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Math Explorer’s Club Cornell University Oct 8 & 15, 2016 Grades 8-12
Sign up today for the Math Explorer’s Club at Cornell University. For more information see the information on the link: http://www.math.cornell.edu/m/Community/mec
National Chemistry Week Illustrated Poem Contest
The deadline for the NCW Illustrated poem contest is Oct 21, 2016. Send all poems either scanned to sbmitchell2@gmail.com or to the address on the entry form. All poems will need an entry form.
Entry Form: entry-form
Poem Contest Flyer: 40 words or less poem-contest-flyer
This Signing of the Constitution September 17, 1787
The Library of Congress posted a really nice article on the signing of the Constitution and the Battle at Antietam. Here is the link: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/september-17/?loclr=fbloc Primary Source of the photo below accessed September 18, 2016 https://memory.loc.gov/mss/mgw/mgw4/097/0200/0243.jpg
NERM (Northeast Regional Meeting) of the American Chemical Society 2016
The K-12 teacher of chemistry program will take place on Friday, October 7, 2016.
All workshops are at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Binghamton, NY on Friday, October 7th
starting at 8 AM and running to about 4 PM. Location will be the Sterling room.
Any questions? Please contact Diana Simpson at dsimpson@syrdiocese.org or 607-743-9528
For the flyer, click here: K-12 Teacher of Chemistry Flyer NERM 2016
Learning the International System of Units is easy if you only get rid of the centimeter!
The metric system was based on tens. The international system of units is based on thousands. Once you get rid of the centimeter and go straight to the millimeter, students understand the simplicity of measurement with SI. We need to stop assessing students’s ability to measure using centi as an appropriate prefix.
Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM)
American Association of Chemistry Teachers
The K-12 session of the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society will take place on Friday, October 7, 2017. Cost is $35 and the location is Binghamton, NY. For more information: K-12 Session Flyer
The Chemistry of Ice Cream
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Guidelines for Chemical Lab Safety
The American Chemical Society has just released the new guidelines. If you would like to print copies for your classes, please click the link below.