Department of Physical Sciences and Engineering
Prince George's Community College
Largo, MD 20774-2199
301-341-3023
e-mail: ssinex@pgcc.edu
| interests | teaching/courses | education | publications | presentations |
CURRENT POSITION
Professor and Chair of Physical Sciences and Engineering
Appointed member of Calvert County Environmental Commission
Modeling and Visualization Workshop leader for high school teachers through the Maryland Virtual High School
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CHM 1010 Homepage General Chemistry I |
CHM
1020 Homepage General Chemistry II Lecture |
CHM
1030 Homepage General Chemistry II Laboratory |
Structure and Bonding Activities |  |
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Exploring the Molecules of Life (BLT 2001) |
The Dance of the Molecules (BLT 2002) | Environmental Science Institute |
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Ph.D. Geochemistry, University of Maryland at College Park, 1981
M.S. Geology, Miami University of Ohio, 1975
B.S. Geology, University of Maryland at College Park, 1973 (major in both chemistry and geology)
HONORS AND AWARDS [top of page]
Verona Computational Science Teacher Leader Award, November 2008. For exemplary use of computational science tools with college students and leadership in advancing the integration of computational science into the classroom teaching of others presented at SC08 Education Program in Austin,Texas.
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology, April 2002. For infusion of technology and mentoring faculty presented at the 13th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Jacksonville, Florida.
Prince George's Community College Faculty Senate Excellence Award, October 1997. For overall contributions to the college.
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, July 1997. Certificate of appreciation for volunteer service toward quality of life improvements to WSSC employee and customer communities.
Maryland Association of Science Teachers (MAST) Award, November 1995. For excellence in science education at the college level.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner's Special Citation, June 1989. For outstanding dedication to the protection of the public health during the 1989 imported fruit tampering emergency.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS (some are pdf downloadable) [top of page]
S.A. Sinex (2009) Excel as a High-Powered Computational Tool (Book and Media Review), J. Chem. Educ. 86 (5) 570-571.
S. Sinex and S. Ragan (2008) Excelets: A Simple, Rapid Deployment Computational Tool with Visualization and Pedagogical Powers for Middle and High School Teachers, SC08 Educational Program's K-12 Wiki, http://sc08edprogk12.wikispaces.com/file/view/Excelets_Computation_Tool.pdf, 5pp.
S. Ragan, C. Trout, and S. Sinex (2008) Computational Resources, http://mvhs.shodor.org/CAST2008, 5 pp.
S.A. Sinex, B.A. Gage, and P.J. Beck (2007) Exploring Measurement Error with Cookies: A Real and Virtual Approach via Interactive Excel, The AMATYC Review 29 (1) 46-53. (abstract) (Excelet)
S.A. Sinex (2005) Exploring Radioactive Decay in Excel: An Interactive Visual Thinking Tool, Using Computers in Chemical Education Newsletter, Fall 2005.
S.A. Sinex (2005) Developer's Guide to Excelets: Dynamic and Interactive Visualization with "Javaless" Applets or Interactive Excel Spreadsheets, http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/excelets, 30 pp.
S.A. Sinex (2005) Exploring the Goodness of Fit in Linear Models, Journal of Online Mathematics and its Application 5.
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2004) Empowering Student Learning with Molecular Visualization Tools in Discovery-based General Chemistry, CONFCHEM Fall 2004 Teaching Computing in Chemistry Courses. (pdf printable version)
S.A. Sinex (2004) EDTA - A Molecule with a Complex Story, Molecule of the Month, March 2004, http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm, 10pp. (non-Chime version)
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2004) ChemSketch: A Guide to Drawing Chemical Structures, http://academic.pgcc.edu/psc/ChemSketch_Guide.pdf, 11 pp.
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2004, 2005) Further Explorations in the Chemical World: CHM 103 Laboratory Manual, PGCC Press, 93 pp. Revised 110 pp.
S.A. Sinex (2004) An Interactive Higher-Order Thinking Tool, TechLearning Educators' Outlook online, 4 pp. (includes an Excel tutorial).
S.A. Sinex (2003) Instructional Technology as a Learning Tool to Enrich the Classroom: An Interactive, Dynamic, and Low Budget Approach, MAST Rapper 28 (3), 8-13.
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2003) Discovery Learning in General Chemistry Enhanced by Dynamic and Interactive Computer Visualization, Chem. Educator 8 (4), 266-270.
S.A. Sinex (2003) Creating Chime Web Pages in FrontPage: Interactive Molecular Structures and Web-based Learning, http://academic.pgcc.edu/psc/Chime_FP.pdf, 10pp.
S. Sinex (2003) Learner-Centered Technology-Assisted General Chemistry, Gallery of Computer Enhanced Teaching, http://iccel.wfu.edu/gallery, 3 pp.
S.A. Sinex (2003) Measurement and Its Error: A Discovery Approach, MAST Rapper 28 (1), 17-20.
S.A. Sinex (2002) Discovering the Aquatic Environment: From Streams to the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed, Environmental Science Institute as a PGCPS, PGCC, and Hard Bargain Farm Partnership, http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/ESI/ESI.htm, HTML interactive, 50+ pp.
S.A. Sinex (2002) The Dance of the Molecules: Visualization and "Real"ization of Molecular Motion, Building Learning with Technology Summer Design Institute, UMCP, http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/Dance/Dance.htm, HTML interactive, 50 pp.
S.A. Sinex and R.S. Osinski (2002) Producing a Dynamic Presentation Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2002: A Guide for Science and Mathematics Students, PGCC Press, 24 pp.
S.A. Sinex and G.S. Perkins (2001) Discovering the Nature of Periodic Data: II. Analyzing Data and Judging the Goodness of Fit using Residuals, The Banneker Banner 19 (2), 22-26.
P. Beck and S.A. Sinex (2001) Functioning in the Real World: The Workshop Approach in College Algebra, MAT 135, PGCC Press, 120 pp.
B.A. Gage, S.A. Sinex, and P.A. Basili (2001, 2003) Exploring the Chemical World: CHM 101 Laboratory and Classroom Activities Manual, PGCC Press, 156 pp. Revised 158 pp.
S.A. Sinex (2001) Structure and Bonding: Guided-Inquiry Activities for General Chemistry Using Chime, http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/struc_bond/Structure_and_ bonding.htm, HTML interactive, 60 pp.
S.A. Sinex, A. Asamoah, C. Cap, and M. Lorete (2001) Exploring the Molecules of Life: A Perspective Using Chime, Building Learning with Technology Summer Design Institute, UMCP, http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/blt/blt_project.htm, HTML interactive, 62 pp.
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2001) Scientific Data: What do I do with it? and What is it telling me? 8 pp., http://academic.pgcc.edu/psc/Scientific_Data.pdf (for a zipped version with the data in Excel and a STELLA model- click here).
S.A. Sinex and G.S. Perkins (2001) Discovering the Nature of Periodic Data: I. Generating Data with a Motion Detector, The Banneker Banner 19 (1), 34-35.
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2001) Molecular Visualization in Biology, Chemistry, and Geology Using Chime, MAST Rapper 26 (1), 20-23. (pdf with links hot)
S.A. Sinex (2001, 2005) Student Guide to the Use of Chime, HTML interactive, 9 pp. Revised 12 pp. http://academic.pgcc.edu/psc/chime_guide.html
S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2001, 2006) Using Excel for Handling, Graphing, and Analyzing Scientific Data: A Resource for Science and Mathematics Students, PGCC Press, 16 pp. Revised 20 pp.
S.A. Sinex (2000) Exploring the Kinetics of Chemical Reactions Using Simulations with STELLA, Building Learning with Technology Summer Design Institute, UMCP, 51 pp. (STELLA models for activity- click here for a zipped file. You will need WinZip to unzip the file.).
J.L. McClure, S.A. Sinex and B.A. Gage (2000, 2003) Data Handling and Analysis on the TI-82 and TI-83/83 Plus Graphing Calculators: A Resource for Science and Mathematics Students, PGCC Press, 16 pp. Revised 19pp.
S.A. Sinex, B.A. Gage, and G.S. Perkins (2000) Modeling natural cycles on the graphing calculator: The ups and downs of environmental data analysis, MAST Rapper 25 (1), 15-22.
S.A. Sinex, B.A. Gage, and J.C. Hunt (1999) Exploring the Universe: Laboratory Activities for PSC 102, PGCC Press, 148 pp. (Winzip file)
RECENT PRESENTATIONS (PowerPoint 2002/2003 is required for animations) [top of page]
Cookies, Spreadsheets, and Modeling: Fun, Interactive, Visual Science and Math at the Powering Up with Technology Conference at Henry A. Wise Jr. High School (PGCPS) in Upper Marlboro, MD in November 2009.
Visualizing and discovering materials science concepts: Creating an engaging pedagogy with spreadsheets at 238th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, DC in August 2009 with J. Halpern. [abstract]
Developing Computational Thinking in High School Science and Mathematics at the 2009 TeraGrid Conference in Arlington, VA in June 2009 with S. Ragan, C. Trout, and C. Begandy. [abstract]
Simulations in the Math/Science Classroom: Creating an Engaging Pedagogy with Excel!, at the 2009 Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) Conference in Virginia Beach, VA in February 2009 with Mark Clemente. [MODSIM Room presentations]
Mathematical Modeling and Simulations with Dynamic and Interactive Excel Spreadsheets, Webinar for the Hampton Roads MODSIM Initiative, Hampton Roads, VA in December 2008.
Scientific and Algebraic Thinking: Visualizing with Interactive Excel at AMATYC 2008 Conference, Washington, DC in November 2008.
Four presentations at SC08 Education Program in Austin TX in November 2008, see http://sc08edprogk12.wikispaces.com/Austin+K-12+Presentations.
Engaging Learners with PowerPoint, Maryland Consortium for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development (MCAPD) Conference, Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, MD in September 2008.
Interactive Animated Spreadsheets: Visualizing Multivariable Systems for Discovery Learning in General Chemistry at 20th BCCE 2008, Bloomington, IN in July 2008. (abstract)
Simulations in the Classroom: Creating an Engaging Pedagogy at Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Workshop held at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, in Pittsburgh, PA in June 2008.
Excelets: A Discovery Learning Tool for Revitalizing College Algebra at MMATYC 2008 Conference at Howard Community College in Maryland in May 2008.
Excelets: The Animated Interactive Visualization Power of MS Excel at MICCA: An Association for Educators Using Technology 2008 Conference in Baltimore, MD, in April-May 2008.
Excelets: Designing Interactive Learning Tools to Captivate the Google Generation at MCTM 2007 Conference at Reservoir High School in October 2007.
Venturing into Computation Science and Dynamic Visualization with Excelets at Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Workshop held at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, in Pittsburgh, PA in June 2007.
Excelets: A Learning Tool to Captivate the Google Generation at MICCA: An Association for Educators Using Technology 2007 Conference in Baltimore in April 2007.
Click-and-Think over Chalk-and-Talk: The New Pedagogy via Interactive Excel Spreadsheets in Mathematics and the Sciences, at AFACCT 17th Annual Conference at Harford Community College in January 2007.
Interactive Excel Spreadsheets: Constructing Visualization Tools to Enhance Your Learner-centered Math and Science Classroom at Powering Up with Technology at Northwestern High School in November 2006.
Interactive Excel Spreadsheets: A Computational and Conceptual Learning Tool for Mathematics and Science at Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Workshop held at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, in Pittsburgh, PA in June 2006.
Interactive Excel Spreadsheets: A Visualization Tool in Mathematics and Sciences at MICCA: An Association for Educators Using Technology 2006 Conference in Baltimore in May 2006.
Discovering the Real World of Molecular Structure: Interactive Computer Visualization Tools and Learner-centered Activities as part of REACTS/ACS High School Teachers Day "Practical Chemistry for the Classroom" at 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, DC in August 2005. [REACTS]
Scaffolding a Conceptual Understanding of the Gas Phase in General Chemistry Enriched by Technology at 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, DC in August-September 2005 with B. Gage [abstract] [Web activity]
Virtual and tactile molecular models: Their complimentary nature in Discovery-based general chemistry at the 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA in August 2004 with B. Gage. [abstract]eMolecules project: A technology-based research and writing assessment at the 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA in August 2004 with B. Gage. [abstract]
Molecular Visualization in Chemistry Workshop as part of Summer Workshops for Pre-Service and In-Service Secondary Science and Math Teachers through Maryland Virtual High School at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD in June 2004.
Interactive Visualization of Chemical Structures in Biology, Chemistry, and Geology: Empowering Your Students with a Discovery Learning Tool at the Powering Up with Technology Conference at Northwestern High School (PGCPS) in Hyattsville, MD in November 2003.
Modeling and Visualization in Chemistry Workshop as part of Summer Workshops for Pre-Service and In-Service Secondary Science and Math Teachers through Maryland Virtual High School at Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD in June 2003.
Forging Chemical Connections Among the Symbolic, Macroscopic, and Microscopic Realms: Getting Students to Visualize and Understand Using Technology at the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Princeton University, NJ in June 2003 with B. Gage.
Discovering It Come Alive: Animations, Cartoons, and Video Clips at the Powering Up with Technology Conference at Northwestern High School (PGCPS) in Hyattsville, MD in November 2002.
Dynamic PowerPoint: A Visualization Tool for Engaging Learners at Building Learning with Technology Summer Design Institute at UMCP in July 2002.
Cultivating Conceptual Chemical Thinking: Can You Visualize It? at Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at George Mason University in May 2002 with B. Gage.
Dynamic and Interactive Visualization for Learner-Centered Science and Mathematics, at the 13th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Jacksonville, FL. in April 2002. (see It's Alive below)
It's Alive: Dynamic Visualization in Mathematics and Science at MICCA: An Association for Educators Using Technology 2002 Conference in Baltimore in March 2002 with B. Gage.
Visualization and "Real"ization of Chemical Structures via Chime: Bringing Molecular Images to the Eyes of Your Students at 2001: A Mathematics-Science Odyssey, a MCTM-MAST Joint Conference at River Hill High School in Howard County, MD in October 2001 with B. Gage.
Preparing a Technically Literate Chemistry Student: Acquiring and Using Tools for Conceptual Understanding of Systems, Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Towson University, Towson, MD in May 2001 with B. Gage.
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS [top of page]
Developing Computational Reasoning in High School Science and Mathematics at SC09 Education Program in Portland, OR in November 2009 with S. Ragan, C. Trout, and C. Begandy. [abstract, scroll to poster C03]
Discovery Learning Tools in Materials Science: Concept Visualization with Dynamic and Interactive Spreadsheets at Materials Education Symposium (PP3.4) of Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston, MA in November/December 2009 with J. Halpern. [abstract]
Animated Interactive Spreadsheets: It’s Dynamic Graphical Storytelling Time! at Innovations 2010 Conference in Baltimore, MD in March 2010.