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Event Schedule

October 16, 2009

Friday Event Location
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Schaap Auditorium
10:30 am - 1:00 pm Executive Council Meeting Schaap 3000
1:00 am - 1:15 pm Welcome & Opening Comments Graves 112
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Plenary Lecture I
"How to CURE apathy to science: The imact of research experiences in the classroom," Dr. Lorna Jarvis more
Graves 112
2:15 pm- 2:45 pm Refreshment Break and Vendor Exhibits, set up posters Schaap Atrium
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm

Breakout Session I

  • I-A: ChemEd Digital Library: online periodic table, molecules, gen chem textbook, and more
  • I-B: New ACS Guidelines: Developing excellence through degree tracks
  • I-C: Safety, chemical hygiene, waste, etc.
  • I-D: Interactions between 2-yr and 4-yr programs
  • I-E: Lorna Jarvis - meet the speaker
  • I-F: Prospective Teachers
Schaap Science Center
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Refreshment Break, Vendor Exhibits and Posters Schaap Atrium
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Breakout Session II

  • II-A: General Chemistry, current structure and pedagogies
  • II-B: Organic Chemistry
  • II-C: Physical Chemistry
  • II-D: Inorganic Chemistry
  • II-E: Analytical / Instrument
  • II-F: Biochemistry
Schaap Science Center
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Social Session New Holland Brewery
Cash bar
6:45 pm - 8:00 pm Banquet
"Funny Signs-an Alternative Way of Seeing Things" Dr. Don Williams, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Maas Center
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Plenary Lecture II
"A Simulus Package for Understanding and Retention," Nancy Kerner more
Maas Center

October 17, 2009 - TBA

Saturday Event Location
8:00 am - 8:30 am Coffee and Continential Breakfast Schaap Atrium
8:30 am - 9:30 pm Plenary Lecture III
"The Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education: an Undergraduate Research Collaborative in Chemistry," Dr. Don Wink more
Graves 112
9:30 am - 10:15 am MACTLAC Business Meeting Graves 112
10:15 am - 11:00 am Refereshment Break, Vendor Exhibits, Posters and Building Tours Schaap Atrium
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Breakout Session III

  • III-A: VIPEr/Inorganic Electronic Resources
  • III-B: New ACS Guidelines: Innovation through one semester foundation courses
  • III-C: Nancy Kerner / Don Wink - meet the speaker
  • III-D: LearnLab Environments - designing scientific teaching laboratory environments
  • III-E: Digital Interface Experiments
Schaap Science Center
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Executive Council meeting Schaap 3000

Vendors and meeting sponsors**
**Special thanks to sponsors for additional support of the program

Anasazi Instruments** www.aiinmr.com

Fisher Scientific www.fishersci.com

Journal of Chemical Education jchemed.chem.wisc.edu

McGraw Hill** www.mcgrawhill.com

Measure Net www.measurenet-tech.com

MicroLab** www.microlabinfo.com/

Pine Research** www.pineinst.com

Steelcase** www.steelcase.comwww.laboratorysolutions.com/

TA Instruments** www.tainstruments.com

Midwest Chemical Safety**www.midwestchemsafety.com/