CHEDSunday, March 25, 2007

1:30 PM-5:00 PM McCormick Place North -- Room N229, Level 2, Oral
George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education: Symposium in Honor of A. Truman Schwartz
Science Literacy and the Liberal Art of Chemistry
Presiding:Conrad L. Stanitski
Organizer, Presiding:Wayne C. Wolsey
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:35 PMThe familiarity of chemistry and the role of chemists in achieving science literacy
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri
2:00 PMIntellectual kinetics and thermodynamics of interdisciplinary research
Chad M. Rienstra
2:25 PMResearch in high school chemistry
Lois Fruen
2:50 PMScientific literacy: Institutes of technology and ninny ideas
Conrad L. Stanitski
3:15 PMIntermission
3:25 PMUnderstudied science: Challenging the neglect of chemistry by philosophers of science
Holly VandeWall
3:50 PMChemistry at a liberal arts college, in context
Wayne C. Wolsey
4:15 PMAward Address (George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, sponsored by Rohm and Haas Company). Chemistry education, science literacy, and the liberal arts
A. Truman Schwartz

Symposium Grid -- Division of Chemical Education -- Session Listing

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007