Abstract of the Talk

Reunite the fun, hands-on with the mental, minds-on aspects of chemistry through the multisensory interactions, visualizations, and modeling, storytelling, thought-provoking demonstrations, pop culture, and plain old fun. By combining the affective and cognitive domains, these strategies have been proven increase student motivation, conceptual understanding, and performance. During this presentation, you will experience dramatizations that explain complex chemical phenomenon; see how models can be used to depict chemical reactions, dissolving, and activation energy; learn how ping pong balls and paperclips can help students visualize elements and compounds and learn to write chemical formulas; and lots more. (Note this is a highly interactive presentation, so plan to be involved.)

Brief biographical sketches of the speakers are given overleaf.

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Goodbye and Best Wishes

It is with great sadness that we bid goodbye to Clovis Linkous, who has accepted a faculty position at Youngstown State University in Ohio and will leave the FSEC at the end of next week. He will be greatly missed, both at FSEC and in the Orlando Section. Over the years, Clovis has been both councilor and alternate councilor, has headed many outreach activities, and was responsible for establishing our very successful Avogadro Award. Clovis was co-chair of last year's Hydrogen Symposium that FSEC held at FAME. We wish Clovis the very best in his new career.

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About the Speakers

Mickey Sarquis, Ph.D.

Dr. Sarquis, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of the Center for Chemistry Education at Miami University, is an internationally recognized leader in chemistry and science education whose pioneering chemistry-based teacher enhancement and curriculum development efforts have become national and international models. She is a proponent of active learning and has received numerous teaching and service awards, including the Chemical Manufacturers Association National Catalyst Award for Excellence in Chemistry Teaching. She has published more than 60 books (including the popular Teaching Science with TOYS series), monographs, chapters, and articles and is a widely traveled guest lecturer and tour speaker. She is an active member of ACS, presently serving as a member of Council representing DivCHED, member of ACS Committee on Community Activities, Program Chair for the 2006 Biennial Chemical Education Conference, and many other DivCHED committees. Mickey also served in the DivCHED chair succession (2001-2003), as the first high school editor of the Journal of Chemical Education (1979-1996), and as PolyEd liaison (1986-1995).

Lynn Hogue

Lynn Hogue was a high school science teacher for 27 years before joining Miami University's Center for Chemical Education as Associate Director in 1994. She has served as teacher programs director and lead instructor for more than 50 funded National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Petrochemical Refiners Association, and Ohio Board of Regents programs. Lynn is co-author of several teacher resource books including Family Science Fun from A to Z; Classroom Science from A to Z; Investigating Solids, Liquids, and Gases with TOYS; and Science Projects for Holidays Throughout the Year. She has worked with school districts throughout the country in presenting teacher in-services and assisting them with updating their science curricula. In addition, Lynn has given more than 100 featured presentations over the last five years.

The Sarquis-Hogue Team Presenters

Sarquis and Hogue have worked together for more than 15 years developing chemistry-based toys lessons for teachers and students of all ages. They have made numerous plenary and invited presentations at ACS meetings, teacher meetings, and in-school special events for teachers and students. Themes of these presentations include kinesthetic activities, visualization in chemistry, student motivation to learn chemistry, using toys as a learning tool, and meeting the diverse needs of learners through an array of teaching strategies. In 20052007 alone, this dynamic team presented in Russia, England, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Chile, and Brazil and throughout the U.S.