The human tongue is the perfect laboratory to teach students about chemistry and biology.
A Taste of Chemistry is a week-long summer workshop offered to High School teachers about the taste system.
For additional information and the workshop syllabus, go to http://blogs.springside.org/faculty/monell/Welcome.html
The week-long workshop will run from July 11 to July 15, 2011 at Springside School in Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill) and will be taught by Danielle Reed (a scientist working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center) and Scott Stein (Head of Science at Springside School). It will consist of a mixture of lectures, demonstrations and seminars from authorities in the field of taste and chemistry, and is free to qualified teachers.
To apply, please complete the application and email to Scott Stein at by June 18, 2011.
Those who complete the workshop will be able to borrow equipment and the materials needed to translate the lessons learned to their own classrooms, e.g., micropipettes, gel electrophoresis, PCR machines.
This workshop is funded by the Special Grant Program for Chemical Sciences from the Henry and Camille Dreyfus Foundation.
