Contact Mary Kadooka (kadooka@ifa.hawaii.edu) if you have
questions.

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Dec. 3  “It’s About Time” panel discussion, 7:30 PM at
UH Manoa Art Auditorium
Details at
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/Time/Time.html

Dec. 8
EINSTEIN v. SANTA
…is Santa breaking the laws of relativity?

7:00pm Monday, 8 December 2008
UH Art Auditorium

Dr. Robert Jedicke
Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawai’i

Dr. Jedicke will present an entertaining look at Mr. Claus’ annual
trip from the physicist’s perspective.  In the process, he will
introduce the audience to the bizarre effects that take place in a
relativistic universe.

An equation free presentation for those in high school or older.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Mary

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Mary Ann Kadooka
Education and Public Outreach
University of Hawaii
Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI  96822
Phone:  [808] 956-7954
Fax:    [808] 956-0797

Please take a look at this website.  Dale Basler is the person who helped build this website and his website is full of GREAT IDEAS for science teachers.  He teaches physical science and physics.

http://www.dalebasler.com/

LINK TO ADVERTISER ARTICLE

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081125/GETPUBLISHED/811250360/-1/neighborhoods04

usatodaycom-program-aims-to-be-film-school-of-the-future.pdf

hawaii-global-sustainability-in-education-dinner-dec-5-fwd.pdf

renew-your-hasta-membership.pdf

nisiapplication.pdf

2009-mate-missions-announced_-mate-birr-competition.pdf

new-push-on-producing-science-and-math-teachers-__-inside-higher-ed-__-higher-educations-source-for-news-views-and-jobs.pdf

Dr. Arnold Feldman has binders from the following projects available:  Operation Physics(grades 4-8), Operation Chemistry(grades 4-8), and Operation Primary Physical Science(early ele.).  Please call him at 956-7599 or email him at

feldman@hawaii.edu

pan-pacific-vex-robotics-championship.pdf

pearls_flyer.pdf

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/lee_smolin_on_science_and_democracy.html

Chemistry Section Meeting
Nov. 22 at Fall Conference

Teachers Teaching Teachers
Chemistry and interested teachers are invited to the Chemistry Section sharing session scheduled for one of the hour long break-out sessions at the Fall Conference.  Let us know if you are interested in being placed on the agenda for a specific demonstration or program.   Participants are asked to bring 20-25 copies of any handouts that they may wish to share related to the theme “energy and the environment” or to the theme of the conference.  Special guest will be Leticia Colmenares, Chair-Elect of the American Chemical Society-Hawaii Section and Associate Professor of Chemistry at Windward Community College.   She will inform us about some collaborative projects with high schools that she has planned. Hope to see you at the meeting!

Chemistry Section Co-Chairs
Consuelo Rogers  mcr@lava.net
Barbara Rogers   brogers.hawaii@yahoo.com

SPEAKER:     Yun Judy Zhu, Ph.D.

TITLE:        Biotechnology: Benefits and Challenges to Hawaii Farmers

WHEN:        1:30-2:30 PM

Thursday, November 20, 2009

WHERE:       Hale ‘Imiloa 111

Windward Community College

The recent advances in agricultural biotechnology have provided benefits but at the same time brought a controversy over genetically modified crops. For example, the virus resistance of the transgenic papaya resulted in an increase of papaya production in Hawaii.  But, on the other hand, the concern for potential risk of transgenic gene flow from the genetically modified Chinese taro into the native Hawaiian taro has brought a huge debate and questions about bio-safety of transgenic plants.  In this presentation, both potential benefits and concerns of this technology as well as the roles of different federal regulatory agencies will be addressed.

Dr. Yun Judy Zhu is a Research Scientist at Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC) working on tropical crop improvement through molecular cloning and genetic engineering.  Her research areas include the development of molecular markers for marker-assisted breeding, molecular cloning of disease resistance genes and introgression of novel genes for crop improvement.  Dr. Zhu earned her Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Hawaii and is currently a graduate affiliate faculty of the Department of Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering (MBBE), University of Hawaii.

Co-sponsored by ACS-Hawaii Section and WCC
http://windward.hawaii.edu/Chemistry_Forum/2008_Fall/

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Leticia Colmenares, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Windward Community College
Tel. No. 808-236-9120
Fax No. 808-247-5362