Deadlines 2010 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry Nominations for the 2010 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry are being solicited. Nominations for the 2010 Award can be submitted to https://www.ionicviper.org/dicaward/ (accessed Mar 2010) and will be accepted until June 30, 2010. Questions about the award can be directed to inorganic.undergrad.
[email protected]. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation offers many awards, including the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards and the Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program; see
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the Foundation Web site for more information: http://www. dreyfus.org/ (accessed Mar 2010). Research Corporation for Science Advancement Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) offers the Cottrell College Science Awards and the Cottrell Scholar Awards. Visit the RCSA Web site to find out more: http://www.rescorp.org/(accessed Mar 2010). Proposal Deadlines American Chemical Society Grants The American Chemical Society offers grants to support the advancement of the chemical sciences through research, education, and community projects. Learn how you can benefit by browsing to more information at http://www.acs.org/ (Home > Funding & Awards > Grants) (accessed Mar 2010). National Science Foundation Resources The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers many different funding opportunities; see this NSF Web site to search for funding possibilities: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/ (accessed Mar 2010). Information is also available at the NSF Education and Human Resources (EHR) Web site, http://www.nsf.gov/ dir/index.jsp?org=EHR (accessed Mar 2010), and that of its Division of Undergraduate Education, http://www.nsf.gov/div/ index.jsp?div=DUE (accessed Mar 2010). The Dorothy and Moses Passer Education Fund This fund offers grants to provide support for teachers in programs at two- and four-year colleges or universities that do not have any advanced degree programs in the chemical sciences. For more information, consult the fund's Web site at http:// www.divched.org/index.php?module=webpage&id=19 (accessed Mar 2010). Do You Have News or Announcements To Share? If you have news or announcements of interest to the chemical education community, send them to Jonathan (Rob) Hill, Development Editor, at
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