WHO: Chemistry teachers from across the U.S.

WHAT: Laboratory experiments that can be used in high school chemistry classes

WHEN: Saturday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional festivities will continue at other venues until 9 p.m.

WHERE: Chemistry Building, 34th and Spruce streets on the Penn campus

On Friday, March 28, the Master of Chemistry Education program at the University of Pennsylvania will host 24 secondary science teachers from across the U.S. in a laboratory workshop as part of the National Science Teachers Association national convention being held in Philadelphia March 27-30.

Teachers will conduct experiments in the morning on either classification of substances, identification of over-the-counter drugs or heat of combustion of a candle. All three labs are suitable for use in high school chemistry classes.

The MCE program, a joint effort of Penn's Department of Chemistry and Graduate School of Education, is now in its third year. Last year the program graduated its first class of educators.