IMPACTSEED X
(Improving Physics And Chemistry Teaching in Secondary Education)
March 2011--June 2012
Funded by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

Project Director:   Dr. Nouredine Zettili

Division of Natural Sciences
SNEAD STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
220 North Walnut Street
Boaz, AL 35957-1650

E-mail:  nouredine.zettili@snead.edu        Fax:  (256) 593-7180



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Chemistry and physics high school teachers who attended the 2012 Summer Professional Institute




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IMPACTSEED X Staff along with ACHE and SSCC officials. Left to Right, First row: Dr. Nouredine Zettili (Project Director), Dr. Robert J. Exley (President of SSCC), Dr. Lawrence Miller (Chief Academic Officer, SSCC), Ms. Debra Rhoden (Science Division Director, SSCC) ; Second row: Drs. Safa Al-Hamdani , Laura Weinkauf. Last Row: Dr. Alfred Nichols, Dr. Noureddine Bekhouche, Mr. Jarod Shields, and Dr. Jim Conely (ACHE)
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Teachers in a chemistry lab during the 2012 Summer Professional Institute
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Teachers in a physics lab during the 2012 Summer Professional Institute

IMPACTSEED in the news
Newspaper articles published about the 2012 Summer Professional Institute of IMPACTSEED X:         

  • The Sand Mountain Reporter of June 07, 2012: Click here
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  • The Sand Mountain Reporter of June 07, 2012: Page 1 of 2: Click here
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  • The Sand Mountain Reporter of June 07, 2012: : Page 2 of 2: Click here
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  • The Sand Mountain Reporter of March 29, 2012: Click here
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  • The Exchange Newsletter of March 2012: Click here
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  • The Gadsden Times of January 19, 2012: Click here


    • Summer Professional Institute (June 04--15, 2012):

  • Pictures taken during the 2012 Summer Institute:

    Technology Workshops (Fall 2012--Spring 2013):
    The Technology Workshops will take place on Saturdays in the Science Building Room 111 from 9:00AM--3:30PM.
            

  • First Workshop: Saturday October 13, 2012      View the pictures pertaining to the first workshop
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  • Second Workshop: Saturday November 10, 2012      View the pictures pertaining to the second workshop
    View the video clip of the teachers while assembling the coils for the radio-communication make-and-take project
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  • Third Workshop: Saturday December 08, 2012      View the pictures pertaining to the third workshop (to be taken)
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  • Fourth Workshop: Saturday February 02, 2013      View the pictures pertaining to the fourth workshop (to be taken)
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  • Fifth Workshop: Saturday March 02, 2013      View the pictures pertaining to the fifth workshop (to be taken)


    • Visits to High Schools (Fall 2012--Spring 2013):

            

  • Visit to Russellville High School: November 01, 2012      View the pictures pertaining to Russellville High School
    View the video clip of a student when the exploding wire experiment fired prematurely on him

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  • Visit to Oxford High School: November 20, 2012      View the pictures pertaining to Oxford High School (to be taken)

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  • Visit to Scottsoboro High School: November 30, 2012      View the pictures pertaining to Scottsoboro High School (to be taken)


    • Chemistry and Physics Hotlines (Fall 2012--Spring 2013):
    IMPACTSEED High school teachers: You are encouraged to contact the following IMPACTSEED faculty should you have any question pertaining to chemistry and/or physics:
            

  • Dr. Alfred Nichols  (Chemistry): Phone: 256-782-8150, emails: anichols@jsu.edu
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  • Dr. Laura Weinkauf   (Physics): Phone: 256-782-5743, email: weinkauf@jsu.edu
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  • Dr. Nouredine Zettili   (Physics): Phone: 256-782-8077, email: nouredine.zettili@snead.edu


    • On-Site Support: Offered during Fall 2012--Spring 2013

    To schedule an on-site visit by a chemistry or physics professor, please contact Dr. Nouredine Zettili: Phone: 256-782-8077, email: nouredine.zettili@snead.edu

    Names of IMPACTSEED X Teachers, their email addresses and school names:
            

  • List of IMPACTSEED high school teachers, their emails, and the schools they are affiliated with: Click here


    • Useful Links: