[neact] Re: More info on central div meeting
- From: John <mauch1312@xxxxxxx>
- To: "neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:58:54 -0400
Flinn scientific has paper back book. Titled lab safety and the law. You can
order it online or by phone.
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On Apr 14, 2014, at 1:42 PM, James Lucey <luceyj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am looking for a source for descriptions and resolutions (disciplinary
> action, law suits) of High School laboratory accidents, specifically
> chemistry.
>
> I have been teaching for 30+ years and remember that this information was
> obtained in a news letter from a specific college. Does anyone know the
> resource that I am referencing? Do you know of another source?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Lucey
> Wilton High School 9-12 Science Instructional Leader
> Chemical Hygiene Safety Officer
> Chemistry Teacher
> 395 Danbury Road
> Wilton, CT 06897
> (203) 762-0381 (6037)
>
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> Bobbie Lamont [blamont@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 12:08 PM
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> Subject: [neact] More info on central div meeting
>
> 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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