Showing posts with label Dr. Al Hazari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Al Hazari. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Science Carnival 2014 at Cambridge Science Festival

2014 marks my third time participating in the Cambridge Science Festival public outreach event: The Science Carnival and Robot Zoo. It is exactly as awesome and cool sounding as it's title. This year I brought along Chemistry Ambassador superstar Dr. Al Hazari, who is widely recognized for his enthusiastic chemistry outreach. Dr. Hazari is a Helen M. Free Award recipient. The Helen M. Free award for Public Outreach recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of public outreach by a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) who improves public recognition and appreciation for the contributions of chemistry.
Setting up the three ACS tables at 2014 #cambscifest Science Carnival
My daughters and I on our way to
work at the Science Carnival
We were placed indoors this year which I was secretly glad about since although it was a beautiful sunny Spring day in Cambridge, it can get breezy (cold!) on the tennis courts where we've been the last two years. We had three American Chemical Society tables in The Micro Zone. Dr. Hazari had his own table loaded with toys and various hands-on experiments. The experiments varied in complexity; for instance, my nine year old (pictured above left) and another volunteer's eleven year old (pictured above right) were able to conduct simple hands-on demonstrations for carnival go-ers.

Click here to download the
pdf handout
I setup my pH table. It's so simple, easy for people to understand and since the 2014 Chemists Celebrate Earth Day theme is Water, I brought some Cape Cod water samples and personally handed out 250 copies of the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activity book to participants who came to my table and performed a pH experiment with litmus paper. I also brought vinegar, an energy drink, and ammonia containing window cleaner so those conducting the experiment could experience the range on the pH scale.
Note the train-the-trainer going on in the
background with Cosmo and Dr. Hazari (rainbow
lab coat)

Cosmo Sabatino, a member of the Northeastern Local Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS) Public Relations Committee, worked the third table. After an exhilarating demo of Dr. Hazari's arsenal of outreach supplies, Cosmo chose the ones he wanted to use. I think his favorite was the Newton's Beads which defied gravity and stole the attention of passerbys. 

 Cosmo was assisted by my daughter and then by Sonja Strah-Pleynet's daughter. Sonja and the young ladies worked all three tables and jumped in to help when we got inundated with a crowd which built steadily throughout the afternoon. The event was scheduled from 12pm-4pm but we had a throng of carnival attendees from 11:30am-4:40pm. We finally had to tell Dr. Hazari that it was, well, over. 

Dr. Hazari is famous for his rainbow lab coat AND his pink safety goggles
Cosmo reeling in the Newton's Beads for the next group
Getting in some one-on-one time before it got hectic

There was a steady crowd throughout the afternoon and before we knew it...

It was way past 4pm and we were still going...
It was time to put away the dolly and pack all this stuff up for Tennessee


Dr. Hazari and Jennifer Maclachlan Salute!
A wonderful ending to an amazing outreach weekend. Read about our teacher workshop the night before the science carnival. 

When Dr. Hazari returned to Tennessee, it was announced that he is the 2014 recipient of the Chancellor's Award. This Alumni Public Service Award honors a faculty or staff member whose work has made a significant impact on the Knoxville-area community.
Read about it here.















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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

A chemistry workshop for teachers at the 2014 Cambridge Science Festival

 

Updated on 5/1/2014

2014 Cambridge Science Festival  part of the programs for educators 

I pitched this idea of a teachers-only event at the 2014 Cambridge Science Festival to the festival organizers and they loved it so much, they added several educator-only events to the slate!


We were the first up on festival opening night!


FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 18, 2014

Teacher Workshop led by 

 Dr. Al Hazari

MOTIVATE YOUR STUDENTS' MOLECULES


Jennifer Maclachlan, Cambridge Science Festival Teacher Workshop Organizer and Dr. Al Hazari, Cambridge Science Festival Teacher Workshop Facilitator April 18, 2014 at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA.


Dr. Al Hazari,  wowed participants  with his chemistry-based magic show and inspired them to bring these ideas, strategies and kitchen-chemistry experiments  to their students in their own teaching environment. 


Friday evening April 18, 2014 at The Broad Institute in Cambridge was an educational experience exclusive to teachers.

5pm: Networking reception with hors d'oeuvres prepared by Baker's Best Catering.

 530pm-730pm: Show me the Chemistry! followed by Motivating your students' molecules workshop
730pm-8pm: Networking  reception with Dessert and  Coffee


  

 I live tweeted during this event, using the hashtag #showmethechemistry. See my tweets below. 

 To read about the public outreach event that Dr. Hazari and I did the following morning, see my blog post here.
    1.  Apr 19
      We're back at it this morning: with Dr. Hazari and at …
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  3.  Apr 19
    : The teachers all sashed-up: Hazari's Chemistry Ambassadors

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  4.  Apr 18
    Hazari with finally! And Jonathan Yip from the Boston Public Schools

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  5.  Apr 18
    Hazari: Have you skewered a balloon? (Sporting green safety goggles)

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  6.  Apr 18
    Hazari on humor in the classroom: Be funny.

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  7.  Apr 18
    Demonstrating the photoelectric effect at teacher workshop with Dr. Hazari

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  8.  Apr 18
    Dr. Hazari leading his workshop for teachers tonight at …
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  9.  Apr 18
    Hazari: Whatever you do in your classrooms, have a mix of things. Life is a mix of things.
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  10.  Apr 18
    Hazari on adding toys to your classroom: See what fits your budget/your personality

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  11.  Apr 18
    Hazari: 3 great teaching practices: be enthusiastic, give students a variety of experiences, & connect across the curriculum
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  12.  Apr 18
    Hazari: There is no single magical formula for motivating your students' molecules
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  13.  Apr 18
    Behold the *rainbow* lab coat. The pink goggles, we'll save those for later. at

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  14.  Apr 18
    Jim from dropped off some yummy food for our teacher workshop event:
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  15.  Apr 18
    We're setting up for the teachers at the 1st of 6 educator-only events this week at

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  16.  Apr 18
    We're kicking off tonight with featuring ACS Fellow , Dr. Al Hazari
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  17.  Apr 18
    Dr. Hazari asked me if it is ok to wear his *rainbow* lab coat for tonight. I told him I'd be disappointed if he didn't.


 Advance registration for this event was required. Registration link is available here.
This Teacher Workshop Cambridge Science Festival Event was organized by the American Chemical Society Northeastern Local Section (NESACS) Public Relations Committee: Jennifer Maclachlan and Jack Driscoll. NESACS and PID Analyzers, LLC were sponsors of this event.
Jennifer Maclachlan, event organizer, with Dr. Al Hazari, Guest Lecturer. Photo was taken August 19, 2012 at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, PA, after Dr. Hazari was honored for his twenty-five years of service to National Chemistry Week.

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