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Building the Interest of High School Students for Science- A PACT Ambassador Program To Investigate Soap Manufacturing and Industrial Chemistry

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Karen Hagaman

Finneytown Senior High School, 8916 Fontainebleau Terrace, Finneytown, OH 45231

Anne Munson and Mark Sabo

Center for Chemical Education, Miami University-Middletown, Middletown, OH 45042

Matthew Lynch

The Proctor & Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, P.O. Box 538707, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8707

Nicholas Geary

The Procter & Gamble Company, Rusham Park, Whitehall Lane, Egham, Surrey TW20 9NW, UK

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (2), p 191

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p191

Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1999

Abstract

This 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 for fabricating commercially viable soap products. It exposed students to as many aspects of science and science careers as possible, from traditional research and development to product research.