Karen Nordell and Bruce Smith lead a week-long Summer Institute for Advanced Placement (AP) chemistry teachers, July 7-12, 2002. Twenty teachers from around Wisconsin and Illinois took part in the week. Bruce Smith, an experienced AP teacher from Appleton North, provided much of the practical advice and ‘how-to’ help for several of the teachers that were going to be teaching AP chemistry for the first time.
In the middle of the week, many AP biology teachers and a few AP chemistry teachers participated in a workshop lead by Paul Williams, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. This was a full day of hands-on experimenting with plants, seeds, flowers and even bees and butterflies. For more information on fastplants and how to use them in classrooms and beyond please visit the Wisconsin Fastplants website. The pictures below are from the fastplants workshop.
