  Computer science enrollments have started to rise again, but the percentage
of women undergraduates in computer science is still low. Some studies indicate
this might be due to a lack of awareness of computer science at the high school
level. We present our experiences running a 5-year, high school outreach
program that introduces information about computer science within the context
of required chemistry courses. We developed interactive worksheets using
Molecular Workbench that help the students learn chemistry and computer science
concepts related to relevant events such as the gulf oil spill. Our evaluation
of the effectiveness of this approach indicates that the students do become
more aware of computer science as a discipline, but system support issues in
the classroom can make the approach difficult for teachers and discouraging for
the students.
