"Using Zoology in the Classroom" 

Presented by Larry Weisberg, Biology Instructor, Mahopac HS

This presentation will provide an opportunity for high school biology " Living Environment " teachers to observe significant teaching demonstrations and to review with participants  a variety of topics covered in Biology. 

The activities-based presentation provides information on teaching zoology with or without live animals in the classroom. The course will provide participants with various activities that enhance student understanding and knowledge of many different animals from around the world.

Presented by, Michael Revenson, Syracuse University Adjunct Professor of Forensic Science,  Veteran  Chemistry Instructor, Mahopac High School, Mahopac, New York and Scott Rizzo, Syracuse University Adjunct Professor of Forensic Science,  Veteran  Biology Instructor, Mahopac High School, Mahopac, New York

This Forensic workshop will offer teachers the opportunity to explore the following topics: Blood & Blood Spatter Analysis, Finger-printing, Hair & Fiber Analysis, Toxicology, Physical Evidence, Skeletal Remains, and Entomology. Participants may use the information, labs, crime scenes and resources provided to start their own half-year course or supplement current science curriculum to stimulate student interest by using the science of criminology.

" How Sweet It Is"

Presented by Dominick Vellucci, Principle Scientist, Kraft Foods

This talk will provide a brief history of sweeteners. The mechanism of sweet taste will be covered followed by the structure and chemistry of natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners. Topics will include functionality, stability, sensory profile and regulatory status. An overview of the regulatory processes and practical applications of sweeteners will be presented. Methods to develop in class experiments to teach the concepts will be shared with the participants.  At the conclusion of the presentation sweetener solutions of the most common FDA approved sweeteners will be available for anyone interested in tasting.

"Teaching Chemistry Explosively and Other Techniques for the New Millennium"

Presented by Walter Rohr,  "1999 Science Educator of the Year" by Westchester STANYS,  he was honored as a featured presenter at the Irish Science Teachers Convention in Galway, Ireland, well known for his work in New York State’s "New Teachers for Regents Chemistry" program and for teacher training programs at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the State University of New York at Purchase. His inventions and activities are featured in the current Flinn Scientific catalog.

The general theme of this presentation will be “rather than tell your students about science, let them experience it for themselves.”   To that end, participants will be treated to a collection of activities which will allow them to add excitement to their stoichiometry, bonding, kinetics, and vapor pressure lessons with fizz, bang, and “pop.”  Moreover, with the use of modern technology, such as Vernier’s Logger Pro Software, one can add a new repertoire of demonstrations and a heightened level of understanding to existing activities.  Instead of telling your students what happens after a demonstration, they can now see for themselves and form their own mental images.  Using techniques such as fast data collection, data collection integrated with videos, and frame by frame video analysis, teachers can introduce phenomena never seen before which becomes the basis for interesting classroom discussions. 

"Inquiry Based Demonstrations in the Classroom" presented by the local STANYS SARS and Company

This segment will contain a series of live demonstrations useful in the classroom to entice students with creative anticipatory settings which begin with simple concepts of density, fun things with a slinky, air pressure, earthquake waves, Doppler shift and end with the fascinating concepts involving explosions and colors.

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