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"Environmental Chemistry Labs"; Chem 13 News; Oct. 1988, Nov. 1988 & Dec. 1988 (published in three parts).

Safety supplement to Down to Earth Chemistry (PIMMS); 1989.

"The Icebreaker Day"; New England Association of Chemistry Teachers Journal; Fall/Winter 1991.

"The Correlation between Reading and Performance in Chemistry Classes"; Connecticut Journal for Science Education; Spring/Summer 1992.

"Elementary Education Ambassadors"; Journal of Chemical Education; June 1994.

"The Draguns"; Walk Through Paradise (published by the National Library of Poetry); Winter 1995/1996.

"Early Science Education Should Be Innovative and Hands-On"; The Scientist; October 12, 1998.

"Expansion of the Pythagorean Theorem Reveals New Constants"; Journal of Recreational Mathematics; Volume 29; Number 3; December 1999.

"Teaching History with a Timeline"; The Science Teacher; Mar. 2002.

"The Frequency of Hands-On Experimentation and Student Attitudes Toward Science: A Gender-Related Issue"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Fall/Winter 2005.

"Boiling"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Spring/Summer 2007.

"The Straw"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Fall/Winter 2007-2008.

"Heat and Temperature"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Spring/Summer 2008.

"Increase Your Brain Power"; Strategic Book Publishing; New York, NY 2008.

"Visual Perception"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Fall/Winter 2008-2009.

"Sonia in Vert"; Eloquent Books; New York, NY 2009.

"Tap Water"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Spring/Summer 2010.

"An Experiment in Teaching"; Connecticut Journal of Science Education; Fall/Winter 2010-2011.

A series of articles have regularly been published in the Newsletter of NEST since 1995: http://web.mit.edu/scienceprogram/nest/

Since 2009, a monthly puzzle has appeared in Media, the newsletter of the Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Club of MENSA.

Little Scientists® Teacher’s Manuals; 1996-2000; Volumes 4, 8, 1A, 2A & 3A [primary author]; Volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 [supporting author]

Brief articles and letters have also appeared in The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant, The Science Teacher, Speaking of Safety, ChemComments, Chemist’s Guild Newsletter, Redbook, Phoenix, The Herald (New Britain, CT) and Galileo.
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