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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
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Chemistry for Kids
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Science for Kids Outreach Programs: College Students Teaching Science to Elementary Students and Their Parents
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Birgit G. Koehler, Lee Y. Park, and Lawrence J. Kaplan
Williams College, Department of Chemistry, Williamstown, MA 01267-2692
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November 1999
Vol. 76 No. 11
p. 1505
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For a number of years we have been organizing and teaching a special outreach course during our Winter Study Program (the month of January). College students plan, develop, and present hands-on workshops to fourth-grade students and their parents, with faculty providing logistical support and pedagogical advice. Recent topics have been "Forensic Science", "Electricity and Magnetism", "Chemistry and Cooking", "Waves", "Natural Disasters", "Liquids", "Pressure", "Color and Light", "Momentum and Inertia", "Illusions", and "The Senses". The two-hour workshops, held one weekend on campus, emphasize hands-on experiments involving both the kids and the parents. Handouts for each workshop give instructions for doing several experiments at home. This program has been a great success for all involved: the college students gain insight into an aspect of science and what it takes to develop and teach that topic, the elementary school students participate in an exciting and challenging scientific exploration, and the parents have a chance to learn some science while spending time working on projects with their children. We provide an overview of the pedagogical aims of our current approach and a sense of the time-line for putting together such a program in a month.
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Additional supporting materials such as more detailed descriptions of our experiments, drafts of our letters to parents and teachers, registration forms, and a copy of our detailed calendar of organization for the program are available.
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Koehler, Birgit G.; Park, Lee Y.; Kaplan, Lawrence J. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1505.
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Demonstrations; Outreach; Food Science; Public Understanding; Nonmajor Courses; Forensic Chemistry
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October 12, 1999
November 22, 2005
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