NY-ACS High School Teachers Group

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TOPICAL GROUP

Meeting Schedule for the 2008-2009 School Year
(Your students are welcome except where indicated)

All meetings are free and are held at NYU
Silver Center Room 207
32 Waverly Place (southeast corner Washington Sq. East)
Manhattan, NY 10003
Fridays at 7:15 PM unless otherwise noted
Security at NYU requires that you show a picture ID.

January 9, 2009
Dr. Jerry DeMenna , Fun-Science Academics, 345 W. 58th St. Suite 2K, New York, NY 10019, 732-207-8835
Email
Learn That Technology Is Fun: Spectrometric Examination of Barbeque Sauce

February 13, 2009
Dr. David W. Hogg ,Associate Professor, Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Dept. of Physics, NYU
Email
Massive Data Sets in Astrophysics Including Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Dr. Hogg participates in and uses the very large Sloan Digital Sky Survey and other large surveys. His group maintains and uses more than 30 Tb of astronomical data.
They do science with and create new data analysis techniques for data sets of non-trivial size and complexity.
They have started a big project on automating astrometry, which is crucial for the next generation of enormous astrophysics projects.

March 13, 2009
Dr. William Horak ,Chair, Energy Sciences and Technology Department, Building 475B, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, 631-344-2627
Email
Integrated Planning for Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability

April 24, 2009
Demo Derby
An evening of non-stop demonstrations (5-8 minutes max.)
If you want to participate, just bring your demo along with clean-up equipment and your safety apparel, and write your name on the board.
Remember, its quick, quick, quick. You're not teaching, just showing what can be demonstrated in the classroom.

May 15, 2009
Awards Dinner
Awardee and Location to be determined.

American Chemical Society
New York Section, Inc.
Department of Chemistry
St. John's University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439
Phone 516-883-7510
Fax 516-883-4003
E-Mail Inquiries to our Office Administrator

CO-CHAIRS 2008 Joan Laredo-Liddell 391 Palmer Road Yonkers, NY 10701 914-476-6860 Phone 718-325-8820 Fax Jean Delfiner 207 Lincoln Place Eastchester, NY 10709-2005 914-961-8882 (voice and message) 914-771-6669 (FAX) JADelfiner@verizon.net Meetings Chemagination 2009 Chemistry Olympiad Project SEED	HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TOPICAL GROUP Meeting Schedule for the 2008-2009 School Year (Your students are welcome except where indicated) All meetings are free and are held at NYU Silver Center Room 207 32 Waverly Place (southeast corner Washington Sq. East) Manhattan, NY 10003 Fridays at 7:15 PM unless otherwise noted Security at NYU requires that you show a picture ID. January 9, 2009 Dr. Jerry DeMenna , Fun-Science Academics, 345 W. 58th St. Suite 2K, New York, NY 10019, 732-207-8835 Email Learn That Technology Is Fun: Spectrometric Examination of Barbeque Sauce February 13, 2009 Dr. David W. Hogg ,Associate Professor, Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, Dept. of Physics, NYU Email Massive Data Sets in Astrophysics Including Sloan Digital Sky Survey Dr. Hogg participates in and uses the very large Sloan Digital Sky Survey and other large surveys. His group maintains and uses more than 30 Tb of astronomical data. They do science with and create new data analysis techniques for data sets of non-trivial size and complexity. They have started a big project on automating astrometry, which is crucial for the next generation of enormous astrophysics projects. March 13, 2009 Dr. William Horak ,Chair, Energy Sciences and Technology Department, Building 475B, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000, 631-344-2627 Email Integrated Planning for Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability April 24, 2009 Demo Derby An evening of non-stop demonstrations (5-8 minutes max.) If you want to participate, just bring your demo along with clean-up equipment and your safety apparel, and write your name on the board. Remember, its quick, quick, quick. You're not teaching, just showing what can be demonstrated in the classroom. May 15, 2009 Awards Dinner Awardee and Location to be determined. American Chemical Society New York Section, Inc. Department of Chemistry St. John's University 8000 Utopia Parkway Jamaica, NY 11439 Phone 516-883-7510 Fax 516-883-4003 E-Mail Inquiries to our Office Administrator