The Ambassador Program of the Partnership for the Advancement of Chemical Technology (PACT) brings industrial applications of technology into high schools to enhance the student's perception of the chemical industry and industrial careers in chemistry. This article details a two-year effort (1996 and 1997) in which ambassadors from the Procter and Gamble Company and Miami University-Middletown worked with Finneytown High School students. The program entailed following a typical product development cycle for fabricating commercially viable soap products. It exposed students to as many aspects of science and science careers as possible, from traditional research and development to product research. The objective of the article is to inform the reader about the program with sufficient detail to encourage similar efforts. Thus, it includes a discussion of the initiation, organization, and curriculum of the program and also provides a critique as an evaluation of its effectiveness.
The "Chemistry Teacher Connection" (CTC) is especially for high school chemistry teachers. For only $40/year, it offers an online-only subscription to CLIC along with membership in the Division of Chemical Education, normally $65/year. CTC subscribers receive access to all articles and supplements from 1996 through the current issue.
Through special arrangement with the ACS, JCE High School CLIC is now able to provide subscribers with online access to Chemical & Engineering News articles that have been selected specifically for secondary science instructors and their students.
Occasionally, collections of JCE back issues become available for donation to individual teachers, schools, or libraries. JCE matches collections with interested recipients. Recipients pay shipping costs or pick up the collection.
For journals in other fields of chemistry visit ACS Publications.
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