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8th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education The 8th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education will be held at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, on Aug. 5-10. The conference is sponsored by the ACS Division of Chemical Education, the Two-Year College Chemistry Conference, and the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers (NEACT). The cost for advance registration will be $75; after July 22, $90; spouses /guests /children over four years, $20. Registrants will be housed primarily in the Hale and Ellsworth dormitories of the university, which are adjacent to Putnam Refectory, the site of the meals, social hours, poster sessions, booths and exhibits, and some of the technical sessions. The housing will be in a relatively new nonairconditioned dormitory. Linens will be provided. Meals will be served cafeteria style, with several meal plans available at a special package price (see coupon on page 48). Special meal requirements should be arranged in advance. The social highlight of the conference will be a New England Clambake on Wednesday evening; there will be no additional
SUNDAY EVENING Jorgenson Auditorium 8:00—Opening Remarks. J. Tanaka Plenary Lecture. The Physics and Chemistry of Color. K. Nassau
MONDAY MORNING 8:25—Plenary Lecture Physics 36 Significant Concerns in Contemporary Chemical Education. M. Gardner Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry Pharmacy 350 J. G. Henkel, Presiding 9:00—Medicinal Chemistry: Current Dimensions and Educational Career Opportunities. J. G. Henkel 9:40—Modern Medicinal Chemical Research and Its Application to Chemical Education. J. B. Mangold 10:40—Case Study in Academic Medicinal Chemistry: an approach to Antibiotic Design. G. J. HHe 11:20—Chemical Principles in Industrial Medicinal Chemistry: Development of Antiulcer Drugs. J. L. LaMattina Computers for Personal and Classroom Use I Physics 38
J. S. Martin, Presiding 9:20—Highly Interactive Plato CAI in Introductory Chemistry. J. S. Martin 9:40—Computer-Assisted Preparation of Students for Laboratory. C. E. Figgins 10:00—Teaching Abstract Concepts—Can Computers Help? R. C. RHtenhouse
charge for the clambake or the transportation which will be provided to and from the clambake site. A full family and social program is planned with a wide range of enjoyable activities available (see coupon on page 48 and note your interest in the activities of your choice). Six workshops are planned during the conference. They are: Structural Inorganic Chemistry; Chemical Demonstrations; Choosing a Microcomputer System—Hardware & Software; Evaluating Computer-Assisted Instructional Programs; Grant Proposal Writing; and Experiment Development (see coupon on page 48 for enrollment). Special features of the conference include two plenary lectures to be delivered by Kurt Nassau of Bell Laboratories, polymer lecture demonstrations to be given by the polymer science group at the University of Connecticut, drawings for synthetic gems, booths and exhibits, tasting and discussion of New England's fine wines, a book exchange, and a computer graphics contest. For any additional information contact the general chairman John Tanaka at (202) 486-2443.
10:40—Computer Interfacing the Simple Way. J. O. Currie 11:00—Developing Educational Courseware for Chemistry Using the Wicat Interactive System for Education (WISE). M. L. James
11:00—The "Inquiry Approach"—an Alternative Way of Teaching Scientific Method in a Lab Course. N. J. Konigsberg
Secondary School Chemistry Curriculum InKiatives/NEACT Life Science 154 G. Good, Presiding 9:00—First-Year Chemistry Interfaced with Environmental Concerns. G. Good 9:20—Summary Report: 1984 Honors Workshop—High School Science Teachers in Florida. J. A. Cortez 9:40—Innovative Approach to a Second-Year Chemistry Course in High School. B. R. Eaton 10:00—Evaluation of Case Studies for Teaching Values in Introductory Chemistry. R. G. Kooser 10:40—Redefining the Philosophy and Practice of Teaching High School Chemistry Laboratory. S. Thompson 11:00—College Faculty Can Influence High School Education—a Case Study. J. H. Bedenbaugh 11:20—Innovative Approach to the Study of Radioactivity. G. Good
D. A. Davenport, Presiding
Symposium on the New CPT Guidelines: Why Give a Damn? Physics 36 9:00—Introductory Remarks. D. A. Davenport 9:05—Who Gives What to Whom in the American Chemical Society's Program of Departmental Approval? H. A. Bent 9:30—CPT Guidelines and the Liberal Arts College. J. A. Bell 9:55—CPT Guidelines: Should Two-Year Colleges Care About the Core? T. Y. Susskind 10:40—CPT Guidelines—Do They Compute? J. W. Moore 11:05—Biochemistry in the Core. E. C. Theil 11:30—Confessions of Lady Principle's Lover, or Requirement Is Not a Four-Letter Word. J. L. Burmeister 11:55—General Discussion
General I IMS Auditorium C. Trindle, Presiding
MONDAY AFTERNOON
9:00—Societal Issues-Oriented Seminar Program for Chemistry Majors. J. L. Burmeister 9:20—Introduction to Chemical Engineering in a Chemistry Program. D. S. Springer 9:40—Affirmative Action for the Nonscience Major: Critical Skills and Critical Thought. C. Trindle 10:00—Chemistry Program at the U.S. Air Force Academy 10:40—Chemistry Managment—a New Orientation for a Basic Science. I. Gottlieb
1:30—Choosing a Microcomputer Workshop I. S. Owen. Physics 103 1:30—Experiment Development Workshop. H. A. Neidig, C. Schrader. Chemistry 287/206 1:45—Structural Inorganic Workshop I. Bishop Center 3:30—2YC3 Business Meeting. Math/Science 407
MONDAY EVENING Symposium on ACS Task Force on Chemistry Education Physics 36
P. E. Yankwich, Presiding 7:00—Recommendations of the ACS Chemistry Education Task Force. P. E. Yankwich NEACT Life Science 154
A. Pulito, Presiding 7:00—Irradiation and Gemstones. K. Nassau 8:15—Importance of Understanding Structures. F. S. Galasso Symposium on International Chemical Education Physics 38 M. Gardner, Presiding 7:00—Non-Anglo-Saxon Chemical Education—Competition or International Cooperation? M. Gomel 7:40—Chemical Education in China. Y. Ning 8:00—Research in Chemical Education: an International Perspective. M. Gardner Symposium on Allied-Health Chemistry I Pharmacy 350
J. M. Daly, Presiding 7:00—Past History of Chemical Education for the Health Professionals: a Look into a Not-So-Clear Mirror. J. M. Daly 7:20—History and Rationale of the Committee on CHED for Health Professions. M. Treblow 7:40—Experiences with Computer-Assisted Instruction and Audiotape Lessons in a Health Science Chemistry Course. J. L. Sarquis
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Meetings 8:00—Be Sure To Have an Annual Checkup. C. T. Sears Jr. 8:20—Future of Chemical Education for Health Professionals: a Look into an Opaque Mirror. J. W. Hill Teaching Writing Skills in Chemistry Pro grams Engineering 207
H. Friedstein, Presiding 7:00—Writing Across the Chemistry Curric ulum. H. Friedstein 7:20—Writing Across the Chemistry Curric ulum. P. Smith 7:40—Writing Across the Chemistry Curric ulum. R. D. Suits 8:00—Writing Across the Chemistry Curriculum. D. Bailey 8:20—Writing Across the Chemistry Curric ulum. J. Tyle General II IMS Auditorium
J. C. Madea, Presiding 7:00—Chemistry for Kids. J. C. Madea 7:20—Improving Attitudes Toward Science: Can a Chemistry Course Make a Differ ence? J. C. Madea 7:40—Your Friend, the Syllabus. D. W. Crane 8:00—Geometry of Molecules: Chemistry as a Part of an Interdisciplinary Unit for Ele mentary School Children. G. Fleck 8:20—Cells in Gels. M. E. Harris 8:40—Self-Directed Science Projects for Enrichment Centers—Grades 1-4. T. F. Mulligan Poster Session I Putnam Refectory and Lounge
B. W. Moores, E. Lipiles, Presiding 9:30-11:00 Phosphate in Water: a Long-Term High School Laboratory Experience. P. P. Kavall The Computer as a Classroom Demonstrator. G. F. Martins Administrative Uses and Instructional Support Functions of Microcomputers. Ο. Β. Ramsay An Original French Body To Improve Educa tional Programs and Technology Transfers in Applied Chemistry. M. Ronis The World Hunger Program—an Interdisci plinary Course with Chemical Applications. K. Pohlman Videotapes in Life Science Chemistry: Part II. M. Kastner Computer-Driven Videodiscs for Simulations of Laboratory Activities. D. W. Brooks Aft£tectric Organic Laboratory. A. C. Hutchcroft Versatile and Safe Device for Chemical Demonstrations. H. P. Williams Synthesis of Amines via the Beckmann Re arrangement. A. M. Pulito Chemical Literature: Format for Library and Computer Information Retrieval. M. D. Joesten Computerized Stopped-Flow Kinetics Ex periment for the Physical Chemistry Lab oratory. G. H. Coleman
9:10—Place of Organic Chemistry in a Liberal Arts and Professional Curriculum. S. N. Ege 9:20—Organic Curriculum and the Profes sional Student. G. M. Loudon 9:30—Organic Chemistry—Whom Are We Teaching? J. McMurray 9:40—Organic Chemistry Curriculum: Re turning to Fundamentals. L. G. Wade Jr. 9:50—Future of Teaching Organic Chemistry. A. S. Wingrove 10:00—Teaching Organic Chemistry: Peda gogy or Pedantry? F. Vellaccio 10:10—Beginning Organic Chemistry Course: Past, Present, Future. R. T. Morrison 10:40—Panel discussion by above panel ists NEACT Chemistry 199 11:00—Business Meeting Computers for Personal and Classroom Use II Physics 38 W. M. Butler, Presiding 9:20—Computers and Chemical Education: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? W. M. Butler 9:40—Computer-Assisted Lectures. C. E. Ophardt 10:00—Chemistry Menu in the Learning Center: Serving 30 Students with Three Apples. D. I. Lewis 10:40—Using an Apple II+ with a Self-Testing Format To Help Students Learn General Chemistry. P. B. Kelter 11:00—Microcomputers in Chemistry: Are They Worth the Effort? J. W. Beatty Symposium on My First Day of Class Life Science 154
W. Cary, Presiding 9:00—First Day of Class Demonstrations. R. Rand 9:20—Learning To Use the Language of Chemistry. H. A. Bent 9:40—Introducing High School Chemistry Effectively. K. J. Dombrink 10:40—My First Day of Class. D. W. Brooks 11:00—The G.E.M. Approach. B. G. Smith 11:20—Beginning with a Bang. A. T. Schwartz Symposium on Teaching Inorganic Chem istry I Putnam Lounge
W. Wolsey, Presiding 9:20—Inorganic Chemistry: How Shall We Slice It? J. E. Huheey 9:40—Adanced Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Connecticut. S. L. Suib 10:00—Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry for the 21st Century. J. E. FinhoH 10:40—What Are the Important Features of Inorganic Chemistry? W. L. Jolly 11:00—Inorganic Chemistry in the Curricu lum: .Where We Are and Where We Seem To Be. J. G. Verkade General III IMS Auditorium
TUESDAY MORNING Symposium on ACS Initiatives at the Precollege Level Engineering 207
M. Gardner, Presiding 9:00—CHEMCOM: an Alternative Approach to High School Chemistry. S. A. Ware 9:25—Chem Matters and Chemunity. D. Robson, D. Daniel 9:50—International Chemistry Olympiad. W. Cook 10:40—K-9 Implementation Tas.K Force. H. Heikkinen 11:05—Town Meetings Task Force and Followup Activities. M. Gardner Symposium on the Teaching of Organic Chemistry—Past, Present, and Future: Where Do We Go from Here? Session I Physics 36
R. L. Caret, Presiding 9:00—Curriculum in Organic Chemistry. R. J. Fessenden
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C. T. Sears Jr., Presiding 9:00—Influence of Cognitive Attributes on Freshman Chemistry Performance—a Five-Year Study. B. Lloyd 9:20—Images and Understanding Chemistry. N. J. Konlgsberg 9:40—Reducing Variation in Multisection Chemistry Courses. J. B. Levy 10:00—Practical Hints on Including Hands-On Laboratory Questions in Classroom Tests. L. T. Pryde 10:40—Unified Laboratory Experience at Willamette University. D. E. Goodney 11:00—Problem-Solving Methods in General Chemistry. K. L. Henold 11:20—General Chemistry Laboratory: Learning Through Inquiry. J. A. Marcello
TUESDAY AFTERNOON 1:30—Evaluating Computer-Assisted In structional Programs—a Workshop. W. Halpern. Physics 103
1:30—Chemical Demonstrations Workshop. I. Talesnick. Chemistry 314 1:45—Structural Inorganic Workshop II. Bishop Center
8:10—Seton Hall University Approach to Computers in the Chemistry Curriculum. R. F. Hirsch 8:25—Open Discussion
Two-Year College Chemistry Conference Program IMS Auditorium
Symposium on the Teaching of Physical Chemistry Pharmacy 350 J. Davis, Presiding
M. Baker, Presiding Teaching Chemistry in the Two-Year Col leges: Is H Unique? 1:45—Profile of the Two-Year College Chemistry Teacher: Are They Isolated from Their Science? M. K. Schumm 2:05—Is There a Typical Community College Chemistry Student? L. T. Pryde 2:35—What Is a Full-time Teaching Load at the Two-Year College? P. C. Flath 3:00—Intermission
Edith Bartley, Presiding 3:20—Keeping Active in the Two-Year Col lege Environment. G. W. RaynerCanham 3:50—Why Don't I Teach in a "Good" School? J. V. Clevenger 4:20—Coming of Age in Chemical Educa tion's Brave New World. L. W. Fine
TUESDAY EVENING NEACT Life Science 154
M. Goodstein, Presiding 7:00—Corundum—a Prototype for Teaching Solid-State Concepts? J. E. Boggio 8:15—Photoconductive and Luminescent Materials—Some Industrial Applications of Solid-State Chemistry. R. E. Karam Symposium on Women In Chemistry I Chemistry 199
M. Baker, Presiding 7:00—Gender in the Classroom. M. H. Baker 7:20—Women in Chemistry—a Historical Perspective. J. A. Miller 7:40—Chemistry Classroom Climate for Women—30 Years' Perspective. Μ. Α. Η. Brown 8:00—Factors Influencing Girls' Choice of Chemistry Careers. B. P. Kapuscinski 8:20—Warming Up the Laboratory for Women. E. S. Magyar General IV IMS Auditorium
R. A. Burns, Presiding 7:00—Use of a Conversion Matrix for the Simplification of Stoichiometric Calcula tions from Balanced Equations. S. A. Berger 7:20—New Method to Produce Ultrawhite Lithopone. K. N. Tandon 7:40—Are There Such Things as Polar Bonds? L. J. Sacks 8:00—Language of Chemistry: a Noncredit Course for Pretechnical Students. A. B. Manner 8:15—Have Chemicals—Will Travel. J. E. Danieley 8:25—Information Impact and Factors Af fecting Recall. R. A. Burns 7:00—Open Forum for an Exchange of Ideas for High School Chemistry Teachers Math/Science 415 H. G. Friedstein, Presiding Symposium on Computer Literacy Physics 38 J . W . Moore, Presiding 7:00—Opening Remarks. J. W. Moore 7:10—What Chemists Should Know About Computers. A. L. Smith 7:25—What All Chemistry Students Should Know About Computers and Computing. D. Rosenthal 7:40—Computer Science and the New Small Computer. K. L. Ratzlaff 7:55—Computer Literacy for Chemistry Stu dents. G. S. Owen
7:00—Is Physical Chemistry Really That Dif ficult? G. A. Crosby 7:20—Raising the Level of Instruction in Chemical Equilibrium. R. A. Alberty 7:40—Polymer Principles in Undergraduate Physical Chemistry. W. L. Mattice 8:00—More Dynamics, Wider Applications, and Understandable Quantum Mechanics for Undergraduate Physical Chemistry— Recommendations of the ACS Workshop. C. A. Tolman Symposium on Teaching Inorganic Chem istry II Putnam Lounge E. Koubek, Presiding 7:00—Course in Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry. M. J. Pribble 7:15—Crystal Coordination Formulas and the Teaching of Solid-State Inorganic Chem istry. W. B. Jensen 7:35—Inorganic Chemistry in the Under graduate Curriculum. E. F. Hasty 7:50—Crystal Growth from Solution: Chro mium-Aluminum Alums. T. A. Hewston 8:10—Development of Undergraduate Ex periments in Solid-State Chemistry. R. H. Langley 8:30—Merits and Limits of Analogies in Teaching Structural Chemistry. I. Hargittai Symposium on Teaching Organic Chemistry II Physics 36 R. G. Bass, Presiding 7:00—Self-Paced Organic Laboratory. D. Jordan 7:15—Microscale Organic Laboratory. R. M. Pike 7:35—Experiences with a Microscale Intro ductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory. R. G. Lawler 7:55—"Non-Cookbook Approach" in the Organic Laboratory. Ν. Η. Potter 8:15—Useful and Effective Presentation of Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution for a General Organic Chemistry Class. A. R. Murdoch 8:30—Organic Chemistry According to Piaget. R. D. Libby 8:50—View from Classrooms and Industry. J. B. Umland 9:30—Plenary Lecture. Enology: the Chem istry of Wine-Making Physics 36 J. M. Bobbitt, Presiding
WEDNESDAY MORNING 8:00—Demonstrations with Polymers Physics 36
E. Samulski, Presiding Symposium on Teaching Analytical Chem istry IMS Auditorium
A. J. Cunningham, Presiding 9:10—Goals and Perspectives in an Under graduate Program in Modern Analytical Chemistry. C. H. Lochmuller 9:50—Options for Curricular Organization in Analytical Chemistry. M. D. Seymour 10:50—Teaching Chemometrics in Under graduate Analytical Chemistry. S. L. Morgan 11:30—Open Discussion Symposium on Sources of Funding Math/Science 407 J. E. Rogers, Presiding
Research
9:10—Programs of the Petroleum Research Fund (ACS). J. E. Rogers 9:30—National Institutes of Health as a Funding Agency. H. T. McKone 9:50—On Bended Knee: the Ins and Outs of Proposal Preparation and Evaluation: Pro cess, People, and Politics. M. V. Orna 10:10—Research Corporation and College Science. R. S. Pyron Symposium on Educational Approaches to Safety and Health in Chemistry I Physics 38 J. J. Fitzgerald, Presiding 9:10—Options in Safety and Health Educa tion—an Overview. J. J. Fitzgerald 9:20—Safety Aspects of Lab Instruction for High-Volume General Chemistry Courses. D. W. Brooks 9:40—Lab Instruction for High-Volume Or ganic Chemistry Courses. C. Wilcox 10:00—Evaluating Laboratory Experiments in General Chemistry. D. A. Katz 10:50—Evaluating Lab Experiments—Or ganic Chemistry. J. A. Young 11:10—Chemical Safety and Health Courses—Colleges. R. Bayer 11:30—Chemistry Laboratory Safety Course at an Urban University. L. J. Nicholls 11:50—Courses on Health and Toxicity of Chemicals. J. J. Fitzgerald Symposium on Chemistry Textbook Re views Math/Science 415 Ο. Β. Ramsay, Presiding 9:10—Chemistry Textbook Reviews: for What Purpose and of What Use? Ο. Β. Ramsay 9:25—Reviewer's View of Reviews. T. Y. Susskind 9:45—Critical Textbook Reviews from an Author's Viewpoint. R. J. Fessenden 10:05—Publisher-Sponsored Reviews. R. D. Larsen 10:50—SERAPHIM Reviews: Effects on Software Users and Authors. J. W. Moore 11:10—Book Reviews: a Journal Perspective. J. J. Lagowski 11:30—Textbook Reviews: a Publisher's Point of View. Β. Β. Thrasher
9:10-12:00 Innovative Approach to High School Chem istry. M. C. Nagel The Open Laboratory—an Alternative. D. W. Crane CHEM Consumer and Health Education Ma terials. C. P. Anderson Atomic Structure from a Three-Dimensional Viewpoint. Z. A. Godby CUDNME: a New French Center for the Design and Dissemination of Chemistry Teaching Aids. M. Gomel ReCoDiC—an International Academic Net work for the Improvement of Postsecondary Chemical Education. M. Gomel Selected Samples of -Current Innovative Chemical Education Efforts Completed in a French Interuniversity Laboratory. M. Gomel Laboratory Assessment. R. O. Ragsdale Database for the Inventory of Organic Chemicals. M. M. Vestling Prelaboratory Videotapes for the Freshman Laboratory. W. H. Breazeale Dynamic Organic Chemistry: Use of Animated Computer Graphics in Computer-Assisted Instruction and in the Lecture Room. R. E. Herbener Using a Microcomputer for Diagnosis and Prescription. J. D. Beck Isolation of DNA from Avian Red Blood Cells. A. M. Wilson New Nuclide Shell Model. T. O. Groeger Chemical Magic from the Grocery Store. A. S. W.Sae Writing Instructional Objectives for Student Use—the Knowledge and Abilities Checksheet. P. A. Grasso Developing Problem Solving Skills in Fresh man Chemistry. G. Albelo Experiences in the Developing World for Science Students. B. Hudson Lemon Grass Oil Separation Re-examined. R. E. Kohrman European History of Chemistry Travel and Study Tours. J. H. Wotiz Unique Display of Some Practical Commercial Galvanic Cells. E. C. Shearer Improvements for an Experiment: the Reso lution of (±) 1-Phenylethylamine. V. Badding Stimulating an Interest in Chemistry in Middle School Students. C. W. J. Scaife
Symposium on Academic/Industry Co-op Programs I Pharmacy 350 R. W. Ridgway, Presiding 9:10—Chemical Co-op—the ACS Role and an Overview. R. W. Ridgway 9:30—Working Along the Academic/Industrial Interface. T. C. Ichniowski 9:50—Employer's View of Co-op: Developing a New Resource. A. L. McClelland 10:10—Career Success via Cooperative Education: a Student's View. M. J. McKinley 10:50—Development Of Cooperative Edu cation at a Small, Southern, State-Sup ported School. D. G. Pohl 11:10—Graduate Chemistry Co-op Programs. G. Davies
NEACT
1:30—Choosing a Microcomputer System Workshop. Physics 103. S. Owen 1:30—Grant Proposal Writing Workshop. Math/Science 407. H. T. McKone, M. V. Orna 1:30—Computer Programing Contest. Bishop Center. J. W. Moore
THURSDAY MORNING
Life Science 154 E. Schultz, Presiding 9:10—Gems: Science, Synthesis, Beauty, and Deception. K. Nassau 10:50—Light, Lasers, and Computers for Chemical Detectives. C. W. Brown Symposium on Problem Solving: Concepts and Techniques I Physics 36 J. D. Herron, Presiding 9:10—Cognitive Restructuring as a First Step in Problem Solving. G. M. Bodner 9:30—Contribution of Content Knowledge to Problem Solving. A. B. Champagne 9:50—Reality vs. Ideal Problem Solving: What the Experts Actually Do. T. J. Greenbowe 10:50—Using Research on Problem Solving To Improve Chemistry Teaching. J. D. Herron 11:10—Open Discussion Poster Session II Putnam Lounge B. W. Moores, E. Lipiles,
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NEACT Plenary Lecture Jorgenson Auditorium J . MacDonald, Presiding 8:00—Gems Made by Man. K. Nassau Symposium on Educational Approaches to Safety and Health in Chemistry—II Physics 38 J. J . Fitzgerald, Presiding 9:10—OSHA Guidelines for Academic Labs. L. Clark 9:30—Lab Safety—Flammable Substances in Teaching and Research Labs. W. C. Gottschall 9:50—Lab Safety—Eyewashes and Showers and Response to Chemical Splash emer gencies. N. V. Steere 10:10—Lab Safety—Ventilation in Academic Laboratories. L. J. DiBerardinis 10:50—Toxicity of Chemicals—Terms and Databases. J. J. Fitzgerald 11:10—Chemical Storage. D. D. Hedberg 11:30—Waste Disposal in the Instructional and Research Laboratory. R. O. Allen
Symposium on Dealing with the Public's Chemiphobia Physics 36 M. K. S c h u m m , K. Pohlman, Presiding 9:10—Dealing with the Public's Lack-of-lnformation Phobia. A. J. Harrison 9:30—Chemiphobia—a Public Health Threat. G. D. Strickland 9:50—Public Chemiphobia—a Canadian Perspective. G. W. Rayner-Canham 10:50—Chemist's Responsibility and the Public's Right To Know. V. R. Tocci 11:10—Chemiphobia: a Phobia We Can Live with. J. R. Higgms * 11:30—Fighting the Frankenstein Fallacy. A. T. Schwartz IMS Auditorium General V A. Russell, Presiding 9:10—UCLA Summer Science Institute for High School Teachers. A. Russell 9:30—Experiences with One-Credit Topics Courses. H. Slotnick 9:50—It's Elementary. C. L. Schrader 10:10—Why Do Students Major in Chemistry? B. George 10:50—A Safer and Pedagogically Better Method of Demonstrating Decomposition . of Ammonium Dichromate. R. K. Sharma 11:10—Adult Education—Chemistry and Public Policy Issues. J. W. Hausser 11:30—Organic Synthesis: a Classroom Ex ercise. R. C. Blatchley Symposium on Problem Solving: Concepts and Techniques II Putnam Lounge D. L. Gable, Presiding 9:10—Improving Problem Solving in Begin ning Chemistry Courses. D. L. Gabel 9:30—Problem Solving—a Collective Effort. J. G. Magyar 9:50—Working Backwards Is a Forward Step in Problem Solving by Dimensional Analy sis. R. F. Drake 10:10—What Are They Thinking About? Un derstanding Student Errors. B. Rainard 10:50—Using a Semantic/Linguistic Ap proach to Solving Verbal Problems. F. R. Hoggard 11:10—Some Insights into Students' Difficulty with Mathematical Applications in Science. E. L. Schultz 11:30—Fostering of Asking-Questions Ca pability—a Meaningful Aspect of Problem Solving in Chemistry. U. Zoller NEACT Life Science 154 J. MacDonald, Presiding 9:10—Ubiquitous Garnet Structure—Uni versal Materials for Electronic Applications. M. Kestigian Symposium on Allied Health Chemistry Chemistry 199 C. L. Craney, Presiding 9:30—Predictors of Grades in General Chemistry for Allied Health Students. C. L. Craney 9:50—Creating Connections. Β. Ν. Campbell Jr. 10:10—Chemistry as a Life Science—Some Laboratory Suggestions. C. Allen 10:50—Clinical Emphasis in Allied Health Chemistry Curricula—Too Little or Too Much? M. W. Frechette 11:10—Getting into Medical School: Chem istry as an Attractive Alternative to Biology (or, What Do I Do with a Biology Degree if I'm Not Accepted)? J. F. McKenna Symposium on Forensic Chemistry—I Pharmacy 350 H. E. Outlaw, Presiding 9:10—Forensic Science for the Criminal Justice Major. H. E. Outlaw 9:30—Forensic Significance of Noxious Gases in Fires. A. S. Hume 9:50—A Novel Approach to "Mock Crime Scene" in Teaching Evidence Collection Courses. R. C. Briner 10:10—Impact of the SEMO Regional Crime Lab on the Chemistry Department's In structional Program at Southeast Missouri State University. R. E. Popham
10:50—Chemistry and Crime: a LaboratoryBased Forensic Science Techniques Course as an Alternative to a Natural Science Requirement. E. J. Nienhouse 11:10—A Very Useful Mixture: Chemistry and the Law. W. E. Adams
THURSDAY AFTERNOON 1:30—Evaluating Computer-Assisted In structional Programs—a Workshop. Physics 103. W. Halpem 1:30—Chemical Demonstrations Workshop II. Chemistry 314.1. Talesnick 1:30—CHEMCOM—a Workshop on Chem istry in the Community. Chemistry 287. T. O'Brien, P. Smith 1:45—Structural Inorganic Workshop II. Bishop Center
THURSDAY EVENING NEACT Symposium on High School Chem istry Life Science 154 H. A. Bent, Presiding 7:00—Open Meeting I—ACS Task Force to Consider the Feasibility of Establishing a Program of Approval for High School Chemistry Programs. H. A. Bent Symposium on Academic/Industry Co-op Programs II Physics 36 D. R. Weill, Presiding 7:00—What Chemistry Professors Should Tell Students Concerning Industrial Careers. H. L. White 7:20—A Private Corporation as Part of a Chemistry Department—a 12-Year Syn ergism. R. Bayer 7:35—Research Internships in Industrial Laboratories for Students. D. R. Weill III 7:50—Chemtech Dynamics: Adapting the Process to the Needs of a Changing In dustry. E. A. Singleton 8:05—Cooperative Education Programs at CCSU. R. H. Groth 8:20—Chemical Caravan. H. P. Russell 8:40—Industrial Chemistry in the Under graduate Curriculum. J. D. Davis Symposium on Women in Chemistry—II Chemistry 199 M. E. Derrick, Presiding 7:00—My Favorite Women Chemists—Past and Present. Z. A. G. Lightfoot 7:20—Is the Chemistry Classroom a Chilly One for Women? P. H. Suter 7:40—Chemistry at a Women's College. E. F. Hasty 8:00—Educational Equity in Science and Mathematics: Toward a Self-Sustaining Program. A. McKenna 8:20—Jane Marcet and Her Textbook Con versations on Chemistry. M. E. Derrick History of Chemistry IMS Auditorium J. E. White, Presiding 7:00—Priestley at Hackney and His Lectures on Chemistry· J. E. White 7:20—Kekulé's Fictitious Dreams. J. H. Wotiz 7:40—Brief History of Chemical Education in Arizona. J. S. Decker 8:00—Chemists, Chemistry, History, and a January Term. C. L. StanKski Symposium on Teaching Analytical Chemistry II Math/Science 415 B. W. Moores, Presiding 7:00—Sophomore Analytical Chemistry: What Values Are Worth Retaining? K. Emerson 7:20—Why Not Real-Life Quant? S. J. Stepenuck June 4 , 1984 C&EN
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Meetings 7:40—Neutralization of Student Difficulties in Acid-Base Chemistry. D. A. Lewis 8:00—Reflections on Amount of Substance. L. E. Wilson 8:20—A pH/mV Meter Interface for the Apple Computer. D. Malone Symposium on Teaching Physical Chemistry II Putnam Lounge B. Stump, Presiding 7:00—New Approach to Teaching Thermodynamics. A. Duttahmed 7:20—Molecular Geometry. H. Desseyn 7:40—Graphical Display of van der Waals Isotherms. J. B. Brown 8:00—Group Theory is Essential to the Physical Chemistry Course. H. H. Harris
8:20—Some Thoughts on the Optimum Work Associated with N-Step Adiabatic Processes Involving an Ideal Gas. B. D. Joshi Symposium on Chemical Toxicology and Health Hazards Physics 38 A. D. Barkley, Presiding 7:00—Prédisposai Treatment of Aqueous Inorganic Wastes from the Freshman Laboratory. A. D. Barkley 7:20—M.S.D.S.: What You Should Teach About the Material Safety Data Sheet. M. A. Solstad 7:40—Safety: a Way of Life in the Chemistry Classroom. G. Good
8:00—Hazardous Materials in Marine Transportation: a Practical Course. T. J. Haas 8:20—Controlling Chemical Toxicity in the School Laboratory. D. Taiwo 8:40—Recycling and Disposal of Waste Chemicals from Academic Laboratories. M. A. Armour
8:00—Improved Internal Standard Method for APC NMR Assay. R. Rothchild 8:20—Upgrading a Forensic Science Program by Multicourse Use of NMR. R. Rothchild
Symposium on Forensic Chemistry II Pharmacy 350 L. Kobilinsky, Presiding
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7:00—Ph.D.-Level Education in Forensic Science. L. Kobilinsky 7:20—Determination of Cannabinoid Metabolites in Biological Specimens: a Thin-Layer Chromatography Experiment for Introductory Biochemistry. J. M. Bonicamp 7:40—Teaching Forensic Serology at the High School Level. F. X. Sheehan
Wrapup Session: 1984 and 1986 Biennial Conference Officers Physics 36 J. Tanaka, Presiding
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9:00—Open Forum with the Officers of the 1984 and 1986 Biennial Conferences on Chemical Education
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Seminar in R&D Management The ACS Division of Chemical Mar keting & Economics will hold an in tensive two-and-one-half-day Semi nar in R&D Management on Aug. 22-24. It will be held at the Scanticon-Princeton Executive Conference Center and Hotel in Princeton, N.J. The seminar will be conducted by a faculty of senior R&D personnel with a variety of industrial backgrounds, and will emphasize practical aspects of managing R&D. The seminar is designed to give the attendee a working knowledge of R&D process and the disciplines in terfacing with it. It will provide a blueprint for anyone new to this area, and will offer experienced R&D personnel fresh insights into the field. Included in the course coverage
Letters Continued from page 2 the declared purpose of developing defensive nuclear weapons. Albeit, admitting the possibility of the continuance of work to develop x-ray and gamma lasers for purely scientific ends, we would wish to point out that the best way to prove the nonaggressive aim of such activities and to enhance mutual confidence would be the joint pursuit of such studies by U.S. and Soviet scientists under International Atomic Energy Agency supervision—in the spirit of the well-known bilateral Soviet-American agreements signed in 1974 and 1976, which have yet to be ratified by the American side. It will be recalled in this connection that way back in 1973, having familiarized himself with the ideas of Soviet scientists—including one of the present writers (V. Goldanskii)—on the development of a gamma laser, U.S. physicist G. C. Baldwin, in an interview with a Science News correspondent, expressed a reasonable view that the best way of avoiding a race between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. for "superdeath rays" would probably be to de velop a nuclear laser as a joint, absolutely nonsecret project. In the subsequent period reports appeared in the press on the gamma laser problem, jointly written by American and Soviet scientists. On the second point, there have lately been publications indicating a real possibility for reliable detection of a small-yield (1-kiloton) nuclear explosion at practically any point on the globe. In this area, scientific progress tends to generate greater confidence and strengthen the regime for the observance of the above agreements. On the other hand, this progress could well accelerate attainment of agreements
are such ideas as how to: plan and manage R&D projects, increase pro ductivity, generate new product ideas and appraise new project ideas, screen new products and establish a screening process, determine prod ucts' future through innovative marketing research, transfer new projects from research to commercial status. The attendees also will par ticipate in workshop sessions. Registration will be on a firstcome, first-served basis. If registra tions exceed capacity, latecomers' checks will be returned. Hotel res ervations should be made directly with the hotel. For further informa tion contact Ν. Η. Giragosian, Delphi Marketing Services, 400 East 89th St., New York, N.Y. 10028; telephone (212) 534-4868. D on reciprocal inspections whose number has so far been an obstacle to concluding agree ments. We fully share Seaborg's opinion on the senselessness of high political risks of "clandestine" nuclear tests following the trea ty's signing in the name of highly question able advantages of clarifying some fine points of particular weapons designs. On this con sideration alone, one may, in the present conditions, regard such covert tests as good as excluded. On the third point, one could only join those participants in the debate in the U.S. scientific publications who regard a decline in the reli ability of nuclear weapons not as a negative but rather as a positive development, con tributing to reducing the threat of a nuclear war through increased risks for the side de cided on the first nuclear blow and enhanced probability of the attacked side preserving a capability for an effective retaliatory strike. Neither can one fail, however, to share the opinion of those CTB supporters who think that an all-around testing of the weapons' continued operational readiness can be done without resort to test explosions. As to the as sertions that the Soviet nuclear weapons are more reliable in terms of preserving their operability in long-term storage and so the U.S. is bound to be more concerned than the Soviet Union, to continue test explosions, they are, doubtless, totally unsubstantiated and ill-in tentioned, designed as they are to nip any sprouts of mutual confidence in the bud at any price. To raise the issue of the need to "prooftest" nuclear weapons to improve them is to distort the very spirit of the agreements whose con clusion we advocate, and to pervert the very desire to limit nuclear weapons and eventually exclude them from the destiny of mankind.
Agreeing on the CTB is a categoric impera tive of the times, admitting no delays. One most weighty argument in favor of an urgent solution of this issue, brought up by Seaborg, is that the lack of progress in the matter of banning tests before the next conference of the countries of the nuclear weapons nonproliferation pact (1985) may prompt some of the member countries to quit that pact. On the whole matter of nuclear weapons and their military uses, the research to date has led to new findings which, in our view, are of exceptional importance. This is the identifi cation and analysis of the global consequences of a nuclear war for Earth's climate. Work by Soviet, U.S., and other climatologists has shown that the explosion of even a small part of the existing nuclear weapons arsenals over cities, industrial enterprises, and forest areas will have a catastrophic effect on the climate. The dust and smoke injected into the atmo sphere will change the temperature distribu tion of the air with altitude. This will lead to a marked cooling of Earth's surface and to a drastic change in the global atmospheric cir culation on our planet. Darkness and cold will descend on Earth. The cooling will envelop the whole planet, and there will be no "neu tral" countries. One of the most crucial con clusions is that the threshold for the advent of a "nuclear winter" is much lower than that of the nuclear weapons stockpiles already in ex istence. In short, our planet is just too small for a nuclear war with the means stockpiled. This conclusion leading to a threshold for global consequences makes it imperative for all of us to revise all notions admitting the re sort to nuclear weapons either for mutual de terrence or dealing the first blow, since the resulting climatic disaster also will be lethal for the attacking side. These considerations only serve to stress the idea that, rather than being instruments of war, nuclear weapons are a means for suicidal self-destruction. In other words, the existing nuclear weapons stockpiles have no operational sense, and constitute only a direct and so far inevitable threat to the ex istence of our civilization, mankind as a whole, and maybe to all life on Earth as we know and enjoy it. These scientific findings are so stark and novel that it will take some time before their full impact is absorbed by the peoples of the world and their governments. The only and sole conclusion to be drawn from all that has been stated above is the need not only to freeze but also to drastically cut the existing nuclear arsenals. Stopping without delay all tests of nuclear weapons appears to be the essential and ef fective first step along this road. Prof. V. I. Goldanskii Institute of Chemical Physics of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences Prof. S. P. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences June 4, 1984 C&EN
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