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The PACT Ambassador Outreach Program: More Than Just a Bunch of "Old White-Haired Scientists"
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In a technology-based society, effective science education is important,not only for training a qualified workforce, but also for producinginformed citizens capable of understanding the issues and problems facingstimulating interest and deveoping the skills of budding scientists andtechnicians. The Ambassador Program described in this article provides amechanism for industrial/academic interaction to take place. The AmbassadorProgram brings industrial scientists and technicians into high school andtwo-year college classrooms to expose both students and teachers to issuesfaced in the industrial workplace and laboratory. The multiphase modelprogram integrates a classroom seminar, a tour of an industrial facility,and a laboratory experience based on industrial technology. This articledescribes the pilot PACT Ambassador program that was held in partnershipwith Quantum Chemical Corporation, William Mason High School, and MiamiUniversity Middletown.
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High School / Introductory ChemistryKeywords (Domain):
Public Understanding / OutreachKeywords (Subject):
Industrial ChemistryCiting Articles
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This article has been cited by 1 ACS Journal articles (1 most recent appear below).
Building the Interest of High School Students for Science- A PACT Ambassador Program To Investigate Soap Manufacturing and Industrial Chemistry
Karen Hagaman , Anne Munson and Mark Sabo , Matthew Lynch , Nicholas GearyJournal of Chemical Education1999 76 (2), 191Building the Interest of High School Students for Science- A PACT Ambassador Program To Investigate Soap Manufacturing and Industrial Chemistry
Karen Hagaman , Anne Munson and Mark Sabo , Matthew Lynch , Nicholas GearyJournal of Chemical Education1999 76 (2), 191This article details a two-year effort (1996 and 1997) in which ambassadors from the Procter and Gamble Company and Miami University-Middletown worked with Finneytown High School students. The program entailed following a typical product development cycle ...
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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