Teaching Inquiry-based Advanced High School Chemistry Workshop
This workshop will not be offered in 2009.
If you’re looking for new ideas to enhance your advanced high school chemistry course, take the Teaching Inquiry-based Advanced High School Chemistry workshop. Based on the college textbook Chemistry and led by experienced chemistry educators, this 3-day residential workshop will give you the tools you need to incorporate inquiry into your advanced high school chemistry course.
About the Workshop
The workshop, Teaching Inquiry-based Advanced High School Chemistry, provides instructional tips and techniques for promoting active and collaborative learning through:
- Short experiments that introduce chemical concepts
- Modeling as a means to understanding and explaining chemical concepts
- Reasoning as a means to solving problems
Daily sessions typically run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants can also expect evening sessions, homework assignments and group presentations. At the conclusion of the workshop, teachers receive a certificate documenting up to 20 professional development hours.
Cost
ACS covers meals and housing at the workshop site (guest and family members are not permitted). A $50 registration fee is required.
Workshop Schedule
We regret to inform you that this workshop will not be offered in 2009.
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Registration cancellations and requests for refunds must be submitted in writing. Refund requests can be made by email, fax, or mail.
American Chemical Society
Office of Society Services
1155 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Fax: (202) 872-6067
Email: help@acs.org
A full refund is provided for cancellations made up to three weeks before the start of a workshop. A $20.00 processing fee will be deducted from any requested refund made one week before the start of the workshop. No refunds are made after the start of the workshop.