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National Chemistry Week, 1997
"Hard water" will be the focus of a nationwide
chemistry experiment during this year's
10th anniversary celebration of National Chemistry Week, November 2-8, 1997.
The American Chemical Society's National Chemistry
Week office has published a booklet called Planet
Chemistrya hands-on activity guide that contains a hard-water
experiment, along with three other activities specifically
designed for school-age children. The booklet has been
distributed free to all 188 ACS local sections.
Participants will collect water samples from their
local areas, use the test strips included with Planet
Chemistry to test their samples for hardness, and then send the
results via the Internet to the National Chemistry Week
office. These data will be converted to a map indicating
water hardness across the entire U.S., and the map will then
be made available on the Internet. Participants who do
not have access to the Internet will still be able to submit
data and obtain a color copy of the map.
For additional information about National
Chemistry Week and Planet Chemistry, contact Michael Kenney
or Shirley Ford at 1-800/227-5558, option 9,5,1.
Ohaus Awards
The 1997 Gustav Ohaus Awards For Innovation In
Science Teaching have been announced by Ohaus
Corporation and the National Science Teachers Association. The
awards honor teachers at the elementary, secondary, and
college level for their contributions to education; they have
been presented for 28 years. The 1997 winners are:
- Debra Veliz Martinez, Ascrate Elementary School,
El Paso, TX
- Barbara C. Crosby, Sangaree Elementary
School, Summerville, SC
- James H. Calaway, MacArthur Junior High
School, Lawton, OK
- John Isadore Swang, Mandeville Middle
School, Mandeville, LA
- Gayle L. Bitner, Aurora Central High School, Aurora, CO
- Steven J. Stevenoski, Lincoln High School,
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- Patricia Davis Lucido, Northwest Missouri State
University, Maryville, MO
- Robert Webb, Michael Lehker and Rafael Cabeza,
The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Partners in Science
Research Corporation has announced the recipients of their
Partners in Science program, which supports stipends for high school teachers who
participate in academic research during summers. The program then helps
the teachers bring the hands-on science back to their classrooms. Funds
from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company, the Olin Corporation Charitable Trust, and the Florida Space
Grant Consortium will help fund these high school - university collaborations in
New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida. The recipients are:
Stacey Shane Bent, New York
University: Bonding of unsaturated hydrocarbons at semiconductor
surfaces. Vanessa M. Parkinson, Boys and Girls High School.
Ronald Lewis Birke, CUNY, City
College: Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and techniques for trace
analysis. Annelisse Falzone, The Bronx High School of Science.
Neville R. Kallenbach, New York
University: Protein stabilization by ionic interactions. Ibrahim Sesay,
Theodore Roosevelt High School.
Horst Schulz, CUNY, City
College: Fatty acid oxidation in the heart. Jacqueline M. Watt-Daniels,
Marta Valle Model High School.
Nanette Wachter-Jurcsak, Hofstra
University: Spectroscopic investigations of molecular recognition by
N,N¢-linked chalcones. Hossein Zamani,
Rossevelt Jr. - Sr. High School.
Domenico Grasso, University of
Connecticut: The physical chemistry of bacterial adhesion. Lesley D.
Skenderian, New Britain High School.
David J. Hagan, University of
Central Florida: Mode locking of a Nd:YLF laser using cascaded second
order nonlinearities. Judith F. Legault, Lake Highland Preparatory School.
Kevin E. O'Shea, Florida
International University: TiO2 photocatalysis of
aromatic and aliphatic haloethers. Shawn Beightol, William H. Turner
Technical Arts High School.
Shen Li Qiu, Florida Atlantic
University: Preparation, characterization and photoemission studies of Cu-Pd
alloys. Mark Bjorkland, Olympic Heights High School.
Andrew B. Bocarsly, Princeton
University: Princeton University Partners Program.
Stephen P. Kelty, Seton Hall
University: Departmental Partners In Science.
NARST Meeting
The National Association for Research in Science Teaching
(NARST) will hold its 1998 annual meeting from April 19 to 22, 1998, at the San
Diego Princess in San Diego, California. The theme of the meeting is
Networking: Developing and Renewing Resources and Strategies for Excellence in
Science Teaching and Learning. The deadline for proposals is August 15, 1997.
The 1998 Program Coordinator is John Wiggin, Science Education
Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602; phone:
706/542-1763; fax: 706/542-1212; email: jwig@uga.cc.uga.edu. For proposal information,
annual meeting registration information, and membership information,
contact Art White, Executive Secretary of NARST, The Ohio State
University, 1929 Kenny Road, Room 200E, Columbus, OH 43210; phone:
614/292-3339; fax: 614/292/1594; email: ts0002@ohstmvsa.acs.ohio-state.edu.
Honorary Professorship
Sylvia Ware, Director of the
Education Division, American Chemical Society, has been named
UNESCO Honorary Professor of Humanities at D. I. Mendeleyev University of
Chemical Technology, Moscow. The professorship was conferred by the Rector of
the University, Academician Pavel D. Sarkisov, at a ceremony in Moscow
on June 10, 1997. The citation recognized Ware's many contributions to
chemical education and, in particular, her successful efforts at promoting
cooperation between Russian and American chemistry teachers.
Liebig-Wöhler Prize
The Royal Netherlands Chemical Society announces that Johannes
W. van Spronsen, the chairman of their Historical Commission, is the 1997
recipient of the medal of the Liebig-Wöhler Friendship Prize.
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