Description:

For seminar 4 (December 9, 2008), Chemistry Comes Alive III: Water, NSDL featured our experts Dr. John Moore, W. T. Lippincott Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Institute for Chemical Education; Dr. Lynn Diener, Assistant Professor at Mount Mary College; and Dr. James Skinner J. O. Hirschfelder Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute.

This seminar focused on the chemical properties of water: it's molecular and chemical structure, and some of the current research related to the analysis of water. Participants learned also learned about resources from the NSDL Chemical Education Pathway, ChemEDDL to incorporate these concepts of water and more in their teaching through videos, an interactive periodic table, demonstrations, and teaching activities.

The National Science Teachers Association and NSDL present a monthly series of web seminars for the 2008-2009 school year for teacher professional development that showcase NSDL experts and resources.

• NSDL Chemical Education Pathway (chemeddl.org)
• Seminar reference list of online materials discussed in the seminar
• Powerpoint Slides of Presentation and Seminar Archive

Be sure to check out the archive from this year's seminars.

Description2: Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern
Title: Chemistry Comes Alive III: Water
Presenters: Dr. John Moore, Dr. Lynn Diener, and Dr. James Skinner