1. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP Thursday, March 8, 2007 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Chemistry Comes Alive!

2. 1.Introductions 2.Tech and help info 3.Web Seminar training 4.Presentation 5.Evaluation 6.Chat with the presenters Agenda: http://nsdl.org

3. How many web seminars have you attended? A. 1-3 B. 4-5 C. More than 5 D. This is my first web seminar. E. I don’t know what is a web seminar. Use the letters A-E located at the top left of your actual screen to answer the poll http://nsdl.org

4. Al Byers Assistant Exec. Director NSTA Flavio Mendez Program Manager NSTA http://nsdl.org

5. Jeff Layman Tech Support 703-312-9384 jlayman@nsta.org NSTA Susan Hurstcalderone Science Teacher Volunteer Chat Moderator Tech Assistance http://nsdl.org

6. What grade level do you teach? (a) Elementary School, K-5. (b) Middle School, 6-8. (c) High School, 9-12. (d) I teach college students, 13-16. (e) I am an Informal Educator. http://nsdl.org

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10. Where are you now? http://nsdl.org

11. LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP Thursday, March 8, 2007 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar: Chemistry Comes Alive!

12. http://nsdl.org -NSDL Pathways for specific content -Newest Pathway: Chemistry -Rich variety of materials found in one place http://nsdl.org http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib

14. Our Presenters Dr. Lynn DienerDr. John Moore Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) http://nsdl.org

15. Today we will explore the chemistry of taste and odor using selected JCE resources Classroom Activity Featured Molecules Video http://nsdl.org

16. To taste, which is most important? A.Tongue B.Touch C.Sight D.Smell http://nsdl.org

17. The nose can distinguish 10,000 different scents 1% of our genes code for smell http://nsdl.org

18. Many chemicals we smell when we eat or sniff a flower are like this one: What is this chemical called? A. KetoneD. Ether B. EsterE. Alkene C. Carboxylic acid http://nsdl.org

19. The mouth tastes only 5 things -Sweet -Salty -Sour -Bitter -Umami http://nsdl.org

20. Example structures Sucrose (sweet) Strychnine (bitter) (S)-Glutamic Acid (umami) Sodium Chloride (salty) Ascorbic Acid (sour) Wouldn’t it be nice to see all sides of a molecule at once?

21. http://nsdl.org http://www.chemeddl.org/Quinine.html

22. Which is bitter? CaffeineMaltose http://nsdl.org

23. You can do this in your classroom Using JCE DLib you can find two different molecules and ask students to point out similarities, or differences. Molecules can be rotated to show similar views of each. Space filling or ball-and-stick can be shown. SucroseMaltose http://nsdl.org

24. Cells in the mouth have different taste receptors G-protein-coupled receptors Sweet Bitter Umami Ion channels Salty Sour lllustration by William Oldham Taken from: http://www.vanderbilt.ed u/vicb/Articles/LensSum mer2005/WhereAreTheN ewDrugs.htm Work by Rod MacKinnon Taken from: http://www.nsls.bnl.gov/newsroom/science/2006/01- MacKinnon.htm

25. http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib

26. Fooling the tongue is easy… because there are only 5 tastes to mimic Sweet Sour Bitter Salty Umami A JCE Classroom Activity shows how. http://nsdl.org

27. Which is really applesauce? AB http://nsdl.org

28. Activity: making mock applesauce Need : –Cup –Crackers –Water –Sugar –Cream of tartar (or lemon juice) http://nsdl.org

29. Are you planning to do the activity along with us? A.Yes B.No C.Maybe http://nsdl.org

30. Try this Crumble 1 or 2 crackers into a dish Add 2 tsp water Add 1 tsp sugar Add 1/8 tsp cream of tartar (or lemon juice) Stir and taste http://nsdl.org

31. How do these ingredients simulate applesauce? Sweet (sugar) Sour (cream of tartar) Juicy (water) Texture (crackers) http://nsdl.org

32. Safety Matters All JCE classroom activities include safety considerations. For this activity make sure not to use lab equipment or perform the activity in a lab! http://nsdl.org

33. Variations Lemon juice or citric acid instead of cream of tartar Try adding cinnamon or nutmeg Use different crackers, saltine vs butter crackers Add vanilla flavoring

34. Extension: Bake a mock apple pie and a real apple pie Use the best filling recipe from the students Have a taste test, see who can tell the difference. Frozen pie crust works great!

35. Which one (or two) do you think was made with real apples? 13 24 http://nsdl.org

36. Mmm, tastes like cherry! Artificial flavoring is big business. http://nsdl.org

37. Artificial flavoring Cheaper Purer and safer Often tastes just as good Active flavor is often chemically identical to the natural flavor Vanillin: artificial vanilla flavoring, taken from JCE DLib http://nsdl.org

38. Which product uses artificial flavor? http://nsdl.org

39. Another activity to try in class -sugar -vanilla extract -cinnamon -lime juice -club soda Have your students make cola using these ingredients: If you search for taste on the JCE index you will find more classroom activities and useful articles!

40. Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DL)… is starting with resources from the JCE DLib, building on resources from the ACS Education Division and ChemCollective project, and will grow from there.

41. JCE QBank—Test Questions

42. JCE WebWare

43. JCE DLib Everything we used today can be found on the JCE DLib Please come and visit (after filling out the survey) Here is what to look for: http://nsdl.org

45. Go to http://nsdl.org and click on the K-12 audience pagehttp://nsdl.org Download this seminar’s companion guide with resources from the seminar and more! Expert Voices blog with our presenters: http://expertvoices.nsdl.org http://nsdl.org

46. http://nsdl.org THANK YOU! http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib Dr. John Moore jwmoore@chem.wisc.edu Dr. Lynn Diener lmdiener@wisc.edu Dr. Jon Holmes jlholmes@chem.wisc.edu

47. National Science Teachers Association Gerry Wheeler, Executive Director Frank Owens, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP NSTA Web Seminars Flavio Mendez, Program Manager Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator Susan Hurstcalderone, Volunteer Chat Moderator

48. JPL/NSTA: Using Earth to Explore Mars March 14, 2007 NSTA: Absolute Zero: The Cold Hard Facts About the Coolest Stuff in Physics March 22, 2007 6:30 PM Eastern Time

49. http://sciguides.nsta.org NSTA SciGuides: Provide tools to quickly and easily locate targeted science content information and teaching resources from NSTA-reviewed science web sites.

50. Web Seminar Evaluation http://institute.nsta.org/survey/nsdlsurvey8.asp