CCMR Institute for Chemistry Teachers 2006

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The 2006 CCMR Institute for Chemistry Teachers (CICT) program participants were (from left to right, back to front):

• James Karb - The Brearley School, NYC, NY
• Maria Russo - Cohoes High School, Cohoes, NY
• Jeffrey Johnson - Ichabod Crane High School, Valatie, NY
• Amanda Parker - Cairo-Durham High School, Cairo, NY
• Gerald Meccariello - Cato-Meridian High School, Cato, NY
• Mary Kay Hickey - Dryden High School, Dryden, NY
• Mary Anne Lorenz - Whitesboro High School, Marcy, NY
• Patricia D’Antono - Roy C. Ketcham High School, Wappinger Falls, NY
• Mary Mitchell - Alexandria High School, Alexandria Bay, NY
• Catherine Kim - Roy C. Ketcham High School, Wappinger Falls, NY
• Maria Mesquita - Forest Hills High School, NYC, NY
• Ellen Schneider - Marcellus Senior High School, Marcellus, NY
• Clayton Squire - The Brearley School, NYC, NY
• Barbara Carpenter - Fort Hamilton High School, Brooklyn, NY
• Lynn Saltsman - Canajoharie High School, Canajoharie, NY

Throughout the week, New York State chemistry teachers participated in a variety of activities such as lectures by Cornell faculty, hands-on laboratory activities and research facility tours. Through these activities, the teachers developed an appreciation for modern chemistry, learned about recent advances in the field and gained a deeper understanding of the topics they teach.

The 2006 CICT program ran from July 10 - July 14 and included the following talks, labs and activities:

• "Organic Chemistry " (Prof. Jón Njarðarson)
• Tour of Cornell Theory Center Computer Aided Virtual Environment CTC CAVE (Ken Ridley)
• Lab Safety Training
• Organic Chemistry Demos and Tour (Njarðarson Research Group)
• "New Polymer Forming Reactions" (Prof. Dotsevi Sogah)
• Polymers Lab (Sogah Research Group)
• Teacher developed labs sharing session
• Mining the Internet (Chemistry Librarian Leah Solla)
• "Nitrogen Fixation - Equilibria in Action" (Prof. Paul Chirik)
• Multicomponent Analysis by UV Spectroscopy Lab (Chirik Research Group)
• "Molecules, Energy Levels and Light" (Prof. John Marohn)
• Particle in a Box Lab (Marohn Research Group)
• "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Free Enery (but were afraid to ask)" (Prof. Melissa Hines)
• Name That Salt Lab (Hines Research Group)
• "Electrochemistry" (Prof. Frank DiSalvo)
• Batteries Lab (DiSalvo Research Group)
• "Fuel Cells" (Prof. Héctor Abruña)
• Tour of Cornell Fuel Cell Institute (Dr. Paul Mutolo)
• Making Nanoparticles Lab (Dr. Paul Mutolo)