[neact] More info on central div meeting
- From: Bobbie Lamont <blamont@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:08:02 +0000
Central Division Meeting of NEACT - "Poetry and Play"
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Regis College - Weston, MA
Registration begins at 8:30 am
Program begins at 9:00 am
Dr. Mala Radhakrishnan
Humanizing chemistry through poetry, personification, analogy, and language
There's a reason why "chemistry.com" is actually a dating website -- our own
personal quests for happiness and stability can often serve as useful analogies
to help understand and explain the behavior of atoms and molecules as they go
about their business. In this workshop, we will explore how personification of
chemical species, poetry, storytelling, and analogy can be useful ways to
understand rigorous chemical concepts by making the material familiar,
memorable, and humanized. Through writing our own narrative verse about
chemical and physical phenomena, we will also discuss the limitations of
analogies and other models in understand science. Finally, I will also read
poems from my book of humorous, educational poetry, "Atomic Romances, Molecular
Dances" and will discuss how I have encouraged students to creatively engage
with chemistry both through using everyday language and ideas to describe
complex chemical phenomena and by using discipline-specific chemical language
to describe everyday phenomena.
Dr. Leslie Bishop
Inspiring Our Future - Science and Math Enrichment at the Regis College
Children's Center and the Academy at Regis College
As we know, it is so important that children are exposed to science and math to
spark interest and curiosity. It is the hope that their excitement is
generated as early as possible and sustained as they continue their education.
Learn how the enrichment team at Regis College is carrying out this quest.
Many manipulatives used in this program can easily be adapted for the high
school and college chemistry classrooms. Attendees will have the opportunity
to explore and play with many of them. We are all still kids at heart!
If planning to attend, please RSVP to Leslie Bishop
(leslie.bishop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) by April 26, 2014
Link for campus map:
http://www.regiscollege.edu/UserFiles/File/about_regis/regis_map.pdf
Link for directions to Regis College:
http://www.regiscollege.edu/about_regis/directions.cfm
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