Over the   summer  our local section sponsored several activities for Upward Bound and HOIST students and teachers.  HOIST stands for "Helping Orient Indian Students and Teachers in Math and Science"

On July 5, Dr. Nick Natale described "The periodic Table of the Moles" to a HOIST class.

Jennifer Snyder, left, HOIST student who helped Dr. Nick put together and photograph the display.

Dr. Nick, left, Feather Broncheau, center, a  HOIST  in-service education major working on the "Mole of Art & Periodic Table of the Moles " project, and Dr. Dan Stelck,  right, WIBS president-elect.

July 12, Jeff Leitch and Sharon LaMont of the UI SAACS (above left) , Dr.Nick, and grad. students Chris Morris (above right) and Jamie Weinstock (below) put on a demo show for about eighty Upward bound and HOIST Students and Teachers. After Jeff and Sharon demonstrated exploding oxygen and hydrogen soap bubbles, the group broke up into groups for four hands on activities. Chris Morris demonstrated  making nylon, Jamie Weinstock showed the chemistry of fireworks,  Dr. Nick and Feather demonstrated plant rubbing and chromatography, and Jeff and Sharon helped the students make slime. 

On July 18, Dr. Nick made a class presentation & hands on demo on "The Taxol Story" to  Earnest Rufus's Upward Bound  Math & Science class. Dr. Nick told the story of northwest ethno-botany and medicinal chemistry leading to a modern pharmaceutical.