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Published by the Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society

CHED Newsletter

Spring 2011

This is the Last Print Newsletter! This is the last CHED Newsletter that you will receive in the current printed format. See the DivCHED website, <www.divched.org>, for up-to-date information.

Guest Editorial — Bassam Shakhashiri See pages 7-8 for this article

ACS 241st National Meeting Anaheim, CA March 27–31, 2011

• DivCHED Program in Brief • High School Program • Info on Social Events • Housing Map

See pages 30–36 of this Newsletter.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Announcements, Materials, and Opportunities Call for Nominations .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 ConfCHEM Online Conference—Assessment .................................................................................................................................. 26 ConfCHEM Online Conference—Case-Based Studies in Chemical Education ................................................................................. 26 Online Nanoscience Course ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Passer Education Fund ....................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Division Reports & News 2011 Pimental Award Winner—William R. Robinson......................................................................................................................... 8 ACS DivCHED Examinations and Related Materials ........................................................................................................................ 10 Celebrating 30 Years of Graduate Degrees in Chemical Education from Purdue’s Chemistry Department......................................... 6 DivCHED Connections ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 DivCHED Publishes ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Endowment Fund—Form for Contributing to CHED Regional Award for Excellence in High School Teaching ............................. 11 From the Chair’s Corner ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 From the Chair-Elect ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6 From the Editor .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 From the Past Chair—Changes and Challenges ................................................................................................................................... 5 From the Secretary/Councilor .............................................................................................................................................................. 5 Looking Back, Looking Around, and Looking Ahead ......................................................................................................................... 7 News from the Exams Institute............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Nomination Form for CHED Committees and Elected Positions ....................................................................................................... 16 Passer Award Report ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3

DivCHED Committee Reports Biennial Conference Committee......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Committee on Chemistry in the Two-Year College and the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium ........................................... 13 Committee on Computers in Chemical Education .............................................................................................................................. 15 New Member Committee Report ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Project Chemlab ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 View from the Program Chair ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Meetings Symposium Reports from Boston, MA (ACS 240th National Meeting, August 22–26, 2010) .................................................... 28 Schedule of ACS National Meetings & BCCE Meetings ............................................................................................................... 40 Anaheim, CA (ACS 241st National Meeting, March 27–31, 2011) Hotel Locator Map .............................................................................................................................................................. 30 General Info, H.S. Program, Technical Program in Brief ................................................................................................... 31 Denver, CO (ACS 242nd National Meeting, August 28–September 1, 2011) Contact Info and List of Symposia ..................................................................................................................................... 37

San Diego, CA (ACS 243rd National Meeting, March 25–29, 2012) Contact Info and List of Symposia ..................................................................................................................................... 41

CHED Newsletter, Spring 2011 3

From the Editor Paul Rillema [[email protected]]

It is with sadness that I announce the termination of the CHED Newsletter with this issue. I was informed of this decision on December 21, 2010; although it was made by the Executive Committee in May according to the e-mail message sent to me regarding this decision. I dedicate this issue to my daughter, Beth, who, since 2001, has been responsible for organizing each issue of the Newsletter in publishing format. She has placed key information on the cover page to attract readers. I thank her for her many contributions to making the Newsletter a success. Because members will need to connect to the DivCHED website to access division-related information, outreach is one issue that will need to be addressed. Vickie Williamson was chair of a committee which gave recommendations regarding this to the Executive Committee. Interestingly, the “free table” for this at the Regional Meetings was recently discontinued with redefined requirements of the CHED representative. This newsletter can be accessed from the main division Web page: <http://www.divched.org>. Access to the electronic version of the newsletter requires a user name and a password which can be created on the home page. Points to Ponder “Life is short. Be swift to love. Make haste to be kind.” ~ Henri Frederic Amiel “Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom through success, you know.” ~ William Saroyan “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” ~ Charles Darwin “The most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve our country.” ~Mary Pipher, Ph.D.

“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” ~ e cummings (1894 - 1962) “Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.” ~ Richard Bach “Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.” ~ Adlai E. Stevenson ■

Dorothy and Moses Passer Education Fund

January 1, 2011 Awards

There were two applications for the Dorothy and Moses Passer Education Fund award for January 1, 2011. Dr. Andrew Robak, Keuka College, has been awarded up to $721 to attend the Green Chemistry Workshop, July 16th to July 21st, 2011 at the University of Oregon. The second application was for a conference, and these are not supported by the Dorothy and Moses Passer Education Fund. ~ Richard Jones, Chairperson of Dorothy and Moses Passer Education Fund Committee.

DIVISION REPORTS & NEWS

4 CHED Newsletter, Spring 2011

From the Chair’s Corner Arlene Russell [[email protected]]

As chair of the division, my goals this year are:

• to implement, as smoothly as I can, the changes that Sue

Nurrenbern oversaw in 2010; • to provide better communication to you through the

website and e-mailings of chemical education activities and resources; and

• to streamline the division structure. We are committed to timely and current web delivery of both the Newsletter and the availability of information about jobs, conferences, workshops, and other activities related to chemical education. Sue Nurrenbern’s column recognizes the people who have put the division where it is so that we can make these technology changes to keep up with the 21st century. Even in this first month of 2011, I am keenly aware of the work of so many other members also who make the division function. In some cases, it seems that a few people are shouldering the work of a whole committee. Throughout the year I want to reexamine the charge and function of our committees in an effort to increase the effectiveness and impact of each volunteer. Serving on a committee should not be an onerous burden. One such committee we have already recharged (in many ways) is the Regional Meetings Committee. CHED will no longer staff a table in the registration area of each regional meeting. Rather, with the support of the Society oversight staff, we have made a commitment to local organizers to both implement symposia on chemical education in the regional meeting technical programs and to help in planning the high school program at each meeting. Better use of our rosters should let us inform all of our members of activities in their area of the country. If you are interested in working with the division on this committee please contact me <[email protected]> or the regional meeting committee co-chairs, Michael McGinnis <[email protected]> and Frank Creegan <[email protected]>. We hope that the task of

organizing one symposium or helping with the high school program at one regional meeting in your area is a commitment that many members will be able to make. Many hands make light work. We are also excited about nurturing a new effort to address the needs of young chemists who see chemical education research as their primary disciplinary emphasis. The group spearheading this effort first came together at the BCCE last summer and then met with Sue Nurrenbern and me in Boston to ask for CHED’s guidance. An ad hoc task force provided the structure for them to develop plans to create a network, to collaborate with the Young Chemists Committee, and to plan to reach out to undergrad students with posters in chemical education at the Anaheim meeting. We look forward to the report of the task force and in welcoming them permanently into the structure and activities of the division. The Anaheim meeting has been finalized and only dotting of the i’s and crossing of the t’s are left to do. All division activities will be held at the Disney complex, which is north and west of the Convention Center. Committee meetings are scheduled in the Disneyland Hotel; Technical Sessions and the High School Teacher Day are in Disney’s Grand Californian. Following the precedent set last fall in Boston, the Division Executive Committee will meet on Saturday from 1:30 – 3:30. The meeting is open and we welcome you if you can attend. We also hope you will join us at the division reception on Sunday evening in the Disney Paradise Pier Hotel. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet and greet both new and old friends and then to amble on to the poster session to see the diversity of work in chemical education that engages our colleagues. Even if you cannot attend the Anaheim meeting, you can still benefit from it. Following the meeting, you will be able to peruse the program abstracts on the division website and correspond with authors who have presented work that you are interested in. It is the next best thing to being there! ■


Changes and Challenges Susan Nurrenbern [[email protected]], Chair 2010, Immediate Past-Chair 2011

A CHED tradition is coming to an end with this issue of the CHED Newsletter: this will be the last paper publication of the Newsletter. While receiving a paper copy on a regular basis can be comforting, paper publication of a newsletter several times a year is no longer compatible with expectations for timely access to up-to-date

information. The details about the origins of the Newsletter are in the archives and memories of the Division leaders at that time. The Newsletter files in the Division Office go back to 1976 when the Newsletter was published by the Program Committee. A note to send information for the Newsletter to Betty Moore appeared in 1982 and in 1984 Betty’s role as editor first appeared. Betty enhanced the content and layout of the Newsletter from 1984 to 1998 at which time Jim Schreck became the editor. Paul Rillema assumed the editorship in 2001. Betty, Jim, and Paul

deserve special recognition for their efforts to gather, organize, and distribute interesting and useful information to members of the chemical education community via the Newsletter. The CHED Newsletter has been a contributing factor to the outstanding ratings of CHED by the ACS throughout the years. Susan Greer has worked for CHED as the division Office secretary. In response to the re-evaluation of the division’s needs in terms of support to better serve the needs of its

members, Susan’s work will be subsumed into the executive assistant position. Susan’s completion of her work as the division office secretary coincides with her retirement from Purdue and the hiring of a half-time executive assistant. We thank Susan for all her help, especially with national meeting and Newsletter preparations, and wish her all the best with the life changes that inevitably creep up on all of us. Heather Johnson, the new CHED executive assistant, has begun to make changes to the CHED website with a goal of centralizing information related to chemical education and CHED activities. Announcements for a variety of opportunities for CHED members (e.g., meetings, conferences, awards, chemical education jobs) will be posted if we know about them. I urge you to visit the CHED website <www.divched.org> in the near future. Among the changes, CHED committee reports prepared for the Executive Committee will be posted on the website rather than being buried in stacks of agenda papers in the Division files and Executive Committee members’ personal files. If you have information that you believe should be posted on the CHED website send the information to Arlene Russell, <[email protected]> or to me, <[email protected]>. May this new decade be rewarding for each of you. ■

From the Secretary/Councilor Resa Kelly [[email protected]]

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as your new secretary/councilor for the Division of Chemical Education and extend my thanks to the division for the opportunity to serve in this position. I am replacing Don Wink who has done an amazing job and has left some very substantial shoes to fill. In addition, he has been very helpful in offering guidance as I

learn the responsibilities of the position. A large part of the secretary’s duties is communication, and it is my personal goal to communicate in an open, clear, and timely fashion. I am excited to learn more about how the division and the American Chemical Society operate, and I welcome the opportunity to work with the Executive Committee. ■


It is a privilege to join the long line of individuals who have served so well, for so many years, as chair-elect and then chair of the Division of Chemical Education. As I begin my year as chair-elect, I would like to reflect back on content of the earliest issues of the Journal of Chemical Education. J. Chem. Ed. was launched in 1924 by the nascent “Section of Chemical Education” of the American Chemical Society. The first volume of the Journal included an analysis of the poor state of chemistry instruction in high schools, a tirade on the content of “current textbooks,” and a paper that emphasized the importance of find ways to make chemistry “live and real” to the students [see Lagowski, Journal of Chemical Education, 75(4), 425-436 (1998)]. A few years later, an article was published that bemoaned the problems of large introductory chemistry courses that were held in classrooms so large that students at the back of the room would need “field-glasses” to see the lecturer! A glance at older issues of the Journal can be useful to remind ourselves that certain problems seem to re-emerge periodically, although the path to solutions to these problems changes significantly with time. My membership card states that I have been a member of the ACS since my first year as a graduate student, more than 40 years ago. It does not note, however, that I first joined the Society as a student affiliate when I became a chemistry major in my freshman year as an undergraduate. I mention this because one of my primary goals during the next few years is to support efforts to increase both the number of graduate students

who are members of the division and awareness of the division among undergraduates interested in teaching chemistry. A related goal will revolve around attempts to increase the level of participation in division activities among the next generation of chemical educators. Another priority will focus on the issue of “transparency.” At three different times in my career I have had the opportunity to serve as a faculty representative to the Board of Trustees at Purdue. Each time this has happened, I have received complaints from colleagues lamenting the apparent lack of transparency in large institutions. Over the years, I have concluded that this is not the result of a deliberate attempt by administrators to hide what they are doing. It happens because no-one knows where to look to find the “window” through which they could see the information they believe is being hidden. One of my goals for the next three years is to find ways to provide our members with access to as much information about the division as possible. At one time, the CHED newsletter might have fulfilled part of this function, but the newsletter only arrived a few times each year, was easily misplaced, and the information it contained was often out-of-date by the time it was mailed. Today, the Division website can do far more, in a more timely fashion, and my goal is to make this site the first place our members look for relevant information. As a first step toward this goal, I have had detailed information about the Anaheim meeting placed on the CHED website. ■

From the Chair Elect George Bodner

• Norbert J. Pienta, Editor, Journal of Chemical Education, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Iowa.

In addition, we have set aside time for poster presentations from other chemical education research groups. For more information about presenting a poster or for other questions please contact Bill Robinson (<[email protected]>or 765-494-5453). Details of the symposium schedule, housing information, travel to West Lafayette, and restaurants can be found at the department’s website <www.chem.purdue.edu>. ■

The Purdue University Department of Chemistry’s Division of Chemical Education will celebrate its 30th anniversary in the spring of 2011. Please join us at our anniversary celebration on Saturday, April 18, 2011 in the department of chemistry’s Wetherill laboratory. Featured speakers for an accompanying chemical education research symposium will be:

• Melanie Cooper, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Clemson University;

• Mary Kay Orgill, Associate Professor for Chemical Education, University of Nevada;

• Tina Overton, Professor of Chemical Education, University of Hull, Hull, UK;

Celebrating Thirty Years of Graduate Degrees in Chemical Education from Purdue’s Chemistry Department


Looking Back, Looking Around, and Looking Ahead Bassam Z. Shakhashiri*

My thanks to Editor Paul Rillema for inviting me to write this guest editorial for what I am told is the last printed Newsletter of the ACS Division of Chemical Education. This happenstance is ironic for I was among those who started the Newsletter in the 1970s when I served on the Program Committee. Then the Program Committee had four members appointed to four-year terms with the understanding that one would serve as its chair in the third year. I served from 1972 through 1975. My recollection is that the others who rotated in and out were Robert Linnell, Jerry Bell, Norman Craig, Ed Wasserman, and Douglas Chapin. Back then, it was the practice to send a free booklet of abstracts of the division’s programs for the two national ACS meetings to every division member. I got to thinking, and others agreed, that a couple of pages could be added to the booklet with some news items such as upcoming programming at national meetings and the third and fourth biennial conferences on chemical education, a message from the chair, and the like. From our modest launch, expansion has brought us the Newsletter that has given us very useful information and commentary for over three decades. Personally, I regret the decision to discontinue this Newsletter. Web-based announcements and networks serve purposes, but do not provide the same utility as printed material. The Journal of Chemical Education is a scholarly publication serving wide audiences and can provide snippets of divisional information to its readers, but the Newsletter provides wider communication pathways and helps in establishing connections among the membership on matters related to the division’s mission and activities. For me, the purposes of communication are: to inform, educate, engage, advocate, and persuade. I have found the printed Newsletter to be very informative and sometimes engaging. I would expect the same from an electronic version once I figure out when to set aside time for reading it on my computer screen or for printing a hard copy. I am one of those who attempt to spend as little time as necessary using electronic devices for non-interactive reading. I prefer reading the printed page because I can do it just about anywhere and anytime I choose without having to deal with the size of the screen or with lighting issues. Societal changes are happening rapidly, especially in technology with its uses in communications and in education. I

appreciate the value of some of these changes and I subscribe to the view that the Internet will, in due time, revolutionize society in a manner similar to the impact and consequences of the invention of the printing press. I advocate the use of electronic technology as a tool to improve—rather than dehumanize—interactions and discourse. I am optimistic that, through creativity and ingenuity, we will choose to use technology with the care and responsibility that is in keeping with the profound purposes of education, including: enlightenment, professional and societal citizenship, advancement of knowledge, and improvement of the human condition. The Division of Chemical Education is a major focal point within ACS for promoting excellence in education at all levels. Much progress has been made in many divisional affairs: programming activities, membership, publications, conferences, better connections with ACS, etc. There are many examples of the successesful manifestations of our core values and goals for advancing chemistry education. Reaching out to involve secondary school teachers both as members and as contributors and beneficiaries is one example. Promoting safety and expanding public outreach is another good role for the division, as is its recent emphasis on the developing area of research on learning and teaching in chemistry education. This last area holds much promise for improving the quality of chemistry education in high schools and colleges. Perhaps it can be useful also in attracting science research faculty to engage more in chemistry education. I call on members of the ACS Division of Chemical Education and its elected and appointed officers to consider and act on the following: • Develop and implement a division initiative to increase the

number of research faculty from universities and colleges as active members of the division and to offer opportunities for deeper engagement in chemistry education at all levels. This is similar to the highly successful initiative which targeted secondary school teachers beginning in the early 1980s. Faculty ranks are rich in talent and creativity and can greatly contribute to advancing chemistry education at all levels through platforms offered by the division. Our division’s activities have benefitted from research chemists like Washington State’s Glenn Crosby, Boston University’s Morton Hoffman, and many others. One goal

*is professor of chemistry and the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea; director, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy; Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison ([email protected]); served as 1981 chair, ACS Division of Chemical Education; currently serves as 2011 ACS president-elect.


of this initiative would be to attract researchers like Stanford’s Richard Zare, MIT’s Richard Schrock, Oregon’s Geri Richmond, Northwestern’s Tobin Marks, Michigan’s Melanie Sanford, Purdue’s Joseph Francisco, Colorado’s Veronica Vaida, Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Greg Grant, Texas A&M’s Sherry Yennello, the Naval Research Laboratory’s Debra Rolison, and many others, especially younger faculty. By further engaging them in chemical education each, in turn, can become advocates for quality chemistry education in their research communities and universities.

• Focus more sharply on long-term engagement of

undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in scientific areas which have significant consequences on society. One area would be aimed at helping the public understand the science of climate change. This necessarily means making sure that our own knowledge of the science is correct and deep. Other areas would include the benefits and economics of sustainability; stewardship of the environment; scientific freedom, conduct, and ethics; improving science education communications within and among various groups

concerned with advancing science and education; and fostering international cooperation and collaboration in science education in areas such as curriculum development, best teaching practices, effective use of technology, inclusiveness and diversity, etc.

• Expand and target communications with secondary and

elementary school teachers and their institutions. Their roles are pivotal as they greatly influence students, parents, fellow teachers, and their community as a whole.

• Cultivate connections with local community groups in urban,

suburban, and rural areas to help educate and persuade them to be receptive to supporting high quality science education initiatives and innovations.

I am fortunate to have been a member of ACS and the division for 50 years. I continue to have high hopes and expectations of myself and of you individually and collectively. I look forward to hearing from you and to furthering collaboration so we can together do our best for ACS, for science, and for society. Thank you. ■

2011 Pimental Award Winner—William R. Robinson

William R. Robinson (Bill), Professor of Chemistry and Science Education at Purdue University, is the 2011 recipient of the George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education sponsored by Cengage Publishing and the American Chemical Society. The award will be presented at the Spring ACS Meeting in Anaheim. The award recognizes Bill for his contributions to chemical

education at many levels: coauthor of general chemistry texts and supplementary materials used by over one million general chemistry students; organizer of summer A.P. Chemistry workshops over a 14-year period; creator of interactive software that displays the crystal structures of simple solids; coauthor of “Teaching General Chemistry: A Materials Science Companion;” chemical education research director; and active contributor to the Division of Chemical Education. As chair of the Division of Chemical Education, he established the Recognition Committee and the position of Public Relations

Officer. He started the use of the Internet to deliver information to division members—significant budget savings were realized by providing national ACS meeting abstracts on the division’s website. He also started conversations that led to the establishment of a task force to improve the division’s website and continue to increase its utility informing division members. He was general chair for the 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education and organized the chemical education research symposia at the 21st BCCE. Bill began to publicize the importance of chemical education research in helping chemists to understand what makes learning chemistry difficult for students in publications and the series of 20 columns written for the Journal of Chemical Education. As chair of the division’s Chemical Education Research Committee, he instituted a regular symposium on research in chemical education which has grown to 3 to 5 half-day sessions at national ACS meetings and 10 half-day sessions at the Biennial Conferences on Chemical Education. Bill is the proud father of Margaret, Brian, and Kevin and the proud, happy, and content husband of Sue Nurrenbern. ■

CHEM ED EXAMSNews from the Exams Institute

Tom Holme [[email protected]], Director


The Exams Institute is gearing up for an exciting year of development. At the time of this writing (to meet the January 31 deadline) there is a different style of excitement – the upcoming Super Bowl game. I grew up in Green Bay, WI and am a season ticket holder for the Packers. I was able to get nervous about the outcome of Packer games on Sundays when I lived in Zambia in 1989, and I wouldn’t know the outcomes until mid-day on Monday! Stacey Bretz, Chair of the Board of Trustees, has central Pennsylvania roots and is a life-long Steelers fan. By the time this makes it to print, the outcome will be known, but as of now, we can only report on a friendly wager that will depend on that outcome. The person who supports the losing side will be wearing a jersey of the winning team at the DivCHED poster session on Sunday evening at the ACS meeting in Anaheim. So, if Pittsburgh wins, I will be giving my poster in a Steelers jersey, and if Green Bay wins, Stacey will be there, sporting a Packer jersey. Be sure to stop by and add to the fun with some ribbing if you are at the meeting. On a more serious note, we will release some of our main exams in 2011. A new full-year General Chemistry exam, produced by a committee chaired by Bill Robinson of Purdue University will be released in March. The new version of the 2011 High School Exam was created by a committee chaired by Deena Carey of Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati, OH. As has been true for the last several high school exams, the items on this test have been developed with an eye towards the national content standards for chemistry. The year is also shaping up to be a big one for new product development. The technology is in place for the electronic delivery platform for exams and the remaining issues are all related to determining how to host the software on servers that allow it to be affordable for users. Details on how these discussions are progressing are unavailable at the deadline for this newsletter, but will likely be in place by the time the newsletter comes out. The first exam that will be available for purchase will be an electronic version of the Toledo Placement exam. We anticipate being able to deliver this exam this summer. While that level of implementation is ongoing, we will also start to build the capacity for end of semester exams to be delivered electronically. The initial suite of exams will be for General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, and there will be some opportunities for trial testing of these exams. The exam

items will be from previously released exams, but the trial will focus on the online delivery and any changes that may happen in the ways the psychometric characteristics of those items change when they are delivered via computer. The other new product development that is reaching a more advanced stage is the Lab Assessment exam for General Chemistry. This exam will have two portions – an online system that will include features such as full-motion video to provide information pertaining to students in the laboratory and a laboratory practical exam for which student performances will be collected for nationally-normed scoring. The development of the practical and the requisite scoring rubrics and data entry portals is also anticipated to be ready for trial testing in 2011. Work remains to be done in the overall development, but we anticipate being able to stage full-scale trial testing in the fall semester for these new tools. The development of the content map for undergraduate chemistry is also continuing. We have had many sessions looking at how this map can be devised at the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry levels. Physical Chemistry has initiated the process for that course, and by the time this article appears the first session with Analytical chemists will have taken place as well (at Pittcon). The ability to have our colleagues from around the U.S. join us for workshops at ACS national and regional meetings to advance this development has been key to our ability to build this “big ideas” focused content map. Ideas such as chemical bonding or chemical reactions appear throughout the whole curriculum, so we are framing our map within this context. Once built, departments that utilize ACS Exams throughout the undergraduate curriculum will be able to track how their students achieve in these content areas over time. If you are interested in participating in a workshop at a national or regional meeting (we can’t make all the regional meetings but try to attend several each year) contact me at the e-mail address below. There are also a number of new exams being developed at this time, and several will need trial testers this spring (and next fall as well). If you are teaching Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry or General-Organic-Biochemistry and are interested in serving as a trial tester, you can contact me at <[email protected]>. ■

* Var means variable �mes are allowed depending on how many graoups of items are used in a test.

Use Test Stock Code followed by /S to order scoring stencils; e.g.GC09/S specifies scoring stencils to accompany the GC09 exam.

ACS DivCHED Examina�ons and Related Materials for 2011

STOCK TIME

CODE DESCRIPTION ITEMS (min)

GENERAL CHEMISTRY

GC11 General Chemistry–2011 70 120

(Two forms—available March 2011.)

GC09 General Chemistry–2009 70 120

(Two forms with different ques�on orders are available.)

GENERAL CHEMISTRY (CONCEPTUAL)

GC08C General Chemistry (Conceptual)–2008 Var Var

GC01C General Chemistry (Conceptual)–2001 60 110

GENERAL CHEMISTRY (BRIEF Exam for Full-year Course)

GC10B General Chemistry–2010 (brief) 50 55

GC06B General Chemistry–2006(brief) 50 55

GC02B General Chemistry–2002 (brief) 50 55

GENERAL CHEMISTRY (FIRST TERM)

GC09F General Chemistry (First–Term)– 2009 70 120


GC05F General Chemistry (First–Term)– 2005 70 120


GENERAL CHEMISTRY (SECOND TERM)

GC10S General Chemistry (Second–Term)–2010 70 120


GC06S General Chemistry (Second–Term)–2006 70 120


GENERAL CHEMISTRY – PAIRED QUESTIONS

GC05PQF General Chemistry (1st-Term) Paired Ques�on 40 55

GC07PQS General Chemistry (2nd-Term) Paired Ques�on 40 55

GENERAL CHEMISTRY (ACS TEXTS)

GC04AF ACS Chemistry (1st-Term)–2004 60 110

CT09 ACS Chemistry in Context–2009 Var* Var

CT97 ACS Chemistry in Context–1997 Var Var

GENERAL–ORGANIC–BIOCHEMISTRY

GB07 General–Organic–Biochemistry–2007 180 165

(Each subtest has 60 items, 55 minutes)

GB00 General–Organic–Biochemistry–2000

(Each subtest has 60 items, 55 minutes) 180 165

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

AN07 Analy�cal Chemistry–2007 50 100

AN01 Analy�cal Chemistry–2001 50 100

IA09 Instrumental Methods–2009 60 100

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

OR08 Organic Chemistry–2008 70 110

STOCK TIME

CODE DESCRIPTION ITEMS (min)

END OF UNDERGRADUATE

DUCK08 Diagnos�c of Undergraduate Chemistry

Knowledge—2008 60 120

BIOCHEMISTRY

BC07 Biochemistry–2007 60 110

BC92 Biochemistry–1992 60 120

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

IN09 Inorganic Chemistry–2009 60 110



PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

PH06C Physical Chemistry–2006 (Comprehensive) 60 110

PH06D Physical Chemistry–2006 (Dynamics) 50 100

PH06Q Physical Chemistry–2006 (Quantum Chemistry) 50 100

PH06T Physical Chemistry–2006 (Thermodynamics) 50 100

PH06CS Physical Chemistry–2006 (Combined Semester) Var Var

PH99T Physical Chemistry–1999 (Thermodynamics) 40 90

PH01D Physical Chemistry–2001 (Dynamics) 40 90

PH00Q Physical Chemistry–2000 (Quantum Chemistry) 40 90

PH01C Physical Chemistry–2001 (Comprehensive) 60 110

UNDERGRADUATE PLACEMENT

CD06 California Chemistry Diagnos�c Test–2006 44 45

CD97 California Chemistry Diagnos�c Test–1997 44 45

TP09 Toledo Examina�on–2009 (three parts) 60 55

TP98 Toledo Examina�on–1998 (three parts) 60 55

GRADUATE PLACEMENT

(For graduate placement, use the corresponding end-of-year undergraduate

test in analy�cal, biochemistry, inorganic, instrumental methods, organic, or

physical chemistry.)

CHEMICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

CS97 Chemical Health and Safety 75 60

POLYMER CHEMISTRY

PL90 Polymer Chemistry–1990 50 75

HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY

CC98 ACS ChemCom Curriculum–1998 65 80

CC91 ACS ChemCom Curriculum–1991 60 80

HS11 High School Chemistry–2011 80 80

(Two forms ~ avail. March ‘11)




STUDY GUIDES

GCSG Preparing for Your ACS Examina�on in General Chemistry—The Official Guide (1998) >110 pages

ORSG Preparing for Your ACS Examina�on in Organic Chemistry—The Official Guide (2002) >160 pages

PCSG Preparing for Your ACS Examina�on in Physical Chemistry—The Official Guide (2010) >120 pages

TEST-ITEM BANKS

Test-Item Banks are no longer available.

LABORATORY ASSESSMENT MATERIALS

Lab assessment exam for General Chemistry will be trial tes�ng during the Fall 2011 semester.

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DIVCHED COMMITTEE REPORTS

The View from the Program Chair Irv Levy [[email protected]], CHED Program Chair, 2011–2013

As I begin my first year as program chair, my head is spinning… This letter is being composed during a break at the ACS Leadership Institute in Fort Worth in January, where I’ve been interacting with other Program Chairs and refreshing my training in the PACS system in order to be ready to hit the ground running in a few weeks when the system opens for presenters for the fall meeting in Denver. And let’s not forget the celebrations, as we really get moving during the International Year of Chemistry! I would be thoroughly panicked if not for the expert guidance that I continually receive from our outgoing program chair, Julie Smist. Julie has gone above and beyond to train me in the many details that go into preparing a national meeting. To most effectively receive this training, I shadowed her last spring as she prepared the Boston meeting and then she led me patiently through the steps of preparing the Anaheim meeting. All of the credit goes to Julie; the blame can come to me. I was also very fortunate to work with two dedicated and effective national meeting program chairs. Please express thanks to George Bodner and MaryKay Orgill who diligently worked to prepare an excellent program for Anaheim. This meeting includes over 1,500 papers, in 42 sessions, offering four concurrent sessions throughout each day of the meeting. A very special thank you goes to our high school program organizer Judie Flint Baumwirt. Judie and her co-organizer, Paul Shin, were very involved in the planning process for this program when Paul tragically passed away. His energy and enthusiasm were an inspiration to all who worked with him. Judie has gracefully assembled the pieces that were shared responsibilities before Paul’s illness and we’re extremely grateful to her. The PACS system continues to be an ongoing challenge for us from the level of abstract submission through final program generation. I find myself often humming one particular line from a Johnny Cash song that admonishes, “sometimes the old ways are best.” While the PACS system in its current state of deployment is far from perfect, the support of the staff at ACS has been amazing. I’m especially thankful for all the help that Farai Tsokodayi has given to me. I’m sure that she sighs loudly when my name appears in her inbox, yet again; however,

it’s never obvious from her prompt and expert responses. Our meeting planner, John Sophos, is thorough and a pleasure to work with, and Nancy Bakowski continues to be an invaluable support in organizing our Undergraduate Student Poster Sessions, which will include more than 1,000 presentations in Anaheim! I look forward to working with the Program Committee and the meeting co-chairs for the future meetings. Wayne Jones and Joe March are already deeply involved in the organization for Denver. One of my main goals as the division’s program chair is to find ways to make meeting programming a mostly enjoyable activity with as little burden as possible for our volunteers. I hope that many of you who have never organized a symposium in the past, or who haven’t done so for some time, will come forward with creative ideas for compelling symposia at future meetings. Organizing a symposium is actually quite a bit of fun and it’s one way to make your mark on the future of chemical education. Don’t let it pass you by! Why not drop me a line right away with an idea for San Diego next spring? Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any suggestions for programming at upcoming ACS national meetings. I look forward to seeing many of you near the gates of the “happiest place on earth.” ■


PROJECT CHEMLAB Carolyn Allen [[email protected]]

Carolyn Allen will transfer the chair’s duties to John

Woolcock on May 1, 2011 upon retiring in New Hampshire. A total of 178 annotations of lab-related papers published in Volume 87 of the Journal of Chemical Education were completed. Project CHEMLAB is in the process of creating its own website location.

Committee on Chemistry in the Two-Year College (COCTYC) and the Two-Year College Chemistry Consortium (2YC3) R. Mark Matthews [[email protected]], 2011 Chair


I’m happy to report that 2YC3 ended 2010 in great shape. Membership is strong, estimated to be 525 members at year’s end. Much of the year’s success can be attributed to our returning to four conferences a year, in addition to a fifth conference during the BCCE. We are also fortunate to have a dedicated and supporting group of officers who continue to work diligently year-round. The 189th 2YC3 Conference was held on September 10–11 at the Sylvania Campus of Portland Community College (Portland, OR). The theme of the conference was “Kaleidoscope: Celebrating new Innovations in Two-Year College Chemistry Programs.” Patty Maazouz served as program chair, Jim Schneider as assistant chair, Ken Friedrich as local arrangements chair, and Gabriele Backes as exhibits coordinator, all of whom are faculty members of PCC. Approximately 90 members were in attendance. The 190th Conference was held on November 12–13 at the North Campus of Wake Technical Community College (Raleigh, NC). The theme was “Education, Technology & Green Chemistry.” The organizing committee consisted of DeeDee Allen (program chair), Tracy Cheatham (local arrangements), and Ajit Dixit (exhibits coordinator), all of whom are faculty members of Wake Tech. Approximately 100 members were in attendance. The COCTYC continues to collaborate with the ACS Office of Two-Year Colleges (OTYC), including a SOCED task force to develop a mechanism for recognizing excellence for two-year college chemistry programs. Lance Lund, our 2010 chair,

represented 2YC3 at last fall’s Educational Summit in Washington, D.C. In early November, Frank Ramdayal resigned as membership chair for personal reasons. Lance Lund graciously served as interim chair for the remainder of the year in addition to his normal chair duties. We were fortunate to have Tom Higgins of Harold Washington College (Chicago, IL) volunteer to serve as membership chair and was formally elected to the office during our year-end elections. There were two other significant roster changes since August. Pam Clevenger from Hinds Community College (Raymond, MS) was elected as chair-elect 2012 and Michaleen Lee ended her term as past chair/RAB coordinator, marking an end to fifteen years of service on the COCTYC. A complete list of 2011 officers can be found at our website <2yc3.org>. Looking ahead, 2011 will mark the 50th anniversary of 2YC3, and we are excited to have each of the four regions hosting a conference this year. We are encouraging all of our conference hosts to help celebrate this auspicious milestone by offering additional funding for guest speakers. The OTYC have also graciously donated additional funding to our conference hosts to assist with our anniversary celebration. In addition, we will soon unveil a new, redesigned website that will allow members to manage their membership and conference registrations online. We have also begun to use the popular social networking sites Facebook <www.facebook.com/twoyearchem> and Twitter <www.twitter.com/2yc3> to stay connected with membership year-round. ■

New Member Committee Report Deborah Herrington [[email protected]]

The New Member Committee (NMC) is continuing to organize and support activities to support and welcome new members to the division as well as looking for new ways to address the needs of new members. Towards this goal, August 2, 2010, at the BCCE in Denton Texas, the NMC hosted its second New Member Welcome Brown Bag Lunch. Efforts by the NMC members ensured that we had representation from all of the DivCHED committees at the event. We also had representation

from the Board of Publications, the Board of Trustees of the Examinations Institute, the Journal of Chemical Education, and the Examinations Institute. An addition to the event this year was a one-page handout that gave a brief goal statement for each of the DivCHED committees and associated organizations as well as an FAQ section to facilitate new members becoming involved with the

Biennial Conference Committee Dwaine Eubanks [[email protected]]


When this is being written (in January), the business of the committee is much more about what has to happen between now and Anaheim than about what has actually happened during the dead of this unusually cold winter. The trouble with prognosticating is that it is impossible to forecast procrastinating. Nonetheless, I firmly believe that the organizing teams for upcoming Biennial Conferences are all on task and on schedule. So, here’s what you have to look forward to. One bit of news that just missed the last newsletter is that Sheryl Rummel of Penn State has agreed to serve as co-general chair along with Dan Sykes, who had already been named as the general chair for the 2012 BCCE. Dan has advised the BCC that the Penn State website <www.2012bcce.com> is about to be populated with a great deal of content concerning programming, exhibits, logistics, and all sorts of good stuff that will enable prospective attendees to make firm plans for the journey to State College. Make a note of the conference dates: July 29–August 2, 2012. The conference theme is “Education for Everyone!” in celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Land Grant College Act of 1862. The organizers are soliciting ideas for symposia and other actives on their website and Facebook page (BCCE2012). The official call for symposia and workshops opens August 1, 2011. In addition to symposia that address all aspects of teaching and learning, they are particularly interested in symposia that address the daily themes of the conference: (1) the land grant system; (2) green/sustainable chemistry; (3) food chemistry/molecular gastronomy; (4) the conference theme, “Education for Everyone!”; and (5) forensic chemistry. For organizations and companies interested in exhibiting at the conference, the contact person is Tracy Halmi (Penn State Erie, The Behrend

Campus, <[email protected]>). All other inquiries can be addressed to one of the general co-chairs, Dan Sykes <[email protected]> or Sheryl Rummel <[email protected]>; or to one of the program co-chairs, MaryKay Orgill (UNLV, <[email protected]> or Kent Crippen (UNLV, <[email protected]>). July of 2012 will be here before you know it. Check the Penn State BCCE website early and often. Now here’s an example of the problem with prognosticating. We had thought all the lawyerly stuff would be behind us for the 2014 BCCE at Grand Valley State. But we’re oh so close! By the time you read this, the ACS’s fine legal minds in Washington will have given us the “All clear!” to finally execute the contract between DivCHED and GVSU. Beyond that, Sherril Soman <[email protected]>, the general chair, and Julie Henderleiter <[email protected]>, the program chair, are building their team and dealing with myriad organizational issues that are critical to a successful Biennial Conference. Hold this thought: “Greener on the Grand” in 2014. That doesn’t really rhyme does it? The BCC has made a recommendation to the DivCHED Executive Committee for the site of the 2016 BCCE, and extensive groundwork has already been done in preparing for that conference. Stay tuned! The announcement will be made in Anaheim. AND, remember that the BCC is seeking an institution to host the 2018 BCCE. Please give it some thought, and contact me with your suggestions. My e-mail address is <[email protected]>. ■

division. The eight NMC members present at the event to help welcome and direct new members felt that this handout not only provided information for new members, but also provided a means for us to approach new members and talk to them about the division. Feedback from the event indicated that the event was well-attended, that new members found the personal contact and opportunity to ask questions of leaders in the division helpful, and that individual committees were able to get some useful feedback regarding their efforts. Additionally, several ways in which the event could be improved for the 2010 BCCE at Penn State were identified.

As the 2011 spring national meeting in Anaheim is quickly approaching, the NMC is now focused on personally inviting all of the new members in the division to join us at the CHED Social scheduled for Sunday night, 5:30 at the Disney Paradise Pier. As always, any ideas about how we can further meet the needs of our new members are always welcome. You can send them to a member of the NMC or, if you are planning to attend the spring meeting in Anaheim, you can plan to join us at our annual meeting scheduled for 12:30 on Monday, right after the division business meeting. We would like to thank Ann

Sullivan for her service on the NMC and are always looking for new members to join us. ■


Committee on Computers in Chemical Education (CCCE) Robert E. Belford [[email protected]], Chair 2010–2012

The Committee on Computers in Chemical Education is a standing committee of the Division of Chemical Education, which according to the bylaws “seeks to encourage, publicize and support the development, implementation and assessment of computing technologies in chemical education.” The CCCE runs an annual fall online newsletter, and as a service to the general chemical education community the CCCE hosts the online ConfChem conferences. These conferences can be focused on any aspect of chemical education, and there are currently two ConfChem Conferences in queue:

• Case-Based Studies in Chemical Education, May 2011, organized by Clyde Herreid;

• Assessment, May 2012, organized by Renée Cole. A description of the above conferences can be found in the ConfChem section of this newsletter and we are currently seeking conference organizers for 2013 & 2014. These conferences can be on any topic of interest to the chemical education community. Please contact Bob Belford <[email protected]> if you are interested in organizing a future ConfChem conference. The committee is sponsoring the upcoming symposia:

• Online Resources for Chemical Education, 241st ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, organized by Bob Belford, Bob Hanson and John Penn. This symposium contains presentations from both developers and educators on resources that can be obtained over the Internet, and on ways they can be utilized for the teaching and learning of chemistry. Presentations were sought from the perspectives of the development and implementation of web-based applications, along with how the open access nature of the web and social networking technologies are influencing the way scientists and educators communicate information, and how that is impacting chemical education. Papers were invited relating to specific web-based applications, creative

solutions to web-based issues in the context of chemical education, reports of the impact of web-based applications on pedagogy and learning, and visions of the future. The objective of this symposium is to provide educators and developers opportunities to share resources and experiences.

• Animations and Simulations: What are their Pedagogic

Roles?, 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver, organized by Jerry Suits <[email protected]>, is accepting papers. This symposium focuses on the pedagogic similarities and differences between animations and simulations in chemistry instruction. Chemical educators may not have a clear grasp of how they should use these two visually-based technologies (VBT) in their classrooms. Speakers will address a variety of questions—for example: When is it more effective to use an animation than a simulation, and vice versa? What are the design features (e.g., segmentation, learner control, prompting, feedback, etc.) that make for an effective VBT? Other topics may include: teacher guidance, optimal instructional contexts, type of knowledge and skills learned, appropriate assessment, and relationship between simulated and real experiments. Any theory-based or research-based papers on these topics are welcomed.

The committee is in the preliminary stages of organizing an intercollegiate OLCC (Online Chemistry Course) in ChemInformatics. The last OLCC was held in 2004 and was an interdivisional OLCC between DCHAS and DivCHED on Chemical Health and Safety. This course was offered at 8 universities and more information on OLCCs can be found at <http://www.ched-ccce.org/olcc/index.html>. It is our intention that this course will provide an up-to-date coverage of online and open resources and cheminformatic technologies that would be of value to chemists. Please contact Bob Belford <[email protected]> if you would be interested in becoming involved with this project. ■

Connect to the DivCHED website for up-to-date division-related information:

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1 Note: The Executive Committee (ExCom) has 15 members; all are elected except the Editor, J. Chem. Educ., and the Director, Examinations Institute. Only these 15 members have a vote on issues before or actions pending before the Executive Committee in its semiannual meetings.

Editor, Journal of Chemical Education Norbert J. Pienta University of Iowa Department of Chemistry 305 Chemistry Building Iowa City, IA 52242-1294 Tel. 319-335-1309; Fax 319-335-1270 [email protected] [email protected] Director, ACS Examinations Institute Thomas A. Holme Iowa State University 0213 Gilman Hall Ames, IA 50011 Tel. 800-854-1672 Fax 515-294-4492 [email protected]

Councilors Laura Pence (2009-11) University of Hartford Department of Chemistry West Hartford, CT 06117 Tel. 860-768-4356; Fax 860-768-4540 [email protected]

Gabriela C. Weaver (2010-12) Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Tel. 765-496-3055; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected] Renée Cole (2011-13) University of Central Missouri Dept. of Chemistry & Physics 415 W.C. Morris Building Warrensburg, MO 64093 Tel. 660-543-8704; Fax 660-543-4843 [email protected]

Alternate Councilors Ellen J. Yezierski (2009-11) Grand Valley State University 327A Padnos Hall of Science 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401-9403 Tel. 616-331-3808; Fax 616-331-3230 [email protected] Jennifer Lewis (2010-12) University of South Florida Chemistry Department 4202 East Fowler Ave., CHE 205 Tampa, FL 33620-8001 Tel. 813-974-1286; Fax 813-974-3203 [email protected] Mickey Sarquis (2010-12) Miami University – Middletown Department of Chemistry Middletown, OH 45042 Tel. 513-727-3278; Fax 513-727-3328 [email protected] Jeff Hepburn (2011-13) Des Moines Central Academy 1812 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309 Tel. 515-242-4862; Fax 515-242-8252 [email protected]

2011 Chair Arlene A. Russell University of California-Los Angeles Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569 Tel. 310-825-7570; Fax 310-825-4795 [email protected]

2112 Chair-Elect George Bodner Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Tel. 765-494-5313; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected]

2010 Immediate Past Chair Susan C. Nurrenbern Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Tel. 765-494-0823; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected]

Secretary and Councilor Resa Kelly (2011-13) San José State University Department of Chemistry San José, CA 95192-0101 Tel. 408-924-4940 Fax 408-924-4945 [email protected] Treasurer Anna M. Wilson (2009-11) 2225 South Earl Avenue Lafayette, IN 47905-2266 Tel. 765-474-6553; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected] Program Chair Irv Levy Department of Chemistry, Gordon College Wenham, MA 01984, Tel. 978- 867-4877, Fax 978- 867-4666 [email protected] Member-at-Large Jimmy Reeves University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403-5932 Tel. 910-962-3450 Fax 910-962-3013 [email protected]

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE1

DIVISION OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, INC.

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DivCHED CONNECTIONS

Executive Committee (ExComm) Arlene A. Russell (Address Page 17)

Board of Publication (PUB) Donald J. Wink University of Illinois-Chicago Department of Chemistry 845 W. Taylor Street Chicago, IL 60607-7061 Tel. 312-996-3161; Fax 312-996-0431 [email protected] Board of Trustees, ACS Exams Institute (EXAM) Stacey Lowery Bretz Miami University Department of Chemistry Oxford, OH 45056 Tel. 513-529-3731; Fax 513-529-5715 [email protected] Biennial Conference (BCC) I. Dwaine Eubanks Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Clemson University 335 Woodland Way Clemson, SC 29631 Tel. 864-654-8269; Fax 864-653-7315 [email protected]

Chemistry Education Research (CER) Vickie Williamson Texas A&M University Department of Chemistry PO Box 30012 College Station, TX 77843-0001 Tel. 409-845-4634; Fax 409-862-3308 [email protected]

Chemistry in Two-Year Colleges (COCTYC) Mark Matthews Durham Technical Community College 1637 Lawson St., Durham, NC 27703 Tel. 919) 686-3773

Computers in Chem Ed (CCCE) Robert E. Belford University of Arkansas-Little Rock 2801 S. University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72204-1000 Tel. 501-569-8824 [email protected]

Finance Committee (FC) Arlene A. Russell (Address Page 17) High School Chemistry (HSCC) Richard Goodman Horace Greeley High School Science Department 70 Roaring Brook Chappaqua, NY 10514-1710 Tel. 914-861-9449 [email protected] Jeff Hepburn (Address Page 17) Committee on International Activities (CIA) Carmen Valdez Gauthier Florida Southern College 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr. Polk Science 126 Lakeland, FL 33801 Tel. 863-6803970; Fax 863-680-3970 [email protected]

Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) Ingrid Montes University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Chemistry Department PO Box 23346 San Juan, PR 00931-3346 Tel. 809-764-0000 ext. 4795; Fax 787-764-1558 [email protected] Membership Committee (MC) Allene Johnson 152 Lexington Ave. Maplewood, NJ 07040-3509 Tel. 937-763-6883 [email protected] New Member Committee (NMC) Deborah Herrington Grand Valley State University Chemistry Department, Padnos Hall 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Tel: 616-331-3809; Fax 616-331-3230 [email protected]

Passer Portfolio Committee (PP) Richard F. Jones Sinclair Community College Liberal Arts & Science Dayton, OH 45402-1460 937-512-2916; Fax 937-512-2409 [email protected]

Personnel & Nominations (CPN) Marcy H. Towns Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907 Tel. 765-496-1574; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected]

Program Committee (PC) Irv Levy (Address Page 17)

Project Chem Lab (PCL) Carolyn Allen University of North Carolina Chemistry Department Charlotte, NC 28223 Tel. 704-547-4765 [email protected] Recognition Committee (RC) Anna M. Wilson (Address Page 17)

Regional Meeting Committee (REGMET) Frank Creegan 213 Waldo Dr Chestertown, MD 21620-1649 [email protected] Mike McGinnis No. Georgia College & State Univ. 205 Rodgers Hall Dahlonega, GA 30597 Tel. 706-864-1504 [email protected] Web Committee (WEB) John Holmes (Chair, 2007-present) Journal of Chemical Education 209 North Books Madison, WI 53715-1116 Tel. 608-262-7917 [email protected]

COMMITTEE CHAIRS



Biennial Conference Committee I. Dwaine Eubanks, Chair (2008, 2009-2011) Amina K. El-Ashmawy, (2007-2012) Jeff Cramer (2009-2011) Laura Eisen (2006-2011) Cheryl Frech (2006-2011) John Gelder (2009-2011) Rich Goodman (2009-2011) Bill Harwood (2009-2011) Richard Jones (2009-2011) Cathrine (Kate) Reck (2009-2011) Ann Sullivan (2009-2011) Steve Wietstock (2009-2011)

Chemical Education Research Vickie Williamson, (2011-2013, Chair) Diane Bunce (2010-2012) Gautam Bhattacharya (2007-2012) Renee Cole (2011-2013) Melanie Cooper (2010-2012) Nathan Grove (2011-2013) Deborah Herrington (2006-2011) Willy Hunter (2007-2012) Greg Rushton (2009-2011) Cianan Russell (2009-2011) Jessica (Jessie) Vanden Plas (2011-2013) Ningfeng (Peter) Zhao (2009-2011)

Committee on Chemistry in the Two Year College Mark Matthews, Chair (2009-2014) Jason Jadin, Chair-elect: (2010-2015) Pam Clevenger (2011-2016) Jeff Cramer (2007-2011) Julie Ellefson-Kuehn (2010-2012) Tom Higgins (2011-2013) Lance Lund (2008-2013) Candice McCloskey-Campbell (2007-2012) Luca Preziati (2010-2012) Jim Schneider (2010-2012) Michele Turner (2009-2014) Computer Committee Bob Belford (2008-2013, Chair) Jack Barbera (2009-2011) Mark Bishop (2011-2013) Jordi Cuadros (2011-2013)

Lance Dewey (2011-2013) Liz Dorland (2006-11) Mitch Garcia (2010-2012) Robert Gregorius (2010-12) Jonathan Gutow (2010-2012) Resa Kelly (2009-2011) Myung-Hoon Kim (2011-2013) Robert Kojima (2011-2013) Brian Pankuch (2006-2011) Harry Pence (2011-2013) John Penn (2008-2013) Xavier Prat-Resina (2011-2013) Michael Sanger (2008-2013) Rick Spinney (2010-2012) Jerry Suits (2009-2011) Bob Tatz (2011-2013) Malka Yayon (2011-2013) Jason Telford (2010-2012) Scott Van Bramer, (2007-2012) Finance Committee Arlene Russell, Chair George Bodner, Chair-Elect Anna Wilson, Treasurer Chris Bauer, Board of Publication Sue Nurrenbern, Past Chair (2010)

High School Committee Richard Goodman (2011-2013 Co-Chair) Jeff Hepburn (2011-2013, Co-Chair) Lynn Hogue (2008-2013) Erica Jacobson (2011-2013) Allene Johnson (2006-2011) Linda D. Monroe (2009-2011) Penney Sconzo (2008-2013) Laura Slocum (2011-2013) Analice Sowell (2011-2013) Fred Vital (2008-2013) Deanna York (2008-2013) Ellen J. Yezierski (2009-2011)

Committee on International Activities Carmen Valdez Gauthier Chair, (2006-2011) Margaret Asirvatham (2009-2011) Butch Atwood (2008-2013) Anil Banerjee (2011-2013) Eun-Woo Chang (2006-2011) Lourdes Echegoyen (2011-2013) Mort Hoffman (2005-2013) Richard F. Jones (2007-12) David Katz (2007-2012) John (Jack) Kotz (2007-12)

Zafra Lerman (2005-2013) Tyson Miller (2010-12) Mary Virginia Orna (2009-2011) Sonali Ranje (2011-2013) Santiago Sandi-Urena (2011-2013) Hessy Taft (2009-2011) Michael Wedlock (2007-2012) Long Range Planning Committee Ingrid Montes, Chair (2008-13) Loretta Jones (2009-2011) Rich Bauer (2008-2013) Alan Crosby (2006-11) Laura Eisen (2008-2013) Doug Mulford (2008-13) Laura Pence (2009-2011) Sonali Ranje (2011-2013) William R. Robinson (2009-2011) Arlene Russell (2009-2011) Susan Shih (2009-2011) Barbara Sitzman, (2009-2011) Susan C. Nurrenbern, Past-Chair Anna Wilson, Ex-Officio Membership Committee Allene Johnson, Chair (2008-10) David Heroux (2008-10) Pam Lord (2008-10) New Member Committee Deborah Herrington, Chair (2008-2013, Chair) Jennifer Lewis, (2007-2012) Renee Beeton (2009-2011) Cheryl Frech (2006-2011) Dan King (2008-2011) Tom Pentecost (2009-2011) Cianan Russell (2010-2012) Suzanne Ruder (2010-2012) Jimmy Reeves (2011-2013), Member-at-Large

2011 COMMITTEE ROSTERS (First listing is that of the Chair, for addresses, see p. 18)


Recognition Committee Anna Wilson, Chair (2011) Arlene Russell (2011) Sue Nurrenbern (2010) Loretta Jones (2006) Lance Lund (Past Chair COCTYC) Jerry Sarquis (2008) Regional Meeting Committee Frank Creegan, Co-Chair (2009-2013) Mike McGinnis, Co-Chair (2008-2013) Amina El-Ashmawy (2011-2013) Cheryl Frech (2006-11) Allene Johnson (2006-11) Paul Rillema (2006-11) Frank Torre (2011-2013) Steve Wood (2006-11)

Web Committee Jon Holmes, Chair (2007-present) Resa Kelly (2011) Heather Johnson (2011)

Daniel Bernier (2003) Kenneth Brown (1994) Ken Capps (2006) G. Lynn Carlson (2001) Roy Cohen (2004) Van Crawford (1992 or earlier) Kelley Donaghy (2001) Tom Eberlein (2001) Mark Fritz (2001) Ping Furlan (2001) Arthur Greenberg (2000) Michael Guarnieri (2001) John Hanson (2002) Jim. Hardy (2001) Alan Hazari (2003) Tom Higgins (2005) Gail Horowitz (2004) Ian Hunt (2005) Ramee Indralingam (2003) Albert Jache (2001) Michael Jansen (2001) Ishenkumba Kahwa (2001) Jim Konzelman (2001) Leroy Laverman (2003) Joe March (2001) Sally McDuffie (2001) Larry McGahey (2001) Rob Milne (2002) John Mitschele (2001) John Risley (2000) Greg Rushton (2006) Michael Seery (2005) Marie Sherman (2001) Darren Stoub (2001) Louise Stracener (2002) Jennifer Strahl (2009) Worth Vaughn (2002) Don Warner (2003) Kathryn Williams (2002) John Woolcock (1998) John Zimmerman (2001) Jim Zubrick (1992 or earlier) Reshmi Mukherjee (2007) Joao Nabais (2005) Maria Oliver-Hoyo (2001) Shallee Page (2002) Owen Priest (2001) Ponnadurai Ramasami (2002) Manit Rappon (1992 or earlier) Paul Rasmusen (1992 or earlier) Jaak Raudsepp (2007) Pat Redden (2001)

Passer Portfolio Committee Richard Jones, Chair (2006-11) Mark Bryant (2007-2013) Clarita Bhat (2004-20012) Lucy Garmon (2008-2011) Arlene Russell (2009-2011) Angela Powers (2006-2011) Anna Wilson Ex-Officio Personnel & Nominations Marcy Towns (2007-2012, Chair) Melanie Cooper (2008-2013) Barbara Gonzalez (2008-2013) Richard Jones (2009-2011) Rick Moog (2008-2012) Cinzia Muzzi (2007-2013) Maria Oliver-Hoyo (2008-2012) Gabriela Weaver (2007-2012)

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Announcements, Materials, & Opportunities

Call for Nominations 2011 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry

Deadline: April 15, 2011

Nominations are invited for the 2011 James Flack Norris Award, which consists of a certificate and an honorarium of $3,000 and is given annually by the Northeastern Section (NESACS). The presentation will take place at a ceremony and dinner in November 2011, and will include a formal address by the awardee. The Award was established in 1950 by NESACS to honor the memory of James Flack Norris (1871–1940), a professor of chemistry at Simmons College and M.I.T., chair of NESACS in 1904, and ACS President in 1925–26. Nominees should have served with special distinction as teachers of chemistry at any level: secondary school, college, and/or graduate school. With the presentation of the first Award in 1951, awardees have included many eminent teachers at all levels whose efforts have had a wide-ranging effect on chemical education. The recipient will be selected from an international list of nominees who have served with special distinction as teachers of chemistry with significant achievements. A nomination in the form of a letter should focus on the candidate’s contributions to and effectiveness in teaching chemistry. The nominee’s curriculum vitae should be included and, where appropriate, a list of honors, awards, and

publications related to chemical education. Seconding letters may also be included; these should show the impact of the nominee’s teaching for inspiring colleagues and students toward an active life in the chemical sciences, and attest to the influence of the nominee’s other activities in chemical education, such as textbooks, journal articles, or other professional activity at the local, national, and international level. The nomination materials should consist of the primary nomination letter, supporting letters, and the candidate’s curriculum vitae. Reprints or other publications should NOT be included. The material should not exceed thirty (30) pages, and should be submitted electronically in Adobe PDF format through April 15, 2011 to Anna Singer, NESACS Administrative Secretary <[email protected]>. For more information about the Award, see <http://www.nesacs.org/awards_norris.html>. The list of past recipients can be found at: <http://www.nesacs.org/Awards/Norris/norris_recipients.html>. Questions about the Award or the nomination process should be directed to the chair of the Norris Award Committee, Kathi

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Online Nanoscience Course

This course welcomes teachers to the nanoworld, teachers who would like to learn more about nanoscience and nanotechnology and incorporating these topics into the curriculum. Central Michigan University, in partnership with the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at UW-Madison, will again offer this 8-week online course starting June 20, 2011. It covers a variety of nano-related topics, highlights activities for use with students, and enables instructors to incorporate nanoscience into their own courses. Teachers who complete the course will receive 2 hours of graduate credit and partial support for tuition and fees.

Teachers who have taken the course previously have made these comments: • “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 all of

chemistry could be taught from a nano perspective … if students could be fully immersed in the nanoscale … people would understand chemistry better;”

• “I have learned a tremendous amount and I have seen many places to include what I have learned.”

For more information, contact the instructor, Janice Hall

Tomasik: <[email protected]>, 989-774-3330. ■


CONFCHEM Online Conference Case-Based Studies in Chemical Education

May and June 2011

CONFCHEM Online Conference Assessment

May 2012

This conference will highlight the incorporation of case-based studies within the chemistry and science curriculum. Papers include:

• What’s Next for Case Study Teaching in Science?, Clyde

Freeman Herreid, University at Buffalo;

• Organic Growth: Real Life in Organic Chemistry, Frank

Dinan, Canisius College;

• The Use of Case Studies in an Introductory Biochemistry

Course, Kathleen Cornely, Providence College;

• You Call That a (Chemistry) Case?, Christa L. Colyer,

Wake Forest University;

• Case Study Teaching in the Community College,

Brahmadeo Dewprashad, Borough of Manhattan

Community College, CUNY;

• Chemist’s Guide of Ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum,

Eleonora Del Federico, Pratt Institute;

• One Story, Different Classes: Using the Same Case Study

for Different Levels of Chemistry Students, Ann Taylor,

Wabash College;

• Use of Case Study for the Introductory Chemistry

Laboratory Environment, Valerie Frerichs, University at

Buffalo.

Abstracts will be available at: <http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2011/b_Spring2011/index.html>. For further information contact the conference organizer: Clyde F. Herreid Director, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Distinguished Teaching Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences Academic Director, Honors College State University of New York at Buffalo <[email protected]> Consult the CONFCHEM website for additional information: <http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/index.html>. ■

This conference will highlight assessment within and across the curriculum. Papers are sought that will assist educators in assessing students, teaching, and programs. Topics of significant interest include:

• Innovative ways to assess student learning, particularly in higher level skills;

• Research based instruments available for assessment; • Ways to assess teaching effectiveness, both in terms of

professional development and documentation for promotion and tenure;

• Tested ways of programmatic assessment, particularly in terms of meeting accreditation requirements.

After the conference, contributors will have the option of submitting their papers to the JCE ConfChem Feature for peer review. Anyone interested in submitting a paper should contact Renée

Cole, University of Central Missouri, <[email protected]>. Relevant Dates: December 1st 2011 Deadline for title and abstract April 7th 2012 Deadline for papers May 7th 2012 Beginning of conference ■


DIVCHED PUBLISHES

Journal of Chemical Education Available by subscription. Published monthly. Submis-sions for possible publication should be sent to the Jour-nal’s editorial office. See page 23 of this newsletter for contact information. Journal of Chemical Education: Software Available by subscription or as single issues. Electronic, videodisc, CD-ROM, and computer media. To find out about existing materials or to submit your own for possi-

ble publication contact JCE: Software’s editorial office. See page 23 of this newsletter for contact information.

ACS DivCHED Exams Standardized exams available for a wide range of cours-es as well as test-item banks, small-scale lab assessment activities, and a student study guide for general chemis-try. To purchase ACS Standardized exams or to help write an exam, contact the ACS DivCHED Examinations Institute. See page 22 of this newsletter for contact infor-mation.

Applications Being Accepted for The Dorothy and Moses Passer Education Fund Richard Jones [[email protected]]

This fund was established by a generous donation of Dorothy and Moses Passer. Moses (Mike) Passer was for many years the head of the ACS Education Division. The fund provides grants for teachers at two- and four-year colleges or universities that do not have any advanced degree programs in the chemical sciences. The awards support continuing education activities that must be directly related to the applicant’s teaching and must take them away from their campus. The applicant must be a full time faculty member at his or her institution. The applications are reviewed by a committee. There is no application form but the application must include a description of the proposed activity and how it relates to his/her teaching

with dates, locations, titles and contacts; a brief description of the applicant’s institution and department; a short curriculum vita; an itemized estimate of expenses, amount of aid requested and sources of all supplemental funds. No support will be given for general attendance at national, regional or local ACS meetings or for any sabbatical support. Closing dates are three times each year: January 1, April 1, and September 1. All applications must be received electronically. For further information or inquiries contact Richard Jones, [email protected]; mailing address: Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH 45402. ■


SYMPOSIUM REPORTS FROM BOSTON

NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate

Curriculum Robert K. Boggess and Cindy A. Burkhardt The 24th National Science Foundation Symposium, “NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum,” was held as part of the Division of Chemical Education program at the 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition. The speakers were chosen from recent NSF award winners within the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) – Phase I and Type 1 Programs. The symposium provided an opportunity to report accomplishments and inform others considering curricular changes. Barbara Hillery of SUNY Old Westbury began the Symposium by describing a project that involved cooperation between a research university (Clarkson University), a predominantly undergraduate institution (SUNY Old Westbury), and a community college (Nassau Community College). Research at Clarkson University involving the modification of an electrode surface and removal of arsenic from environmental samples using nanoparticles was first introduced to students enrolled in an instrumental analysis course through the synthesis and characterization of the nanoparticles. Based upon their results, experiments were later implemented at SUNY Old Westbury and Nassau Community College using an inquiry-based teaching style. Transforming research projects into laboratory experiments and lecture material was also the topic for Lawrence Duffy, from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, as he described three courses designed to connect arctic research with education that utilized SENCER: Teaching Through Real-World Issues. Scientific, cultural, and public policy topics were connected in the course “Radioactivity in the North.” In “Chemistry in Complex Systems,” students discussed the historical, societal, and cultural aspects of traditional chemistry topics. In “Land and Environment,” traditional information was broken into sections involving climate change and complexity, natural resources, and health and environment. Steven Wood of Brigham Young University introduced the audience to ChemCompanion, a digital text for the first-year chemistry course. The goals of this

text include teaching and reinforcing core concepts, building skills, having an overall appeal to the students, and becoming an efficient use of student time. Overall, the majority of students who utilized this text preferred it to the traditional text, thought they had a better concept understanding, and actually worked more problems. Integrating chemistry with other disciplines generally enhances student interest and appreciation for the sciences. Arne

Gericke from Kent State University described a unique interdisciplinary learning experience in biophotonics for junior and senior level students. They work in small groups each containing chemistry, biology, and physics majors with each student contributing their strength to the group. The course consisted of three modules - physics, physical chemistry, and biology - with a research project to complete the course. Ryan

Sweeder discussed the Bringing Relationships Alive through Interdisciplinary Discourse (BRAID) program introduced at Lyman Briggs College, a science residential college at Michigan State University. The goal of BRAID is for students to recognize the interdisciplinary nature of the sciences. Both high dose and low dose curricular models in conjunction with two different laboratory models were described. Student outcomes demonstrated the desired connections were made in the high dose and laboratory models but not the low dose model. The incorporation of modern instrumentation into the curriculum toward solving real-world problems generally motivates student learning. Paul Martino from Flathead Valley Community College discussed how the incorporation of NMR instrumentation was a catalyst for departmental reform toward inquiry-based laboratory experiences and for communications between high school and community college faculty and students. He outlined experiments incorporated into the general chemistry, non-majors GOB, and organic chemistry courses at the community college and also a local high school organic chemistry course using a peer-learning model. An inquiry-based model was also described by Mark Jensen of Concordia College. To generate student engagement and interest, instrument-based experiments were designed and incorporated into the second-semester general chemistry course. A quantitative analysis laboratory course was designed incorporating six instrument-based experiments and various multi-week projects. Leah O’Brien from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville discussed the introduction of nano-isothermal calorimetry into the curriculum as faculty members from different areas worked to design and implement an EDTA

The following symposium report from the ACS 240th National Meeting in Boston, MA, August 22–26, 2010, was not included in the last issue of the Newsletter. It is printed in its entirety below.


binding experiment for the physical chemistry laboratory and a lysozyme binding experiment for the biochemistry laboratory. Susan Shadle discussed how an instrument-intensive curriculum affected student critical thinking skills at Boise State University. Modern instrumentation was incorporated into the general and organic chemistry courses, integrated laboratory series, and undergraduate research. Two forms of assessment (survey and rubric-scored evaluation) were performed four times throughout the curriculum and showed that experience made a difference in knowledge and that practical knowledge/confidence about an instrument precedes ability to solve instrument-intensive problems. Timothy Wagner of Youngstown State University described a new curriculum, very similar to the Research Experiences to Enhance Learning project (Ohio-REEL), offered in the general chemistry course. Modules were designed with a materials science focus and new X-ray powder diffractometer and Ocean Optics UV-Vis equipment allowed for the characterization. The synthesis and characterization of these materials provided a meaningful research experience. Laura Frost and Michele McGibony of Georgia Southern University realized that students enrolled in the biochemistry laboratory course did not transfer their analytical skills developed in the analytical laboratory. They described a new Bioanalytical Laboratory course designed at Georgia Southern University to address this deficiency. Students take both analytical chemistry and biochemistry lecture courses during the same semester along with the newly developed laboratory course. Analytical-based, biochemical-based, and research-based experiments are performed and the level of inquiry learning increases throughout the semester. Changes in teaching and learning do not take place without planning and this was certainly emphasized by Judith Iriarte-Gross as she discussed five years of change that has taken place in the Middle Tennessee State University general education STEM curriculum. The laboratory portion of the non-majors course was first updated to include the use of Vernier probes for the investigation of more real-world problems. A new course was developed in which students write editorials, practice problem solving, host guest speakers, give team presentations, and debate current issues. Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER) was also incorporated to improve student attitudes and interest. Kathleen Scalise of the University of Oregon stressed that changes made to a curriculum must be assessed. She described ChemQuery as a formative assessment instructional strategy for a first semester chemistry course and reviewed the Berkeley

Evaluation and Assessment Research (BEAR): construct centered design with framework, instrument, scoring, and measurement model. Examples of measurement ideas and treatment and comparison conditions were given and results for STEM attrition were presented. In addition to the diverse symposium topics, NSF Program Director Bert Holmes gave an overview of the undergraduate programs sponsored by the Foundation. Following his presentation, Pam Brown (New York City College of Technology), George Heard (University of North Carolina at Asheville), Greg Peters (Wilkes University), and Doug

Sawyer (Scottsdale Community College) led an informative panel discussion concerning the content of a competitive proposal, and a useful question-answer period with the audience followed. The symposium provided Principle Investigators of thirteen NSF awards to disseminate the results of their projects. The overview and panel discussion provided a means for audience members to gain information about current NSF programs and funding levels and also the opportunity to ask specific questions of both NSF personnel and recent proposal reviewers. Plans are underway to continue the symposium at the 242nd national meeting in Denver (August 2011). The organizers will solicit participation in the symposium in January. CCLI and TUES awardees within the last five years should receive an invitation to participate in the symposium. If the invitation is not received, please contact either of the organizers at Radford University. ■

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MEETINGS

DIVISION OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION

General Info, High School Program, & Technical Program in Brief George Bodner [[email protected]], Meeting Co-Chair; Mary Kay Orgill [[email protected]], Meeting Co-Chair; Irv Levy [[email protected]], CHED Program Chair

241st ACS National Meeting

Anaheim, CA March 27–31, 2011

High-School Teachers Program: Where and When: The High School Program will be held in the Disney Grand Californian Hotel & Spa on Sunday, March 27.

Registration All attendees must register for the meeting to participate in the technical sessions and programs. Registration provides full access to the special High School Chemistry Day program on Sunday, the entire ACS meeting (Sunday–Thursday), and the Exposition (Monday–Wednesday). Cost for registration for precollege teachers is $100 and includes the luncheon. Early registration ends February 9, 2011. On-site registration is possible but not encouraged. Morning Program 8:00 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. Welcome 9:10 a.m. Green chemistry: Sustainability with nature’s

resources (John Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry)

9:40 a.m. Green chemistry education in the high school (Rachel Pokrandt, Beyond Benign)

10:35 a.m. Intermission 10:45 a.m. The SHArK Project: A new paradigm in science

laboratory experiments (Jennifer Schuttlefield, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh)

11:40 a.m. Intermission 11:50 a.m. Luncheon


12:20 p.m. Award Address (James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). These are just two of my favorite (chemistry) things (Jesse Bernstein, Miami Country Day School)

Afternoon Program — Session A 1:00 p.m. So, when will there finally be a breakthrough for

these solar thingies? (Clemens Heske, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

1:30 p.m. Using Moodle to support high-quality chemistry teaching and learning (Kent Crippen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

2:00 p.m. Intermission 2:10 p.m. Taters, toothpicks, & tetrahedral (Paul Groves, South

Pasadena High School) 2:40 p.m. Juice from Juice: A berry juice-sensitized TiO2 solar

cell lab curriculum for biology, chemistry, and physics high school students (Michael Walter, California Institute of Technology)

3:10 p.m. Intermission 3:20 p.m. “Being naturally resourceful”: Ready-to-use

resources from the Journal of Chemical Education (Laura Slocum, Journal of Chemical Education and University High School of Indiana)

4:10 p.m. Closing Remarks Afternoon Program — Session B 1:00 p.m. CNSI high-school nanoscience: Superhydrophobic

surfaces (Sarah Tolbert, University of California, Los Angeles)

1:30 p.m. Using SMART board and other technologies in the chemistry classroom (Debbie Bennett, Calabasas High School)

2:00 p.m. Intermission 2:10 p.m. Engaging students in standards-based chemistry: A

new teacher forum (Ethan Sullivan, Granada Hills Charter High School)

2:40 p.m. UC-Irvine Chemistry Outreach: Providing the spark to light an educational fire (Douglas Otte, University of California, Irvine)

3:10 p.m. Intermission 3:20 p.m. Rejoin Section A group Evening Program 5:30-7:00 PM CHED social hour at Disney’s Paradise Pier CHED Technical Program All CHED technical sessions except the General Posters and Undergraduate Posters will be held in Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, 1600 South Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, CA 92803, tel: (714) 635-2300. The General Poster Session will be held at Disney’s Paradise Pier; the Undergraduate Research Poster Sessions will be held in the

Anaheim Convention Center. Unless otherwise noted, morning sessions begin at 8:30 a.m., afternoon sessions at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 27

Sunday Morning A. High School Program, Part I (8:00 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.) Judith Flint-Baumwirt and Paul Shin, Organizers Judith Flint-Baumwirt, Presiding

In support of the National ACS Conference theme of “Natural Resources,” the High School Chemistry Day theme will present best practices of “Being Naturally Resourceful.” Hands-on opportunities and instructional resources for new and experienced teachers that are entertaining, engaging and relevant will be provided in a selection of workshops and presentations. The program includes guest speakers, activities, and access to vendors, as well as the latest research on renewable energy resources. B. Chemical Education Research: A Symposium Focusing

on the Presentation and Discussion of Graduate Student

Research Derek Behmke and Cynthia Luxford, Organizers, Presiding

Networking among chemical education researchers is important for both the development and sharing of new ideas. As beginning researchers, graduate students need a forum where these interactions can take place. This symposium will showcase ongoing chemical education graduate student research. Each 10Lminute presentation will be followed by 10 minutes of questions and discussion. Presenters will be encouraged to embed discussion questions they wish to be addressed in their presentation.

C. Application of Visualizations Thomas Greenbowe, Organizer, Presiding

This symposium will explore both the theoretical parameters and practical classroom implementation of animations, simulations, and visualizations related to the teaching and learning of chemistry. Contributions that shed light on how visualizations are used to illustrate specific chemistry topics; that include data about how visualizations are used to improve student understanding of chemistry; and/or that describe the integration of instructional tutorials or worksheets that incorporate guided-inquiry and the learning cycle with visualizations are encouraged. D. NMR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum Anton Wallner and David Soulsby, Organizers Anton Wallner, Presiding

With the increasing availability of nuclear magnetic resonance instruments at the undergraduate level, NMR spectroscopy has become an integral component of the chemistry curriculum. The broad array of experiments and technologies now available to a chemist or biochemist for


characterizing molecules presents many challenges on how to best integrate NMR spectroscopy into a crowded undergraduate curriculum. These challenges include; creating multiple opportunities for the use of NMR spectroscopy, developing novel experiments, incorporating NMR spectroscopy in undergraduate research, student throughput (direct use and automation), and scheduling. This symposium will examine approaches to incorporating NMR spectroscopy at all levels of the undergraduate curriculum (from General Chemistry to Undergraduate Research) and novel ways to address the challenges of integrating NMR into the undergraduate academic experience. Sunday Afternoon A. High-School Program, Part II Judie Flint Baumwirt and Paul Shin, Organizers Deborah Bennett, Presiding

B. High-School Program, Part III Judie Flint Baumwirt and Paul Shin, Organizers Michael Morgan, Presiding C. 75 Years of the Committee on Professional Training

(CPT): It's Not Just About Approval Cynthia Larive, Organizer, Presiding

This symposium celebrates the 75th anniversary of the ACS Committee on Professional Training, CPT. Presentations will highlight the history of the committee and the impact of CPT’s various activities on undergraduate chemistry education.

Topics covered will include excellence and rigor in undergraduate chemistry programs, the importance of diversity to the future of chemistry, chemistry’s role in interdisciplinary science, a global perspective on the future of chemistry and CPT’s interactions with the chemistry community through the approval process. The symposium will be followed by a celebratory reception. D. Peer-Reviewed Chemical Education Research Vickie Williamson, Sam Pazicni, and Diane Bunce, Organizers Diane Bunce, Presiding

This symposium will feature in-depth presentations of completed chemical education research studies that have undergone peer review by a subcommittee of the Chemical Education Research Committee. Consideration for inclusion in this symposium was based on a 1000-word abstract that described the study's theoretical basis or rationale, the research questions posed, a brief methodology, analysis, and summary of findings. Graduate students and postLdocs were encouraged to submit. Sunday Evening

Division Social Hour The CHED social hour will be held from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at Disney’s Paradise Pier. A. General Posters (7:00 p.m. at Disney’s Paradise Pier) Thomas Bussey, Organizer

Nature holds a vast treasury of inorganic and organic chemicals, covering the entire span from very small to gigantic in molecular weight, and from simple to complex in structure and formulation. Since ancient times we have been using the chemicals and materials provided by Nature, and as societal awareness of the climate situation increases we look upon Nature’s pantry with renewed interest. Finding and isolating natural resources can help us develop renewable chemicals and materials. Identifying and understanding their chemistry can help us use them more wisely. Refining our knowledge of the chemistry of natural resources can help us to use them in a more sustainable way. A sound platform of insights about the

chemistry of natural resources also supports our mimicking of the chemistry in Nature. Within this theme, emphasis will be on the various aspects of understanding, creating and using the chemicals of Nature. This includes the recovery, utilization, and production of chemicals from byproducts and waste within the forestry, mining and agricultural processing industries, the production of functional materials and fuels from renewable resources, the environmental interaction of renewable materials, new approaches to synthetic photosynthesis and the chemistry of natural products. ■

Synopsis of Anaheim Theme, Chemistry of Natural Resources Professor Ann-Christine Albertsson Thematic Program Chair, 241st ACS National Meeting Editor-in-Chief, ACS Biomacromolecules Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden


Monday, March 28

Monday Morning A. Online Resources for Chemical Education, Part I Robert Belford, Robert Hanson and John Penn, Organizers Robert Belford, Presiding This symposium features presentations from both developers and educators on resources which can be obtained over the internet, and on ways they can be utilized for the teaching and learning of chemistry. Presentations were solicited from the perspectives of development and implementation of web-based applications, along with how the open-access nature of the web and social networking technologies are influencing the way scientists and educators communicate information, and how that is impacting chemical education. Papers were also invited that related to specific web-based applications, creative solutions to web-based issues in the context of chemical education, reports of the impact of web-based applications on pedagogy and learning, or visions of the future. The objective of this symposium is to provide educators and developers opportunities to share resources and experiences. B. Unleashing Electrochemistry’s Potential: Resistance Is

Futile, Part I Karole Blythe, Stephen Fosdick, Elizabeth Nettleton, Amy Stafford, Maggie Weber, and David Yancey, Organizers David Yancey, Presiding

Electrochemistry is fundamental to many industries including the development of synthetic processes, energy storage materials, and several other practical applications. Such applications impact our everyday quality of life, for example, through the use of cell phone batteries and medical testing supplies. This symposium’s goal is to connect a broad audience with distinguished speakers who have been pushing the limits of electrochemistry. We hope to enhance the understanding of a research area that possesses unlimited potential. C. Research in Chemical Education, Part I Barbara Gonzalez and Kereen Monteyne, Organizers Barbara Gonzalez, Presiding

This symposium, sponsored by the CHED Committee on Chemical Education Research, will provide a forum for the exploration of research conducted on the teaching and learning of chemistry. Papers will address four critical aspects of chemical education research: (1) the motivation for the research and the type of problems investigated, (2) the methodology employed to collect and interpret data, (3) the findings of the research and (4) the significance of those results and their potential ramifications for education practice and future research. D. Diversity in Chemistry: Research, Programs, and

Interventions Megan Grunert, Organizer, Presiding

This symposium will include presentations on current

research on women and underrepresented minorities in chemistry, as well as programs and interventions aimed at increasing diversity in chemistry at all educational levels. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods will document the representation of different groups in chemistry along with understanding issues such as persistence, choiceLmaking, and achievement motivation. Having a broad range of perspectives will help facilitate discussions about increasing diversity and being more supportive of underrepresented groups in chemistry.

Monday Afternoon A. Online Resources for Chemical Education Part II Robert Belford, Robert Hanson and John Penn, Organizers Robert Belford, Presiding B. Unleashing Electrochemistry’s Potential: Resistance Is

Futile, Part II Karole Blythe, Stephen Fosdick, Elizabeth Nettleton, Amy Stafford, Maggie Weber, and David Yancey, Organizers Karole Blythe, Presiding C. Research in Chemical Education, Part II Barbara Gonzalez and Kereen Monteyne, Organizers Kereen Monteyne, Presiding D. The Ethics in Publishing George Bodner, Organizer Tom LeBon, Presiding

This symposium, which is co-sponsored by the ACS Committee on Ethics and the Joint Board-Council Committee on Publications, will examine ethical issues associated with the publication of scholarly papers or books and monographs. It will probe mechanisms publishers use to handle issues such as potential cases of plagiarism, falsification or fabrication of data, or unethical manipulation of figures submitted for publication. It will also address issues such as the development of policies to handle questions of appropriate attribution among lists of a paper’s authors and criteria for retraction of papers before or after they appear.

E. Undergraduate Research Poster Session (12:00-3:00 PM, Anaheim Convention Center) Agricultural and Food Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Biochemistry Chemical Education Environmental Chemistry Geochemistry Inorganic Chemistry Medicinal Chemistry Nanotechnology Organic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Polymer Chemistry


Monday Evening

A. Sci-Mix, 8:00-10:00 p.m. (Anaheim Convention Center) B. Successful Student Affiliates Chapter Poster Session,

8:00–10:00 p.m. (Anaheim Convention Center) Nancy Bakowski, Organizer Tuesday, March 29

Tuesday Morning

A. Online Resources for Chemical Education, Part III Robert Belford, Robert Hanson and John Penn, Organizers Robert Belford, Presiding B. ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the

Teaching and Learning of Chemistry: Symposium in Honor

of David F. Treagust Marcy Towns and Thomas Greenbowe, Organizers Marcy Towns, Presiding

This symposium honors David F. Treagust, this year’s recipient of the ACS Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry, in recognition of his contributions to the development of the field of research in chemical education. C. K-12/College Partnerships to Improve Chemistry

Instruction, Part I Martin Brock and Elizabeth Anne Roland, Organizers Martin Brock, Presiding

STEM faculty working through MSP and GK12 partnership with local school districts have generated gains on both sides, helped design dual credit and advanced courses, and generated knowledge of learning progressions that has informed introductory and preLservice courses in chemistry. This symposium will address these partnerships and their outcomes. D. Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL),

Part I: POGIL Across the Curriculum Richard Moog, Organizer, Presiding

POGIL is a student-centered instructional approach that combines group learning and guided inquiry, with an emphasis on the development of important process skills. This symposium includes presentations from all aspects of this pedagogic approach, across a range of courses and institutional types, including lessons learned from classroom experience, assessment of student learning outcomes, and development of new materials and their use.

Tuesday Afternoon A. Meaningful Learning from Laboratory Work: Evidence

and Assessment Jacob Schroeder and Santiago Sandi-Urena, Organizers Jacob Schroeder, Presiding

Although the role of the laboratory has long been considered to be of paramount importance for the instruction of science, research addressing meaningful learning in the lab has been scarce and has failed to show the efficacy of this learning environment in reaching its potential goals. This seems to be particularly prevalent when the laboratory follows an expository, or traditional, instructional style. Because of this, many chemical educators have developed innovative approaches and new experiments that incorporate learning cycles, the use of inquiry or discovery, and case-based approaches, among others. To validate its implementation, this kind of reform requires appropriate, clear and descriptive assessment. This symposium is to serve as a space for contributors to present and discuss not only evidence for meaningful learning in the laboratory, but also reliable assessment instruments to measure this evidence. Studies of diverse academic and research laboratory formats throughout all academic levels were welcomed. B. George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education: Symposium in Honor of William R. Robinson Marcy Towns, Organizer, Presiding This year we will honor Dr. William R. Robinson with the ACS Pimentel Award for outstanding contributions to chemical education. We will celebrate Bill's contributions to chemical education at all levels as chemist, author, active member of the ACS Division of Chemical Education, and chemical education research director. C. K-12/College Partnerships to Improve Chemistry

Instruction, Part II Martin Brock and Elizabeth Anne Roland, Organizers Martin Brock, Presiding D. Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL),

Part II: POGIL and the Science Writing Heuristic in the

Laboratory Richard Moog, Organizer, Presiding

Wednesday, March 30 Wednesday Morning A. Chemistry Misconceptions Research, Part I Stacy Lowry Bretz, Organizer, Presiding

Misconceptions, alternate conceptions, preconceptions, naïve ideas — all synonyms for describing students’ understanding of the concepts that form the discipline of chemistry. This symposium will feature research to investigate these understandings across the subdisciplines of chemistry, including general chemistry, and across subjects from students to teachers to textbooks. Presentations were expected to reference a particular learning theory, provide a description of research methods, and summarize findings of the research.

B. International Initiatives in the Study of Chemistry, Part I Marina Koether, Organizer, Presiding

NSF supports international collaborations to prepare a globally engaged workforce with understanding of science abroad and to develop a strong network overseas. Examples include REU sites, PIRE and International Research Fellowships. Other instructional avenues include study abroad courses provided by Universities. Students can study chemistry and experience the culture over a course of a few weeks to a whole semester. This symposium will highlight the available routes to prepare a globally engaged workforce in chemistry. C. General Oral Papers, Part I: General Chemistry for Majors and Nonmajors Richard Bauer, Organizer Provi Mayo, Presiding D. NSF-Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum Susan Hixson, Organizer, Presiding Bert Holmes, Presiding

This symposium will feature speakers from projects funded by NSF that are developing educational materials or strategies aimed at improving the learning of chemistry by undergraduates with diverse backgrounds and career aspirations. Wednesday Afternoon A. Chemistry Misconceptions Research, Part II Stacy Lowry Bretz, Organizer, Presiding B. International Initiatives in the Study of Chemistry, Part II Marina Koether, Organizer, Presiding C. General Oral Papers, Part II: Global Issues Richard Bauer, Organizer Gregory Foy, Presiding D. From Scribbles to Symbols: Investigating the

Development of Representational Competence Nathan Grove, Sonia Miller Underwood, Organizers Sonia Miller Underwood, Presiding

The development of representational competence is a primary goal in many chemistry courses; however, much research has documented the difficulties that students face in doing so. This symposium will focus on research being conducted to investigate how representational competence is developed in students of chemistry and how we can modify instructional practices in order to support students as they develop more meaningful understandings of representational use.

Thursday, March 29

Thursday Morning

A. Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry, Part I Susan Hornbuckle, Organizer, Presiding

This symposium will allow chemistry educators to share their experiences with the design and/or utilization of various pedagogical techniques for organic chemistry courses. Because individual or departmental efforts in this area are essential in the endeavor to educate our next generation of scientists, papers involving different approaches for teaching organic chemistry concepts in the classroom or the laboratory were deemed appropriate presentations for this symposium.

B. Using Visualizations and Representations to Teach and

Learn Chemistry, Part I Mary Nahkleh and Jessica Weller, Organizers Jessica Weller, Presiding

Examination of how students use, interpret and/or construct external visual representations of their chemical understanding is a rapidly growing and fruitful approach to research in chemical education. It is also an area that has great impact on instruction in the sciences at every academic level. This symposium contains research-oriented papers that investigate students’ interactions with visual information, whether in terms of student drawings, computer-generated displays, visual models or other formss of visual display or communication. C. General Oral Papers, Part III: Teacher Professional Development Richard Bauer, Organizer Mary Orna, Presiding D. General Oral Papers, Part IV: Enhanced Experiences for

Chemistry Majors Richard Bauer, Organizer Thursday Afternoon A. Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry, Part II Susan Hornbuckle, Organizer, Presiding B. Using Visualizations and Representations to Teach and

Learn Chemistry, Part II Mary Nahkleh and Jessica Weller, Organizers Jessica Weller, Presiding C. General Oral Papers, Part V: Teacher Professional

Development Richard Bauer, Organizer, Presiding Suzanne Blum, Presiding D. General Oral Papers, Part VI: Enhanced Experiences for

Chemistry Majors Richard Bauer, Organizer, Presiding ■



242nd ACS National Meeting Denver, CO August 28–September 1, 2011

Meeting Co-Chairs Joe March, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, 205-934-8788, 205-934-2543(fax), [email protected] Wayne E. Jones Jr., Department of Chemistry, Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902, 607-777-2421, 607-777-4478 (fax), [email protected]

High School Program Co-Chairs

Angela Powers, Department of Elementary, Secondary, and K-12 Education, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO, 303-556-6953, [email protected] Greta Glugoski-Sharp, St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, CO, 303-762-8300, [email protected] Elisabeth Mansfield, Materials Reliability Division, NIST, Boulder, CO 80305, 303-497-6405, 303-497-5030 (fax), [email protected]

Undergraduate Poster

Nancy Bakowski, Department of Higher Education, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036, 202-872-6166, [email protected]

CHED Program Chair Irv Levy, Department of Chemistry, Gordon College, 255 Grapevine Rd, Wenham, MA, 01984, 978-867-4877, [email protected]

Symposia Organizers and Topics

1. NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum (Invited papers only) This symposium will feature speakers from projects funded by NSF that are developing educational materials or strategies aimed at improving the learning of chemistry by undergraduates with diverse backgrounds and career aspirations. Susan H. Hixson, Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230, 703-292-4623, 703-292-9015 (fax), [email protected]

2. POGIL: Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) is a student-centered group learning approach to instruction based on research on how students learn best. In a POGIL classroom or laboratory environment, students work in groups on specially-designed activities that promote construction of understanding and development of important learning skills. This symposium will include presentations on the implementation and effectiveness of POGIL in a variety of learning environments and a variety of courses. Rick Moog, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, 717-2913804, [email protected] 3. Research at Community Colleges: Strategies for

Enhancing Student Success In recent years, it has been noted that nearly half of science and engineering graduates attended community colleges. Chemistry, geared to various audiences, is specifically required for a wide range of fields, especially health-care and the environment, thus enrollment has soared. Beyond offering courses, however, some community colleges have begun to involve students in original high-impact research in chemistry and other STEM disciplines, both on their campuses and also through partnerships with senior colleges, local industry, and government agencies. Community colleges are known to serve non-traditional students who must juggle family, employment and other obligations, and they are mentored by faculty who must face heavy course loads, outdated facilities, and often inadequate support. Despite this, the number of students presenting at professional meetings and appearing on peer-reviewed publications has steadily increased, and with it, so has recognition and support from college administrations and external funding sources. This has benefitted the students, their faculty mentors, the colleges, and ultimately the local economy, as graduates enter the workforce. Success for many community college students requires more than just a bench and a hood, and mentors provide support that reaches far beyond the lab. This symposium will feature presentations by diverse faculty


from two-year colleges who will discuss the strategies they’ve employed, the challenges they’ve faced, and the successes they’ve enjoyed in all aspects of conducting research with students. David Sarno, [email protected] and Paris

Svoronos, [email protected], Department of Chemistry, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY 11364 4. Sustainability in the Chemical Education Curriculum, S.K. Airee, [email protected] 5. Non-Science Major Education, Trace Jordan, Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, [email protected] 6. Chemical Education for the Masses: Lectures, Labs, and

Strategies for Large Enrollment Classes. Jackie Bortiatynski, Department of Chemistry, Penn. State University, State College, PA, 814-865-2772, [email protected] 7. Honors Programs in Chemistry Honors programs in chemistry were last described in the Journal of Chemical Education as part of a survey of programs in the 1980s. These descriptions varied from special lab assignments to innovative approaches in presenting material. This symposium invites authors to describe expectations and experiences required for courses or degrees to be designated honors. Joe March, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, 205-934-8788, 205-934-2543(fax), [email protected] 8. Stamps: A Philatelic Celebration The symposium (one or two half-day sessions) will celebrate the contributions of chemistry to society as part of a range of activities that will take place during the IYC. Topics will include the history of chemistry as illustrated on postage stamps, a commermoration of the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie’s Nobel prize in chemistry, and a review of new stamps issued in 2011 to promote the IYC. Daniel Rabinovich, Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, 704-687-4442, [email protected]; Ronald Hill, 7590 West Caley Drive, Littleton, CO 80123, 303-241-5409, [email protected] 9. Animations and Simulations: What are their Pedagogic

Roles? This symposium focuses on the pedagogic similarities and differences between animations and simulations in chemistry instruction. Chemical educators may not have a clear grasp of how they should use these two visually-based technologies (VBT) in their classrooms. Speakers will address a variety of questions—for example: When is it more effective to use an animation than a simulation, and vice versa? What are the design features (e.g., segmentation, learner control, prompting, feedback, etc.) that make for an effective VBT? Other topics may include: teacher guidance, optimal instructional contexts, type of knowledge and skills learned, appropriate assessment,

and relationship between simulated and real experiments. Any theory-based or research-based papers on these topics are welcomed. This symposium is sponsored by the Committee on Computers in Chemical Education. Jerry P. Suits, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 98, 970-351-1169, [email protected] 10. Research in Chemical Education This symposium, sponsored by the DivCHED Committee on Chemical Education Research, will provide a forum for the exploration of research conducted on the teaching and learning of chemistry. Papers will address three aspects of chemical education research: (1) the motivation for the research and the type of problems investigated, (2) the methodology used to gather and interpret the collected data, and (3) the findings and the significance of their interpretation. Michael J. Sanger, Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, 615-904-8558, [email protected] 11. Personal Response Systems in the Classroom: Clicking Our Way to More Learning? Personal response systems or “clickers” are being used more frequently in the classroom as the technology develops. This symposium is intended to focus on instructional strategies employed and how these strategies are designed to improve conceptual understanding in chemistry courses. Presentations that include practical descriptions of question-types, methods of increasing student participation, and evidence on the impact on learning are welcomed. Vickie M. Williamson, Texas A & M University, Department of Chemistry, M.S. 3255, College Station, TX 77843-3255, (979) 845-4634, [email protected] 12. Current Practice and Research using ACS Exams For more than 75 years, the ACS Examinations Institute has provided a means to assess learning in the chemistry classroom. ACS Exams can provide important measurements from formative assessments that help guide teaching decisions to final exams that allow comparisons of students to national samples. Data from exams can also be used to answer research questions about learning in chemistry. This symposium will include presentations on current uses of ACS Exams in classroom and/or programmatic assessment. Kristen L

Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, [email protected] 13. Chemistry by Design: GSSPC Considering the role of chemistry in solving myriad real-life challenges, it is not surprising that research in the molecular sciences is highly interdisciplinary and often inspired by the synthetic finesse of Mother Nature. Nature not only serves as the benchmark for highly efficient chemical transformations under green conditions, but also as an inspiration for exploiting secondary interactions between molecules, which has stimulated extensive research in the fields of self-assembly and molecular recognition. The quest to control material properties at the molecular level has led to emergence of several fields of research, including drug delivery, molecular and nano


machines, molecular organic frameworks, dendrimers, enzyme and cell mimics, bottom-up nanomaterials design, and healable materials. The goal of our symposium is to showcase stimulating research involving the concepts of “Chemistry by Design: Building at the Molecular Level” by uniting distinguished speakers and a broad audience to facilitate enhanced dialogue about the immense potential of this research philosophy. Beatrix Rios, Department of Chemistry, SMU Dallas, Texas, [email protected] 14. Jerry Bell and the Joy of Chemistry (invited papers only) Bassam Zhakhashiri, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1396, 608-262-0538, (fax) 608-262-8634, [email protected] 15. “Chemistry on Stamps” Exhibition A display of stamps and other philatelic materials related to chemistry. Co-sponsored by the HIST and CHED Divisions. Daniel Rabinovich, Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, 704-687-4442, [email protected]; Ronald Hill, 7590 West Caley Drive, Littleton, CO 80123, 303-241-5409, [email protected] 16. Celebrating IYC 2011 through Education and Community Outreach The United Nations has designated 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) – a worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry and its contribution to the well-being of humankind. This symposium provides an opportunity for faculty and students to demonstrate how they are celebrating IYC 2011 through education and community outreach activities. We invite you to share your experiences to date and to outline plans and proposals for continued activities throughout the remainder of IYC 2011 and beyond…under the unifying theme “Chemistry – our life, our future.” Gregory

Foy, [email protected]

17. Surviving a Renovation of Chemistry Laboratories: The

good, the Bad, the Ugly The purpose of this symposium is to offer a forum for presentations dealing with chemistry laboratory renovations. Have you recently survived a renovation of an “old” facility or the building of a new chemistry facility? Are you ready to start a renovation or build a new facility? Papers will be considered that discuss the following topics: How did you resolve pedagogical issues during the renovations? How did the renovation lead to improved instruction? What have you learned about surviving a renovation? What advice do you have for someone embarking on a renovation? Julie Smist,

jsmist@[email protected]

18. Adventures in Teaching in Physical Chemistry Physical chemistry is reputed to be one of, if not the most difficult class in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. This symposium will be devoted to innovative ways which have been utilized in order to help the undergraduate student understand concepts in quantum, statistical mechanics,

thermodynamics, and kinetics. In addition, presenters will be given the opportunity to share their more interesting student questions and how they were addressed. Aimee Tomlinson, [email protected], and Laura Sremaniak, [email protected] 19. Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry Jetty Duff-Matzner, [email protected] 20 . Greening Undergraduate Education: Lecture and

Laboratory Innovations In recent years our constituents in undergraduate chemistry courses have become much more aware and engaged in issues related to the environment. Chemistry programs have been responding to this interest by incorporating topics and activities in their courses which call attention to green chemistry practices, environmental issues and concerns, and the 12 principles of green chemistry. This symposium will focus on innovations in the classroom and the laboratory which enhance students’ understanding of the applications of green chemistry and the implications of student environmental awareness in both our theoretical and practical applications of chemistry while creating the next generation of research scientists in green chemistry. Will Lynch, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia, 912-344-3144, [email protected]; and Delana Nivens, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah Georgia 21. Improving the Academic Laboratory Experience in

General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry for Students This symposium will include efforts to change and or improve a) the type of laboratory experiments, b) the type of teaching and learning in the laboratory environment, c) the type of assessments used to measure students’ chemistry content knowledge, laboratory skills, and attitudes toward chemistry, and d) the training of teaching assistants. Thomas J.

Greenbowe, 1608 Gilman, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3111, (515) 294-6352, [email protected] 22. Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next

Level Since its inception nearly ten years ago, the SENCER project (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) has successfully addressed the issues of improving science education. Many courses and programs have evolved with realized goals of improving student learning by linking critical civic concerns to the underlying science. Further, these courses and programs have spanned all disciplines and have been aimed at both science and non science majors. As the success of the program became apparent, institutions of higher education have begun to take the approach to the next level, such as the creation of learning clusters, the development of multidisciplinary certificates in sustainability and overall science education reform. This symposium will provide an overview of what has been done, what can be done and will present an assessment of the success of these programs to date. Richard D. Sheardy and Cynthia Maguire, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman’s

University, Denton, TX 76204. (940) 898-2551, [email protected] 23. General Posters (Sunday evening) Richard Schwenz, Department of Chemistry, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, (970) 351-1287, (970) 351-2533 (fax), [email protected] 24. Undergraduate Research Posters (Monday) 25. Successful Student Affiliates Chapter Posters (Sci-Mix) 26. General Oral Papers (Thursday) Suggested Topics for Symposia

Please contact the meeting co-chairs if you would be willing

to organize one of these:

Advances in Teaching Analytical Chemistry* Advances in Teaching Biochemistry* Advances in Teaching Inorganic Chemistry* Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry* Advances in Teaching Physical Chemistry*

Case Studies & Problem-Based Learning Chemistry in the Quest for Alternative Energy Chemistry in a Sustainable World Disseminating Change Distance Learning and the Chemistry Laboratory Green Chemistry Innovative Cost Effective Approaches in the Undergraduate Laboratory Innovations in Teaching Preparatory Chemistry Interdisciplinary Programs: Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Food Science Minorities in Chemistry Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum Partnerships with Industry Professional Development of High School Chemistry Teachers Public Outreach: Better Living through Chemistry Teaching Science to Elementary Teachers Teaching Chemistry and Public Policy Safety in the Undergraduate Laboratory Visualization and Learning Chemistry Women in Chemistry *these could be co-sponsored with other technical divisions ■

Schedule of ACS National Meetings & BCCE Meetings

Meeting Year Dates Location 241st ACS Spring 2011 March 27–31 Anaheim, CA 242nd ACS Fall 2011 August 28–September 1 Denver, CO 243rd ACS Spring 2012 March 25–29 San Diego, CA 22nd BCCE Summer 2012 July 29–August 2 University Park, PA 244th ACS Fall 2012 August 19–23 Philadelphia, PA 245th ACS Spring 2013 April 7–11 New Orleans, LA 246th ACS Fall 2013 September 8–12 Indianapolis, IN 247th ACS Spring 2014 March 16–20 Washington, DC 23rd BCCE Summer 2014 August 2–7* Allendale, MI 248th ACS Fall 2014 August 24–28 San Francisco, CA 249th ACS Spring 2015 March 22–26 Denver, CO 250th ACS Fall 2015 August 16–20 Boston, MA * tentative dates


CHED Program Chair Irv Levy, Gordon College, Department of Chemistry, Ken Olsen Science Center, 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984, 978-867-4877, 978-867-4666 (fax), [email protected] National Meeting Theme: Chemistry of Life Symposia Organizers and Topics:

1. Green Chemistry Theory and Practice, Ed Brush,

Department of Chemistry, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA 02325, 508-531-2116, [email protected]

2. Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL), Richard Moog, Department of Chemistry, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, 717-291-3804, 717-291-4343 (fax), [email protected]

3. NSF-Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum (Invited only), Susan Hixson, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 703-292-4623, 703-292-9015 (fax), [email protected]

4. Research in Chemical Education

5. Undergraduate Research Posters 6. Successful Student Affiliate Chapter Posters (Sci-Mix) 7. High School Program (Sunday) 8. General posters (Sunday evening) 9. General paper (Thursday) 10. Pimentel Award Symposium

11. CER Award Symposium

12. Conant Award Symposium

Please contact the program chair if you would be willing to organize a symposium around the meeting theme or from these suggested symposia topics. Of course, your own creative ideas are also most welcome! Suggested Symposium Topics:

The Chemistry of Life* Advances in Teaching Analytical Chemistry*

Advances in Teaching Biochemistry* Advances in Teaching Inorganic Chemistry* Advances in Teaching Organic Chemistry* Advances in Teaching Physical Chemistry* Case Studies & Problem-Based Learning Chemistry Outreach* Chemistry and Art Chemistry and Alternative Energy Chemistry as a Liberal Art Chemistry in a Sustainable World Chemistry for Engineers Distance Learning and the Chemistry Laboratory Ethics in Chemistry Forensic Chemistry Green Chemistry History of Chemistry Informal Science/Chemistry Education Innovative Cost Effective Approaches in the Undergraduate Laboratory Innovations in Teaching Preparatory Chemistry Interdisciplinary Programs: Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Food Science Introducing Toxicology in the Chemistry Curriculum* It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time: Trends and Changes in Chemical Education Minorities in Chemistry Nanotechnology in the Undergraduate Curriculum Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum Partnerships with Industry Professional Development of High School Chemistry Teachers Public Outreach: Better Living through Chemistry Teaching Science to Elementary Teachers Teaching Chemistry and Public Policy Teaching Chemical Information Safety in the Undergraduate Laboratory Service-Learning in Chemistry Social Media in the Classroom Starting, Growing and Restarting Student Affiliate Chapters: Success Stories Visualization and Learning Chemistry Women in Chemistry *could be co-sponsored with other technical divisions ■


243rd ACS National Meeting San Diego, CA March 25–29, 2012

Future Presentations… What do you want to explore? *Email us: [email protected] Suggest a topic of interest

Learn about our resources first hand— attend a Live Presentation!

• Attend a live workshop or presentation, talk with a presenter, ask questions• Learn about ChemEd DL’s resources and using them in your classroom• Scheduled presentations are described below (as well as on our website)• Or, can you sponsor a presentation? suggest a presentation? Contact us*

Can’t be there in person? Begin exploring by taking our introductory online course about ChemEd DL. You'll find this Moodle course at http://moodle.chemeddl.org/course/view.php?id=32

We Are Scheduled for These MeetingsNSTA 2011 National ConferenceMarch 10–13, 2011; Moscone Center, San FranciscoSession: Explore the Chemistry Education Digital LibrarySunday, March 13; 9:30–10:30 a.m.

Wisconsin Society for Science Teachers (WSST)March 17–19, 2011; Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin DellsWorkshop: Free Online Materials for Teaching: Meet the ChemEd Digital LibraryThursday, March 17; 9:00–11:50 a.m.

ACS Spring National Meetingportal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/meetings/spring2011/index.htmMarch 27–31, 2011; Anaheim, CA Chemical Education sessions are in the Grand Californian Hotel Session: Online Resources for Chemical EducationTitle: ChemEd DL: High Quality, Online Chemical Education ResourcesTuesday, March 29; 10:25–10:45 a.m.Session: NSF-Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergrad. Curric.Title: ChemEd DL: Online Resources for Chemistry EducationWednesday, March 30; 9:45–10:05 a.m.

Look for Us at These Meetings: A Handy Reference Guide

We Plan to Be at These Meetings2YC3: 192nd Conferencehttp://www.starkstate.edu/2yc3May 20–21, 2011Stark State College, North Canton, OH

ACS Regional Meeting: 42nd MARM 2011http://www.marmacs.org/2011/index.htmlMay 21–24, 2011University of Maryland, College Park

ACS Regional Meeting: 42nd CERM 2011http://cerm_regional.sites.acs.org/June 8–10, 2011University Place Conference Center, Indianapolis

ACS Regional Meeting: 66th NORM 2011http://www.norm2011.org/home.htmlJune 26–29, 2011Red Lion Hotel, Portland, OR

ChemEd 2011http://www.wmich.edu/chemed/July 24–28, 2011Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

ChemEd DL has a wealth of online resources. To fully appreciate their value, you may want to participate in one of our Workshops or Web Seminars. You’ll also find us at regional and national meetings—we are present at most of the meetings chemistry teachers attend. Use our News feature (http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/news/) or check our online Calendar for a current schedule.

ChemEd Courses, based on the Moodle course manage-ment system, shows you how to use our online resources,

About Workshops and Web Seminars

encourages communication among teachers, enrolls and teaches students online, and helps you create new resources and share them with others.

Are you organizing a conference or workshop? Let us know so we might participate, provide materials, or publicize it on the News. Just contact ChemEd DL:*[email protected] 1-888-220-9822

Explore chemistry at the ChemEd Digital Library:Great digital resources, free digital resources http://www.chemeddl.org/

What's New? What's In ChemEd DL for Me?

Our home page.

Your window of opportunity.

Here are just some of the great things you’ll see:

chemistry content virtual lab workshops web seminars online courses

ready-to-use materials custom textbooks question banks kindred spirits

3-D interactive molecules exemplars from other disciplines wiki textbook

online resources relevant to your textbook Science for Kids

chemistry in action! videos and stills

What’s In It for Me?

Resources in the ChemEd DL span all aspects of chemical education, from middle school science through college-level classes, from a sophisticated program such as PTL! to a community of teachers with similar interests, from a virtual laboratory to a customized online textbook, from workshops to question banks… Explore!

Hint: Our Top 11 for 2011 is a great place to begin.

For Teachers: Build lesson plans, your own textbook, or an entire course online. Search for videos, articles, demos, worksheets, and activities—by topic and by science Standards. Enliven your classes with exciting demos. Dip into our Question Bank. Or refresh your knowledge of a topic with Journal of Chemical Education articles (subscription needed). The ChemEd DL is a great way to update your materials, all in one place!

For Students: Supplement your studies or start a research project. Use an online textbook. Find chemistry applications in biology, physics, forensic science, everyday life, and more. Review a concept or check your understanding with Netorials. See chemistry in action, close up in pictures or videos.

For Everyone: Anyone with an interest in chemistry or chemical education will find treasures in the ChemEd DL. Need a demonstration for a science day event? Or maybe a fun hands-on activity for a scout troop? Find everything you need to get kids (and adults!) excited about chemistry!

11 Resources to Try in 2011

The online column, Free Technology for Teachers, is written by Richard Byrne. The topic of the January 4, 2011 column was: 11 Science Resources to Try in 2011. The second entry is ChemED DL. Here's what it said about us.

The Chemical Education Digital Library is a large collection of resources for teaching and learning chemistry. The ChemEd DL contains tutorials for students, 3D models, lesson plans, and more. The tutorials include 3D chemical models and explanations of what each part of the models does and how those parts work together. In the lesson plans section you will find downloadable lesson plans organized by subject. ChemEd DL also features a periodic table that links each element to data and explanations about that element.

Top 11 for 2011Chemical Education Digital Library

Classroom Resources

2011—The International Year of Chemistry. The ChemEd DL has a wealth of online resources to enhance teaching and learning of chemistry. For 2011 we have selected from this cornucopia 11 of the newest and most popular items. Try them. We’re sure you’ll like them.

Periodic Table Live!Explore the history, uses, properties, structures, and reactions of the elements with this interactive periodic table. View images of the elements, models of their crystal structures, videos of their reactions. Graph numeric data and sort properties in a table. It is no wonder that Periodic Table Live! won the MERLOT Classics Award in 2010 for the best chemistry software.

http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/ptl/index.html

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Models 360Check out this collection of hundreds of 3-D, interactive molecular models of organic and inorganic compounds. Manipulate the 3-D Jmol structures to examine molecular structure and bonding as well as demonstrate molecular geometries, vibrations, symmetry, orbitals, and more. New molecules are added all the time.http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/models360/index.php

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ChemTeacher and Periodic Table Resource PakChemTeacher resources are especially for secondary school teachers and students. Teachers will find reliable and quality resources, ranging from introductory to Advanced Placement, including videos, articles, demonstrations, worksheets and activities all in one location, all searchable by topic and by science Standards. For example, one ChemTeacher entry, Periodic Table Resource Pak, collects all the materials needed for teachers and students to investigate and learn about the Periodic Table. http://www.chemeddl.org/services/chemteacher/

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ChemEd CoursesBased on the Moodle course management system, ChemEd Courses teaches how to use our online resources, encourages communication among teachers, enrolls and teaches students online, and helps you create new resources and contribute them to share with others.

http://moodle.chemeddl.org/

Stereochemistry TutorialMaster the concepts of organic stereochemistry with this interactive tutorial. It includes definitions, different three-dimensional representations, assigning priorities to stereocenters, and determining the stereochemical relationship between molecules. Each section is followed by a question set to test knowledge and understanding. http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/stereochem/

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Periodic Table Live!

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Get ready, get set, EXPLORE!www.ChemEdDL.org

The Virtual LaboratoryIn the Virtual Laboratory students can design and perform diverse aqueous chemistry experiments safely, quickly, and inexpensively. The Chemistry Collective Web site maintains this collection of activities, laboratories, tutorials, and tests—or you can create your own.http://www.chemcollective.org/vlab/vlab.php

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VIPErInorganic chemists, VIPEr is for you—it’s the place on the Web for inorganic learning resources. It’s also a user-friendly platform for social networking tools that facilitate sharing ideas and materials with others in lively forums on research or teaching. The Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource has it all. https://www.ionicviper.org/

ChemPRIME/ChemPathsDo you want to provide your students with a customized general chemistry textbook that is free and online? ChemPRIME is a general chemistry textbook in a wiki that provides exemplars of applications of chemistry in many fields, such as environmental science and biological science. ChemPaths enables you to select content from ChemPRIME and make it available to your students on the Web. Try one of the customized textbooks at http://chemed.chem.wisc.edu/chempaths or contribute to the wiki at http://wiki.chemprime.chemeddl.org/index.php/Main_Page.

Science for KidsLooking for resources for 4th–6th grade students? Then go to the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Science for Kids Web site where you’ll find activities, games, puzzles and articles that cover a variety of chemistry topics. http://portal.acs.org/portal/ PublicWebSite/education/whatischemistry/scienceforkids/

Solve a Murder MysteryIn the Mixed Reception activity, students use their skills of observation and knowledge of basic chemistry concepts to investigate the mystery of a grad student’s unexpected death in the lab. To solve the mysterious death, they can gather clues, interview suspects, investigate the crime scene for clues, and analyze evidence from the crime lab.http://www.chemcollective.org/mr/index.php

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JCE Web SoftwareJCE Web Software is all of your favorite JCE Software programs delivered via the Web. Its programs allow your students to get

familiar with typical laboratory techniques before they come to lab, see videos of chemical demonstrations you do in class, interact with tutorials on many chemistry topics, and much more. JCE Web Software includes the Chemistry Comes Alive! collection, Lake Study, ChemPages Laboratory, and General Chemistry Multimedia Problems—to name just a few. This is a fee-based resource.http://www.jce.divched.org/JCESoft/jcesoftSubscriber.html

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ACS DIVISION OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE1

2011 Chair Arlene A. Russell University of California-Los Angeles Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569 Tel. 310-825-7570; Fax 310-825-4795 [email protected]

2112 Chair-Elect George Bodner Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Tel. 765-494-5313; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected]

2010 Immediate Past Chair Susan C. Nurrenbern Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Tel. 765-494-0823; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected]

Secretary and Councilor Resa Kelly (2011-13) San José State University Department of Chemistry San José, CA 95192-0101 Tel. 408-924-4940 Fax 408-924-4945 [email protected] Treasurer Anna M. Wilson (2009-11) 2225 South Earl Avenue Lafayette, IN 47905-2266 Tel. 765-474-6553; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected] Program Chair Irv Levy Department of Chemistry, Gordon College Wenham, MA 01984, Tel. 978- 867-4877, Fax 978- 867-4666 [email protected]

Member-at-Large Jimmy Reeves University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403-5932 Tel. 910-962-3450 Fax 910-962-3013 [email protected]

Councilors Laura Pence (2009-11) University of Hartford Department of Chemistry West Hartford, CT 06117 Tel. 860-768-4356; Fax 860-768-4540 [email protected] Gabriela C. Weaver (2010-12) Purdue University Department of Chemistry West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084 Tel. 765-496-3055; Fax 765-494-0239 [email protected] Renée Cole (2011-13) University of Central Missouri Dept. of Chemistry & Physics 415 W.C. Morris Building Warrensburg, MO 64093 Tel. 660-543-8704; Fax 660-543-4843 [email protected] Alternate Councilors Ellen J. Yezierski (2009-11) Grand Valley State University 327A Padnos Hall of Science 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401-9403 Tel. 616-331-3808; Fax 616-331-3230 [email protected] Jennifer Lewis (2010-12) University of South Florida Chemistry Department 4202 East Fowler Ave., CHE 205 Tampa, FL 33620-8001 Tel. 813-974-1286; Fax 813-974-3203 [email protected]

Mickey Sarquis (2010-12) Miami University – Middletown Department of Chemistry Middletown, OH 45042 Tel. 513-727-3278; Fax 513-727-3328 [email protected] Jeff Hepburn (2011-13) Des Moines Central Academy 1812 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50309 Tel. 515-242-4862; Fax 515-242-8252 [email protected] Editor, Journal of Chemical Education

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