ACADEMIC
VITA
LEE R. MAREK
EDUCATION
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M.S. 1975,
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M.S. 1973,
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B.S. 1968, University of Illinois, Chemical
Engineering, Edmund J. James Scholar, Graduated High Honors & Distinction,
Member Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary), Member Phi Lambda Upsilon (Chemistry
Honorary)
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Completed
additional course work at the following institutions: Argonne National Lab,
Univ. of Cal. Berkeley, Aurora Univ., Eastern Michigan Univ., Univ. of Texas,
Univ. of Arizona, DePaul Univ., Governors State, San Diego State, Penn State,
IIT, Univ. of Wisconsin La Crosse & Madison, Princeton Univ., Elgin Comm.
College & D.O.E., National College of Ed., Southern Illinois Univ., Fermi
National Accelerator Lab, Chicago State Univ., Harper Comm. College, SUNY, and
Loyola Univ. Spent 9 weeks in 1979 & 4 weeks in 1981 in Europe studying the
History of Chem. (Southern IL. Univ. course). Have been a Dreyfus Master
Teacher at
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2002-present Teaching Chem 101 at the University
of IL Chicago and demonstration program.
1974-2002: Teaching
Chem. & AP Chem. at Naperville North H. S. This was a new school when I
started teaching here and I developed and set up both Chemistry Programs. I was
on sabbatical during the 1998-99 school year.
1999-Present: Team
leader for Flinn
Foundation programs, CHEM TEAM 2. I run weeklong workshops at different
colleges around the country in the summers.
1997-99: Taught a course for chemistry teachers in Sweden.
1997-Present:
Taught and ran two-week
trip/courses in Europe for 10 years on the history of
science. The graduate program is through Aurora University, Aurora, IL and
FermiLab.
1997-2006:
Developed and taught Chemistry
572, Teaching Methods in Chemistry, with 3 semester-hours of graduate
credit in chemistry at U. of IL at Chicago.
1989-98: Team leader for Woodrow Wilson
National Fellowship Foundation programs, CHEM TEAM 8. I ran weeklong workshops
at four different colleges around the country in summer.
1983-90: Chem. Instructor, FermiLab
(NSF) Summer Institute for Science Teachers, Fermi National Accelerator
Lab 1986-90: Director of
Chemistry Program, FermiLab
(NSF) Summer Institute for Science Teachers, Fermi National Accelerator
Lab.
1986: Instructor, "Quest
for Excellence In Chemistry Instruction", Aurora Univ., taught weeklong
course on electrochemistry.
1985-89: Instructor of 12 SERAPHIM
interfacing workshops at various locations around the country.
1984-summer: Did research in fuel oils at BP-AMOCO
1976-82: Taught chemistry in the
College of DuPage extension program 16 quarters.
1969-74: Taught physical science in
School District 59
1968-69: Research chemical engineer,
Catalyst Evaluation Research Group, Universal Oil Products. Contributed to the design and construction of
micropilot units and wrote detailed descriptions of new tests and processes as
we developed them.
CONSULTING
WORK
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Consultant/Reviewer American Chemical
Society Demonstration Video
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Consultant for Optical Data's Cosmic
Chemistry video discs.
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Consultant for Education Designs Science
Toy kits - designed several kits & advised on others, helped them to start
a new line of products.
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Consultant/reviewer for Heath Chemistry
Text
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Consultant for Lucerne Media line of
teaching videos
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Consultant for Addison Wesley video disc
and computer software
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Consultant for Sommerville
House Publishers consultant & author of kids books
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Consultant for GAMA Gas Appliance
Manufactures Assoc.
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Consultant for National Beef Board wrote
labs and did video work for them
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Consultant for PR agency for soap
commercials
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Consultant for Learning Curve Science
Kits
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Consultant for a number of school
districts- worked with their staffs
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Consultant for FOX TV magic special
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Consultant for WEBCT
for their chemistry site.
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Consultant for Flinn
Scientific for lab materials
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Consultant for Thomson Learning and
ChemCon group
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Consultant for Dr. Leon Lederman’s ARISE Program
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Consultant for Adler Planetarium Science
program
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS Member of the following organizations
and committees:
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American
Chemical Society (ACS) local and
national: Involved with the following: Member of History Div.; Member of Ed.
Div.; Served on Chicago Ed H. S. Comm. setting up exams, Olympiad, &
teachers' conferences for 10 yrs.; ACS SPEAKER TOUR 1999; National H. S. Comm.
1987 & 88; Regional Chem. Day Comm. 89-97; NSTA/ACS Test Writing Comm.;
Long Range Planning Comm.- Chicago Section 1988, 89; Project SERAPHIM Workshop
Leader; Hosted "Doing Chemistry" workshop for teachers; Div. Chem.
Ed. National long-range Planning Comm. 1990; Helped plan and worked/demonstrated
at ACS program "Molecules and Society"; "The Chemical Sciences
in the Modern World" conference for Div. History of Chemistry; National
Planning Committee Meeting for Local Section Activity Development- Belmont
Center, MD 91; 1 week Workshop in the History of Chemistry at the Beckman
Center Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia 91; National Task Force on High School
Curriculum; Presentations/invited speaker at the following meetings: St. Joseph
Valley Section Culver, IN 5/89; Regional Winston-Salem N.C., 10/89; Regional in
St. Louis, 11/89; Regional Raleigh, NC, 4/91; Regional in Cincinnati, OH 5/92;
National San Francisco presentation 4/92; National Denver National, 3/93; ran
High school Program for Chicago National Meeting, 8/93; presentation for Allentown,
PA section 3/95. I gave presentations at the following Biennial (National) Con.
on Chem. Ed.: 9th Biennial Bozeman, Montana 1986; 10th Biennial Purdue 1988
five presentations; 11th Biennial Atlanta, GA at Georgia Tech Univ. 1990 three
presentations; 12th Biennial Davis, CA 1992 two presentations; 13th Biennial
Bucknell 1994 PA presentation; 14th Biennial Clemson Univ. S.C. 1996 four
presentations; 15th Biennial Univ. Waterloo 1998 four presentations, ACS
National meeting Boston 9/98 presentation. On Speaker Tour for ACS at 5 sites
in 1999, Richmond VA section Christmas Program; 15th Biennial Univ. of MI. two
presentations 2000; Written and/or reviewed articles/reviews for J. Chem. Ed.,
CHEMUNITY, ACS Media; on-line conference "Lecture Demonstrations in
Chemistry on the World Wide Web" Spring 2001, Keynote Speaker high
school/college programs Orlando, FL
4/02, New Orleans 3/03, Swarm TX 2004, ACS Speaker Service Lake Erie Circuit
9/02, ran High
school Program for Chicago National Meeting, 3/07
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National Science Teachers Assoc. (NSTA):
Involved with the following: International Referral Group 1982/84; Leader,
demonstration workshop 1984; Task Force for High School Science 1986/87; Task
Force for Computer Networking 1986/87; Association of Presidential Awardees in
Science Teaching; NSTA/ACS Test Writing Committee; Have done major
presentations at national NSTA meeting most years since 1987. Evening of
Chemistry for 2000 people at National meeting 4/02 in Orlando, FL, Keynote
Albuquerque Regional 12/03
· Additional Activities: Illinois Assoc. of Chem. Teachers (IACT) President 1989-90; Illinois Science Teachers Assoc. (ISTA)-- Program Coor. for 1988; convention Illinois Education Association-- Building rep. District 54, Regional Board, District 203; Tau Beta Pi & Phi Lambda Upsilon; Friends of FermiLab on Board of Directors 1990-present; Illinois Solar Energy Association; Engineers' Week Program Planning Committee; Exhibits Committee SciTech; Naperville Area Recycling Center(NARC), was on board of directors & was purchasing agent for 2 years; Member of REACTIVITY NETWORK; Steering Comm. for the Univ., of Illinois Allerton Workshop for H.S.- College Interfacing 1985; Steering Comm. for Saturday Morning Scholars Program, a lecture series for gifted H.S. students co-sponsored by Illinois Bell and the Corp. Partnership 1986-88, 21st Century Initiative Essential Science Task Force and Education and Outreach Task Force for the Museum of Science and Industry 2003/04
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Chem West: Co-developed and ran this
monthly meeting of chem. teachers for last 14 years [until 2000] in the Chicago
area. Wrote a monthly newsletter for 400 chem. teachers in the Chicago area
until 2000.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Dreyfus
Master Teacher 83, Governors Master Teacher 84, Sigma Xi Outstanding Teacher
Award 85, Recognized for outstanding science program by the Chicago Sun Times
when Naperville North High School was voted one of the "Ten Best Illinois
High Schools" 85, Distinguished Science Educator 86 ISTA, Awarded Citation
for Excellence to INTECH (Young Engineers and Scientists Competition) by The
Corridor Group, Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching 86,
Davison Award for Excellence In Teaching High School Chemistry 87 by Chemical
Industries Council, Regional Catalyst Award Midwest--Chem. Manuf. Assoc. 88,
ACS Great Lakes Regional Award for High School Chemistry 90, IMPACT Awardee 90,
Christa McAuliffe Fellow 92-93, Tandy Technology Scholar Award for Outstanding
Teachers 91, Those Who Excel Award of Excellence for Outstanding Contributions
To Illinois Education from the State Board of Education, Sigma Xi Special Award
from Chicago Section for Contributions to Education in the Chicago Area 92,
Voted The Outstanding Teacher of the Year by students and faculty Naperville
North High School 92, ASTC [Assoc. of Sci. & Tech. Centers] Honor Roll of
Teachers 1992 did demos in Congress in Washington DC, National Catalyst Award
for Excellence in Chemistry Teaching from the Chemical Manufactures Association
6/93; National
James
Bryant Conant Award in High School
Chemistry Teaching from the ACS [American Chemical Society] 3/94; ACS Phoenix
Award for National Chemistry Week work I had done for last 8 years 8/93, Won
Science Photo Contest NSTA made the cover of The Science Teacher 2/94, Golden
Apple Award 1998 sabbatical in 98 full tuition to Northwestern, Fulbright to
Japan Fall of 99. Honorary
Member of South Carolina Chemistry Teachers, Helen
Free Award for Public Outreach ACS 03, Chicago Section
ACS Public Affairs Award 07
In the following publications for
teaching/education- Education Week, U. S. A. Today, C & E News, Time,
People, Chicago Mag., Today, Illinois Quarterly Mag, The Kansas City Star.
Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Associated Press. Wrote and appeared in a
series of half-hour kids science shows for ABC TV in Chicago. Finalist for National Emmy Awards for demos
done in 1991 on TV. Science book published in 1999 by Penguin Publishing.
Helped Bozo show select science demonstrations/demonstrators 1997-00. I was
featured:
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On the "David
Letterman Show" 30 times 90-07
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On the CBS News Special "Education
Our Nation's Toughest Assignment"
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On two segments on CBS "Schools
In"
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On the Houston ABC News, ABC TV in
Buffalo NY, Kalamazoo MI NBC News, CBS News Richmond VA, Nashville, TN.
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On FOX, CBS, NBC, WGN, ABC, WTTW here in
Chicago numerous times
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Appeared on National TV show INSIDE
EDITION for examples of better ways of teaching
With Students
1. The various industries in the
DuPage County area have sponsored the "INTECH" science fair for
students in the area. I helped the
student who won the engineering design competition. I had a number of students who were Semifinalist.
2. JETS (Junior Engineering &
Technological Society), first or second in the state in chemistry numerous
times
3. Illinois Benedictine College
Chemistry Exam, my students achieved first or second place on the exam a number
of times.
4. Had students work on summer
projects at Argonne, FermiLab, University of Illinois, and other colleges
around the country.
5. Honorable mentions on ACS exams,
2nd place several times & have had students finish in the top 5 on numerous
occasions.
6. National Science Exam - Chem., I
had a student place 2nd in 1986 and our school was 12th overall in chemistry
out of 158 schools.
7. Many of my students have attended
Saturday Morning Physics and joined Explorer Clubs. The industry participants in this program
meet with students once a month in the evening to enable the students to learn
more about what one does in industry.
8. Several of my students were
finalists in the Museum of Science and Industry's Outstanding Young Scientist
Award.
9. I have judged a number of science
fairs and have organized several science fairs.
10.
I helped to set up the lab
assistant program at North High whereby students get credit for helping make
solutions, setting up labs, trying out labs, etc.
11.
I was one of the originators of
the independent study program at North High - a program that enables students
to work on their own projects.
12.
I have former students now in
college and the work world return to give presentations on careers in chemistry
and engineering.
13.
Over two dozen of my students
have worked in co-op programs at BP Amoco, Nalco, AT&T, Argonne, FermiLab,
and Bell Labs. This is one of the best
work related experiences the student can have.
He or she attends school in the morning but leaves at 1:00 P.M. to work
until about 4:30 in a laboratory or industrial settings.
14. One
of my students won the National Finalist Westinghouse Science Talent Search
15.
Helped to introduce legislation
to free up kids from taking mandated courses.
Also worked with State Legislator Mary Lou Cowlishaw on passage of the
new law allowing consumer education to be passed by a proficiency exam.
16.
Students were selected for
International Chemistry Olympiad Camp in CO and another as an alternate 1993.
17. Student
work published in 25th Anniversary Issue of CHEM 13 NEWS.
18. Student
work published in Mole Day Magazine.
19.
Students were selected for
International Chemistry Olympiad Camp in CO and another as an alternate 1994
20. Two
state first place winners in JETS in chemistry 1994
21. Student/teacher
photo contest national winner NSTA cover of The Science Teacher.
22. Students
National finalist for Toshiba ExploraVision Award 1995
23.
1996 students took 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th,
& 6th in state in JETS chemistry.
24. Jets
team 3rd in nation 1996
25. Took
first, second, fourth, in state in JETS in chemistry 1997
26.
Students were selected for
International Chemistry Olympiad Camp in CO 1997
27.
Highest placing Female Chemistry
Student Award on Chicago Area ACS Exam 1997
28. Third
time a student selected for MIT full paid summer honors program 1997
29. Kids did Science demos on David
Letterman show 1997 & 1998
30. J.V. JETS Team 2nd in the nation 1998, helped with
chemistry section
31. Student
was selected for International Chemistry Olympiad Camp in CO 1998
32. Student
selected by USA Today as one of top 20 in country 1998
33. Student
was selected for International Chemistry Olympiad Camp in CO 1999
34. Winning student team of the 2000-2001
Internet Science and Technology Fair (ISTF)
35. Nominated [by students] one of the
Outstanding Educators School dist 203 for 15th year in a row.
ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS, COMPUTER WORK
& VIDEO WORK:
1998-07 "Exocharmic
Chemistry" for Flinn Scientific CHEM TEAM book of 275 pages of teachers materials.
2007 30th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 12/07
2007 29th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 5/07
1995-06 Book of demos and labs for UIC Summer
Teachers Methods Course- we do a new book each year
2006 28th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 11/06
2006 Chicago Tribune
Science review of Moto 10/06
2006 27th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 5/06
2005 Video
demos at Adler Planetarium used as "commercials" in an hour-long
web cast to celebrate "Einstein's Year" that Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate, broadcast on 12/1/05 a webcast with Fermilab and CERN
2005 Flinn
ChemTopic Lab and Demo manuals 23 volumes 05
2005 26th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 11/05
2005 25th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 5/05
2004 24th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 3/04
2003 Univ.
of WI Christmas Demonstrations with Bassam Shakhashiri for PBS telecasts 12/03
2003 ARISE Program
writing connections between chemistry physics and biology for Leon Lederman.
2003 ACS
News TV show Nashville did Science Demos 11/03
2003 23th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 3/03
2002 22nd
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 5/02
2002 Hour
cable-access series from Skokie called "Pushing the Envelope" on
education.
2002 Book
on science demos for general public for Somerville Press/Scholastic Publishers
2001 21st
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 12/01
2001 Fox Sports Science Demos 5/01
2001 20th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 5/01
2001 Demonstrations
for WTTW Public TV on their “Chicago Tomorrow” science shows three times 3/01
2001
WGN TV News did demonstrations with my
students 2/01
2001 On-line conference "Lecture
Demonstrations in Chemistry on the World Wide Web" Spring 2001
2000 Chemical
Heritage Newsmagazine of the Chemical Heritage Foundation article on Gun Cotton
9/00
2000 Kids
Stuff Magazine 9/00
2000 19th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 11/00
2000 WGN
Radio Science Fair on the radio! 10/00
2000 Bozo
Show WGN 9/00
2000 CLTV
show on Mercury spills 9 /00
2000 Fox
Sports Science Demonstrations 5/00
2000
Demos for WEBCT streaming video of chemistry
demos done with Univ. of GA for WEBCT, can be seen
http://www.webct.com/chemistry/
2000 18th time on David Letterman Show
Science Demonstrations 3/00
2000 "Exocharmic
Chemistry" for Flinn Scientific CHEM TEAM 2 a book of 275 pages of
teachers materials.
2000 WGN
TV News did demonstrations with my students 1/00
1999 Half
a dozen radio interviews for the book published 2/99
1999 Bozo
Show WGN October 3, 1999
1999 17th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 9/99
1999 The Great Sodium
Disaster Video" working with Cliff Schrader on production 8/99
1999 16th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 5/99
1999 Book
on science demos for general public for SOMERVILLE PRESS/Penguin Publishers.
1999 15th
time on David Letterman Show Science Demonstrations 2/99
1999 "Exocharmic
Chemistry" for Flinn Scientific CHEM TEAM 2 a book of 275 pages of
teachers materials.
1999 "THE PERIODIC CABLE", a
monthly newsletter distributed to 400+ chemistry teachers and chemist in the Chicago area. Have written, edited and published the newsletter
and has published this for the past 14 years.
1998 Univ.
of WI Christmas Demonstrations with Bassam Shakhashiri for PBS telecasts 12/98
1998 WBIG
radio hour talk show and demos 12/98
1998 15th
time on David Letterman Show CBS November 16, 1998
1998 Bozo
Show WGN October 5, 1998
1998 WGN
TV News did demonstrations and interviewed. 10/25/98
1998 Golden
Apple Awards Show May WTTW Chicago May 8.1998
1998 14th
time on David Letterman Show CBS March 3, 1998
1998 Beef
Board Video "Fueled for Flight" wrote and acted in video for junior
high classes on energy and food.
1998 WGN
TV News as Scientist for Science week did demonstrations and was interviewed.
2/16/98
1998 Spotlighted
in a video focusing on teachers who are innovators in Illinois for IEA 1998.
1997 KARE-
TV, Garnnett TV, Minneapolis, MN Saturday Science Chemistry Day 11/4/97
1997 Articles
in The Chicago Tribune and Daily Herald 10/30/97
1997 Kids
and science demos CBS News October 29, 1997
1997 Bozo
Show WGN October 26, 1997
1997 12th
time on David Letterman Show Doing Science Demonstrations 10/30/97
1997 Fox
Thing in the Morning FOX TV Chicago Sept. 26. 1997
1997 Web
page set up by Tribune at
http://chicago.digitalcity.com/naperville/profile/neighbor/neighbor.htm
1997 Feature
article in The Chicago Tribune 8/8/97
1997 11th
time on David Letterman Show Doing Science Demonstrations 7/ 3/97
1997 Science
Demonstrations for FOX TV in Chicago 5/7/97
1997 Tenth
time on David Letterman Show Doing Science Demonstrations 1/ 3/97
1997 "Teaching Chemistry Exocharmically"
for Woodrow Wilson CHEM TEAM 8 a book of 250 pages of teachers materials.
1989-97
1997 "WEIRD SCIENCE" and "SON
OF WEIRD SCIENCE" demonstration manuals developed in conjunction with
three other high school teachers for a chemical demonstration show which has
been given out and presented over 300 times from coast to coast for the last 10
years. WEIRD SCIENCE is listed in CMA "Education Resource Guide" as
an Endorsed Program.
1996 Feature
article in The Kansas City Star 10/18/96
1996 ABC
TV in Buffalo, NY AM Buffalo did science demos for them live, June 27, 1996
1996 ABC
TV Peoria, IL News Interview Heart of Illinois Fair on Science Show, July 1996
1996 Feature
article in Today [Du Page Newspaper]
1996 Feature
article in Illinois Quarterly Magazine.
1996 Working with GAMA [Gas Appliance
Manufactures Association] on High School Education Program and video
1996 Addison Wesley Chemistry Video Discs
1996 Kids
show did science experiments on the radio for WGN 4/6/96
1996 Student
won awards from Yahoo & The Exploratorium for interactive home page on the
World Wide Web
1995 Education
Designs Science Toy kits. Designed
several kits and advised on others.
Helped them to start a new line of products.
1995 Editorial
[requested by editor] in Chemunity News the ACS publication for the Education
Division 1995
1995 Sommerville House Publishers author for a
line of science books
1995 Ninth time on David Letterman Show Doing
Science Demonstrations 11/22/95
1995 Helped to create Addison Wesley Laser disk
for high school chemistry. Also did demo
on the disc.
1995 FOX
thing in the Morning TV program, did science demonstrations on FOX TV 8/95
1995 Letterman
New Show @ CBS show 3/95
1995 People
Magazine article
1995 Science
Demonstrations for FOX TV in Chicago 3/21/95
1995 Letterman
New show 3/10/94
1994 Written
up in Chicago Magazine
1994 C
& E News several times
1994 Korean
Chemical Journal of Education
1994 Published
experiments in CHEM 13 NEWS
1994 Photo
work selected for the cover of the Science Teacher Magazine, won national photo
contest 2/94.
1994 Letterman
New show on CBS 9/2/94
1994 Co-host
NCTV cable Naperville hour science show; done with Bill West May 1994
1994 CLTV
in Chicago, science demos September 1994
1994 WGN
Radio did a half-hour kids show at Taste of Chicago 7/94
1994 WBEZ-
National Public Radio- did a half hour radio show on science education 5/94
1994 "Encyclopedia
of Chemistry", wrote material for now encyclopedia coming out in 1995 from
Macmillan.
1994 Hour
radio show for WBIG on science education 4/23/94
1994 Science
Demonstrations for FOX TV in Chicago 2/22/94
1994 Science
demos on the radio for WLUP the Johnan Brandmeyer Show. 2/94
1993 Students
work published in CHEM 13 NEWS in their 25th anniversary issue 8/93
1993 Feature
story on Inside Edition TV show for classroom teaching 7/93.
1993 Co-hosted
on ABC {Chicago} TV two more 1/2-hour kids’ science shows.
1993 "DEMOS I DO", A 120 page
demonstration packet distributed to chemistry teachers at chemistry
conferences, workshops and used at the Summer Institute for Chemistry Teachers
(FermiLab). 1982-1993
1993 TV
show with science demos Clive Anderson Talks Back in England 6/93
1993 TV appearances on "Late Night With
David Letterman" show 6 times [1990-95] doing science demonstrations. Appeared
on TV Emmy Awards Program 8/25/91 as one of "best of..." category for
this.
1992 ABC
{Chicago} TV two 1/2-hour kids science shows.
1992 Co-hosted
1 hour NCTV [cable TV] science program for parents and kids in school district
203.
1992 Chemistry
Day work made cover of C & E News and inside story.
1992 Written
up in Education Resource Guide from CMA as a Recommended Model Program 6/92
1992 Article
written up by Associated Press distributed around the country.
1992 Feature
story on Inside Edition TV show about classroom teaching 12/92.
1992 Feature
article in USA Today on teaching.
1992 Feature
article in Education Week on motivating students and teaching.
1992 Feature
story written on teaching approach in "The Insider Line" the
electronic Manufactures Newspaper
1992 "LIQUID N2: PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
AT LOW TEMPERATURES", a write-up on a one hour presentation including
demonstrations on the properties of materials at low temperatures published by
Flinn Scientific.
1992 Reviewed CD-ROM disk for Dr. David
Brooks for ChemSource. Some of my labs
and material are included on the disk.
1992 Appeared on National Public Radio [WBEZ]
for their New Years program 1/1/92 doing 1/2 hour worth of demonstrations.
1992 Appeared
in Lab Safety Supply catalog in full page spread on safety.
1991 Appeared/Interviewed on CBS News TV in
Chicago for teaching demonstrations.
Interviewed and filed in classroom during class.
1991 NBC TV Chicago, The Bob Sirrot Show, did
set of demonstrations & interview over a 45-minute period for morning news
show.
1991 Two Texas [Houston] stations on nightly
news on education 1991 for interview and demonstrations to motivate kids and
teachers.
1991 Chicago
TV News for student science projects and how to get them involved
1991 A lab book from the Berkeley Hall of
Science "Laboratory
Assessment Builds Success", Univ. of Cal. Berkeley contains some of my
lab materials. I worked on this book for
two summers at Berkeley.
1991 "AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME",
a position paper and rationale supporting the idea of four classes and
laboratory technician help for science teachers; includes statistics from 60+
high schools; published in Educational Possibilities.
1991 Science
Demonstrations on WGN Radio for Taste of Chicago 4th of July.
1990 Video work in NJ, demonstrations for
Optical Data Corp.'s Laserdisc on chemistry.
It is a 6 sided set of discs.
Also edited materials for them.
1990 Lab selected for the Impact II:
Teacher-To-Teacher Network to Enhance Math and Science Education in
Illinois. The materials published and
distributed to school districts throughout the state.
1990 "FACTS ON FILE", has published
two labs in their "Experiments, Demonstrations, and Projects for School
and Home" in 90.
1990 Science
demonstration tape for North Shore cable TV station
1990 News Special "Education Our
Nation's Toughest Assignment" September 6, 1990, two segments on CBS
education special "Schools In" November and December 1990
1989 Video program on polymers for local
cable TV station, it was played once a week for six months. Voted one of the highlights of the year
1988 Kalamazoo
NBC News
1988 Chemistry
Day work made cover of C & E News and inside story.
1987 NSTA/ACS
Test Writing Committee 1987-88, helped to write the ACS/NSTA High School Exam
1987 "A
USER'S VIEW ON COMPUTERS", ISTA SPECTRUM, SPRING
1987 "KEEPING ON TRACK WITH
COMPUTERS", an article written for CHEMUNITY, Vol. 8, No.1, 1987. (An ACS publication for teachers).
1986 Edited laser videodisk material for the
American Chemical Society ("Doing Chemistry") and National
Educational Video, 1986-87.
1986 "WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SECONDARY
SCIENCE TEACHERS", a position statement on
the working conditions of high school chemistry teachers by a NSTA Task Force which I helped write.
1986 "The
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science & Math ", published ISTA
SPECTRUM.
1985 "A PROPOSITION FOR A RESOLUTION FOR
IMPROVEMENT IN SCIENCE EDUCATION", submitted to the Illinois Association
of Chemistry Teachers (IACT) at its 1985 Spring Conference, University of
Illinois, Urbana, IL.
1985 "A TIME TO THINK -- A TIME TO
DO", a proposition for a resolution for improvement in science education
presented to the membership of the Illinois Science Teachers Association State
Convention, Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL.
1985 "BUILDING ADAPTER BOXES AND
INTERFACING MATERIALS", a set of materials developed for SERAPHIM workshop
participants.
1985 "MOLE DEMO: PART I & II",
teacher - student generated computer software programs developed for the
Dreyfus Master Teacher Program and SERAPHIM and distributed to over 2000 high
school chemistry teachers nationwide.
1985 Obtained one half of a fusion reactor
from Argonne for permanent display in the North High School lower resource
center, the other half of the reactor is at the Museum of Science and Industry
in Chicago.
1985 "SUPERMOLE
SHUFFLE", ISTA song published in SPECTRUM, Fall 1985, later made into a
video.
1985 "BOLTZMANN
DISTRIBUTION", ISTA lab published in SPECTRUM
1985 Edited
science textbooks for Scott Foresman, 1985-87.
1984 Worked as a research chemist at Amoco
studying polymers to reduce friction in pipeline flow. Developed guide lines for the test. 10 weeks
summer 1984.
1982 "ISOMERS
OF CARBON COMPOUNDS", published in Chem. 13 News.
1981 Edited
articles Journal of Chemical Education, 1981-1983.
Before I list part of the over 500 workshops and
presentations I have done I would like to mention two things that stand out in
the way of professional participation:
1.
For 14 years I ran CHEM WEST, a teachers alliance group in the Chicago
area. We have monthly meetings open to
teachers and chemists of all educational levels. The meetings provide a forum
for the dissemination of chemistry information, ideas, materials,
methodologies, and safety regulations.
We are committed to "teachers sharing with teachers." This is not a trickle down theory but a
"trickle up," which was a paradigm shift in thinking for teacher
training at the time the group was initiated.
I published [in 2000 others took over the newsletter] “Periodic Cable”,
the monthly newsletter of CHEM WEST, which keeps members informed of area and
national meetings, new ideas, and materials developed and presented by CHEM
WEST participants, etc. The mailing list
includes over 500 pre-college and college chemistry teachers, and others
interested in chemical education.
Attendance at the monthly meetings is between 30-200 teachers. There are
no dues. CHEM WEST is a tax-exempt organization that is able, because of
funding I helped obtain, to offer mini-grants to science teachers for
development of curriculum and demonstration materials, computer software and
interfacing devices. CHEM WEST has awarded $7500 in mini-grants over the years
to teachers of all levels. In addition to the monthly meetings there have been
free workshops for teachers and CHEM WEST has worked with other groups and with
industry for teacher updating. CHEM WEST
has worked with Chemical Industries Council of Illinois [CICI] in establishing
their first "Classroom Catalysis" program and with American Chemical
Society Chemistry Day program for the last 10 years where 12 to 18 teachers
from our group did all day presentations at local museums. CHEM WEST together
with a downstate alliance group is put together a demonstration book with Dr.
Otis Rothenberger from Illinois State University. CHEM WEST has also participated in the
Midwest Regional Conference on Local Alliance Building for Science and Technology
Education several years ago; helped with start-up of the Engineers' Week
Program; and held meetings with BPAmoco Oil, Nalco Chemical Company, Argonne
National Lab, Fermi National Lab, and Chicago Drug and Chemical.
CHEM WEST has received support and assistance
from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for Academic Alliances in
Chemistry [Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation] to improve the
teaching of chemistry and from the Chicago Drug and Chemical Association. CHEM WEST has also received encouragement and
assistance from the Friends of FermiLab Association, a not-for profit
organization associated with Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which
sponsors many programs for the enhancement of science education.
2.
I am part of a demonstration team-- WEIRD SCIENCE- which has done over 500
presentations for more than 300,000 students, teachers, and the general public.
WEIRD SCIENCE is a stage show that presents a series of demonstrations and
teaching tips that will turn on even the most comatose students and motivate
teachers of all levels. Students learn best when they want to learn. It is our
job as teachers to awaken a student's desire to learn--to keep them mentally
coming back. The teacher is the catalyst in the classroom. If that catalyst is
inert not much happens. WEIRD SCIENCE has found that we are able to motivate
that teacher to change-- to supply the activation energy or a new mechanism to
initiate the move to a new style of teaching.
In a recent survey published in School Science
and Mathematics on "Secondary Science Teacher's Needs," teachers
ranked methods to motivate students as their number one concern and
identification of sources of peer tested instructional materials as a high
priority. CHEM WEST and WEIRD SCIENCE presentations provide both. Lesley Stahl
of CBS News said of a "WEIRD SCIENCE" presentation at SUNY Purchase
[NY], "Teachers are hungry for this type of sharing." "WEIRD SCIENCE is a four-teacher road
show that exposes youngsters to seemingly magical wonders more intriguing than
video games." ---- Newsweek: April 9, 1990
Workshops
I have run or helped to run in the last 10 years (I have done well over 500):
2008 Science demo program on money for the Oxford Bank Naperville 9/08
2008
Set up/taught a two-week course
called "History of Science
in France" in Europe 7/08
2008 Science demo program on money for the Oxford Bank Westmont 5/08
2008 Chemical Industry Council of Illinois CAREER
CONFERENCE did demo programs for 2 days at Museum of Science and Industry
2500 kids 4/08
2008 Science demonstration program at Fermilab for over 800 kids
and parents expected for Excellence in Science, Technology,
and Math Education Week 4/08
2008 Science demonstration program for Plainfield School 400 kids 3/08
2008 Saturday demonstration program for School District
204 Science Fair: WEIRD SCIENCE 1/08
2008 Science
demonstration program for Kaneland School District
400 kids1/08
2007 David
Letterman Show Science Demonstrations NY 12/07
2007 Science
demo program on money for the Oxford Bank Naperville
9/07
2007 Helped to run full day Inquiry Chemistry Program at UIC for
CPS teachers. 9/07
2007 Taught 2 week-long workshops for Flinn Scientific Summer of
07 U of Cal., Merced & U of Texas, El Paso, 8/07
2007 Set up/taught a two-week course
called "History
of Science in Scandinavia" in Europe 7/07
2007 Helped to run
full day Inquiry Chemistry Program at UIC for CPS teachers. 6/07
2007 David Letterman
Show Science Demonstrations NY 5/07
2007 Science
demos for District 203 Ed. Foundation raised $2000 5/07
2007 Science demonstration program for
national Geographic’s kids and parents 5/07
2007 Helped to run
full day Inquiry Chemistry Program at UIC for CPS teachers. 4/07
2007 Chemical Industry Council of Illinois CAREER
CONFERENCE did demo programs for 2 days at Museum of Science and Industry
2500 kids 4/07
2007 Chair of High
School Program for the National ACS meeting Chicago 3/07
2007 Science demonstration program
for Orenic School Plainfield 800 kids & parents 2/07
2007 Science demonstration program
for Longwood School Aurora 300 kids 2/07
2007 Helped to run
full day Inquiry Chemistry Program at UIC for CPS teachers. 2/07
2007 Science demonstration program
for Battle Creek, Michigan 300 kids 2/07
2007 Two Saturday demonstration programs for School District
204 Science Fair: WEIRD SCIENCE 1/07
2007 Helped to run full day Inquiry Chemistry
Program at UIC for CPS teachers. 1/07
2007 Science demonstration program
for Kaneland School District 400 kids1/07
2006 Science demos with kids on WGN and CBS
local stations 12/06
2006 David
Letterman Show Science Demonstrations NY 12/06
2006 Advanced gastronomy article in Chicago Tribune explaining
high-tech restaurants in Chicago
2006 Hallowed Halls Halloween program for the Chicago
Cultural Center 10/06
2006 Boy Scout science program North Barrington 10/06