Chemical Education Today
News & Announcements News from Journal House Recent Releases, JCE Software The following issues have been released by JCE Software and shipped to those who placed orders. Information on upcoming JCE Software issues appears on JCE Online at http:// jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/Programs/Recent.html. • Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 3, Special Issue 23. A description can be found in J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1311 or http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/Issues/ Series_SP/SP23/prog1-SP23.html. • JCE CD 1999, the Journal ’s annual CD-ROM. A description can be found in J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1736 or http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/JCECD/index. html. • TorAD: Torsional Angle Driver System for HyperChem/Excel, issue 9902W, for Windows-compatible computers. A description can be found in J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 288 or http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/ JCESoft/Issues/Series_99/9902W/abs-9902.html. • Writing Electron Dot Structures, issue 9905M, for Mac OS-compatible computers. A description can be found in J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1464 or http://jchemed.chem. wisc.edu/JCESoft/Issues/Series_99/9905M/abs-9905.html.
Lab Experiment Guidelines A revised set of Supplemental Guidelines for JCE LabExperiment Manuscripts appears on page 562. These guidelines for laboratory experiments are intended to make JCE more useful and attractive to readers by providing in print a clear summary of the experiment and providing online more detailed information in a form that can be used and edited by readers. A checklist that suggests how a submission should be structured is available at http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/ journal/authors/laboratory/ or by request from the editorial office. Coming Attractions
16th BCCE Next month we will have capsule coverage of the 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, July 30 through August 3, 2000, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Monday, July 31 is The Day of the Ice Cream Social—its joint sponsors are 2YC3 and the Journal of Chemical Education. Rumor has it that 2YC3 officers and JCE editors and feature editors will be doing the scooping!
National Chemistry Week 2000 The theme of National Chemistry Week 2000 will be kitchen chemistry. In collaboration with ACS, the October JCE will carry out the kitchen chemistry theme with a Classroom Activity, several articles about outreach activities, some kitchen chemistry/simple lab experiments, and a resource list of Journal articles related to this topic.
Courses, Seminars, Meetings, Opportunities Microscale Workshops in Mexico The Mexican Microscale Chemistry Center, in the Department of Sciences of the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, will offer several workshops in 2000: General Chemistry: May 15–17 Basic Organic Chemistry: May 17–19 Environmental Chemistry: May 22–25 Biochemistry: May 31–June 2 Advanced Organic Chemistry: June 14–16 Physical Chemistry: June 28–30 High School Chemistry: August 7–9
In addition, three morning sessions of lectures and demonstrations by international experts are scheduled for May 22–24. Workshops are 20 hours long. The language is normally Spanish, although occasionally there are guest instructors who teach in English. Advance registration (at least one week) is required. For further information, contact Arturo Fregoso or Jorge Ibáñez, Universidad Iberoamericana, Centro Mexicano de Química en Microescala, Depto. de Ciencias, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, 01210 México, D.F. México; email:
[email protected] or
[email protected]; phone: +52(5)2674176, 267 4168, 267 4074; fax: +52(5)267 4063, 267 4279.
Journal of Science Education Revista de Educación de las Ciencias The first issue of Journal of Science Education (Revista de Educatión de las Ciencias, REC), a new journal with articles in English and Spanish, has been released. REC publishes articles, short communications, and other original material relating to the results of investigations and new experiences in the field of teaching natural sciences (biology, physics, chemistry, environmental sciences, biotechnology, etc.) in secondary school and university. It includes investigations in the teaching of mathematics, applied to education in the sciences. Opinions and discussions on the improvement of national and international educational policy at all levels will also be welcomed. Information for subscribers can be found on the journal’s Web page (in both Spanish and English) http:// www.colciencias.gov.co/rec. The address of REC is Journal of Science Education, Apartado A. 241 241, Bogota, Colombia; phone: 57 1 3208320, ext. 4115, 57 1 340 32 12; fax: 57 1 285 05 03; email:
[email protected]. Proposal Deadlines Proposal Deadlines will not appear this month. Readers should consult the information in the April 2000 issue and the Report on NSF that appears on p 560.
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