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I loved the labs - every one. I found them consistently well designed and very stimulating. Many of them can be easily transferred to our home institutions, although in general I think that most would have to be divided into 2 or even 3 labs.


This was an outstanding experience to spend two weeks intensively interacting w/colleagues from other institutions; not only did we learn a great deal from each other, but we now have a "stable" of resource personnel from which to draw as our curricular plans develop.


Also important, the laboratories were a lot of fun! The most important aspect of the labs is that the participants see what sorts of experiments and student interactions are possible; if sufficiently stimulated, the participants will use their own creativity (plus potential help from their newly-formed network) to develop the necessary laboratory set-up.


Another one of the strengths of the summer institute in my mind was the plethora of reading material. I am very glad to have a lot of supplementary written material to refer to now that the institute is over. It will certainly be very useful when I incorporate some of this material into my own courses.


The pace was intense but doable.


It was tremendously helpful to have the charts and chronologies and phase diagrams provided in advance, so that my note-taking only had to serve for reminders and occasional references to ideas that were new to me. Clarity was excellent and depth was about right for the purposes of the Institute.


The lectures were excellent. Clear, interesting, engaging, but alas only too short a time to cover so much interesting material. However, two weeks of intensive study is the limit for participants to maintain the high energy level needed for the course.


Longer range is a plan being developed by Chemistry and History faculty to create a set of courses on Archaeological Studies that will include history, language, art and science. The course on Archaeological Chemistry with lab will be a part of this new program.