Chemistry in the Life of your Students

Saturday, October 30, 2004

8:30 – Registration / light refreshments

9:00 – ACS & CACT – WHAT ARE THEY ALL ABOUT? HOW CAN THEY BE A PART OF SUCCESSFULLY SHARING CHEMISTRY WITH YOUR STUDENTS?

Brian Balazs, ACS Society Committee on Chemical Education; Boyd Earl, ACS Division of Chemical Education; Carol de Boer, ACS California Section

9:45 – INTERNET SITES TO EXCITE YOUR STUDENTS. Jo Ann Auerswald, Silver Valley Unified School District, Barstow, CA

10:15 – CHEMAGINATION: Science Essay and Poster Contest for High School

Chemistry Students. Regional Contest Results and Description of the Program.

11:00 – FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHEMISTRY: UNCOVERING THE SECRETS OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ARTISANS THROUGH CHEMISTRY. Mary Virginia Orna, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

12:00 – CACT Luncheon – Ticket required

1:30 – USING BALLOONS AND VELCRO TO SHOW CHEMICAL REACTIONS.

Randall J Schroeder, ScienceIsGolden.com, Cotati, CA

2:00 – What is National Chemistry Week? What to do for family science night? Sharing of demonstrations and ideas.

Tanya Philips, Piedmont High School, Piedmont, CA

2:45 - Break

3:00 – Petri Dish Paper Chromatography: Separation and Identification of Some Transition Metal Ions.

Sami Ibrahim, San Jose City College, San Jose, CA

3:20 - Corrosion of Iron: AN EXPERIMENT RELATED TO REDOX REACTIONS AND OXIDATION STATES. Terry Eyrich, Merced College, Merced, CA

3: 40 – SUMMARY DISCUSSION AND FUTURE PLANNING

4:00 – Leigh Wilson’s famous giveaway of lab equipment