The NISE Network runs a series of free online workshops to increase the number of professional development opportunities available to our partners, and create more channels for partners to share their work and learn from each other directly.
Making Chemistry Matter to Your Public Audiences - Using Hands-on Activities to Stimulate Interest, Relevance, and Self-efficacy
Tuesday, September 17, 2019; 2 - 3pm Eastern / 11am - 12pm Pacific
View the recording and resources from this online workshop
Hear from project team members as they discuss ChemAttitudes project research findings and a framework for designing and facilitating informal hands-on chemistry activities with public audiences, and how they might be applied to other chemistry activities and STEM topics. Presenters will also highlight connections to 2019 National Chemistry Week, themed "Marvelous Metals," and taking place October 20-26, 2019.
Presenters
- Rae Ostman, Project Co-PI, Arizona State University
- David Sittenfeld, Project Co-PI, Museum of Science
- Patti Galvan and David Horwitz, Project Partner, American Chemical Society
- Marta Beyer, Allison Anderson, and Owen Weitzman, Research Team, Museum of Science
- Emily Hostetler, Activity Development Team, Museum of Science
About the Project
- Learn more about the ChemAttitudes project: http://www.nisenet.org/chemattitudes
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Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry digital kit: http://www.nisenet.org/chemistry-kit
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See NISE Network's National Chemistry Week page of resources and activities: http://www.nisenet.org/national-chemistry-week
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Learn more about the American Chemical Society's National Chemistry Week resources: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/ncw.html
Acknowledgements
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DRL 1612482. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Science Foundation.
