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Pittcon is the “premier conference and exposition on laboratory sciences. Pittcon is the most comprehensive annual meeting on laboratory science in the world, offering a first class lab product exposition, a diverse, high quality technical program, unparalleled educational programs, and invaluable peer to peer networking opportunities. The 2009 venue is March 8-13 at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. The Science Week Program which accompanies the conference offers extensive K-12 teacher and student programs, which are FREE. Even better there are GRANTS for equipment and more. Your best source of information is the Pittcon 2009 Science Week Webpage. First go to the Pittcon Webpage http://www.pittcon.org/. Then select Science Week which will take to the Science week Webpage from which you can select information regarding Student Workshops, Teacher Workshops (which incorporate a Grant Program) or a High School Lecture/Demo.
Teacher and Student Science Week Activities
There is a direct link on the Pittcon home page to the Science Week Activities.
http://www.pittcon.org/scienceweek/index.html
On the Science Week Activities page you will find 4 links:
Science Equipment Grants
Attendance at one or more Teacher Workshop(s) entitles an attendee to apply for a grant to purchase science related teaching materials for their school. These grants may be as much as $500 each to any school within a 150-mile radius of Chicago. Schools must also have a student registration over 200 to be eligible (one grant allowed per school). While the application forms and additional information regarding these grants will be available by early in 2009 on this web page, teachers are urged to register now for the workshops that qualify them for the grants. Grant money as well as available space in many of the workshops is limited. Grant Application Forms will be submitted to the Pittcon® 2009 Science Week Committee. Requests for quotations and prepaid orders to vendors will be placed by the Pittcon® 2009 Science Week Committee.
Teacher Workshops
On Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8, 2009 teacher workshops will be presented at the McCormick Place in Chicago lL. Workshops specific to elementary, middle and high school science will be available and registrants for the workshops will receive supplies and materials so that they can immediately implement the principles and activities demonstrated in the workshops. All Workshops have Continuing Education Credits. Registration forms are on the web page. Grants are available to schools that have teachers attending the workshops. See Science Equipment Grants. There are links and detailed descriptions for each workshop on the site. It is especially important to register early as there is limited available space in many of the workshops and registration is on a first come first serve basis.
Student Workshops
Student workshops with hands-on activities and experiments will be run at Science Week at Pittcon® 2009 March 9 through March 11, 2009, at the McCormick Place, Chicago IL during Pittcon 2007. The program begins promptly at 9:00 AM and ends about 12:30 PM each day. Registration forms are on the web page. There are links and detailed descriptions for each workshop on the site.
Monday, March 9, 2009 – Elementary Students, Grades 4 through 6Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – Middle School Students, Grades 6 through 9,
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – Middle School Students, Grades 6 through 9
Space is limited in all workshops and selection of the schools will be first-come, first-served provided the following rules are followed:
Students must arrive by the 9:00 AM start time;
Students must be chaperoned by a minimum of one adult for each 15 students;
All information requested in the application must be provided.
There is no charge to the school for this program. Limited funds may be available to assist with other school costs to attend these workshops. To apply for assistance please submit your application and a letter (on school letterhead, signed by the principal) indicating your circumstances and the amount of your request.
High School Lecture-Demonstration Event
Thursday March 12, 2009, 9:30 am
McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, IL
The High School Lecture Demonstration
“The Pittcon 2009 Science Week program is happy to announce that its lecture demo for high school students will be conducted by Lee Marek who will make one of his well known “Weird Science” presentations. Lee has gained nationwide attention through numerous appearances on the David Letterman show as well as a number of other venues. The program will feature science education presented in a manner guaranteed to attract and hold the attention of the attendees.” Registration is required and schools are urged to do so early since capacity is limited and registration is first come first served.