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The Georgia Section is promoting a wide array of activities to help
everyone celebrate the importance of chemistry during this year's
National Chemistry Week, October 18-24. 2009 marks the 140th anniversary
of Mendeleev's Periodic Table, so this year's theme ("Chemistry---It's
Elemental!") focuses on the elements. Information about how you can
become involved in NCW is available at
www.acs.org/ncw. The Georgia
Section will be participating in the national NCW Poster contest (for
more information, see
www.acs.org/ncw
and look under the "Students
and Educators" tab on the left). Each school may submit one entry per
category in the Georgia Section contest; entries must be received by
Tuesday, October 27, and may be sent to Prof. David Sherrill, School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 901
Atlantic Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400.
This year, the Georgia Section is sending out NCW "Care Packages" with
educational materials and give-aways to students, and it is coordinating
visits by Georgia Tech students to local schools for chemistry
demonstration shows (please contact David Sherrill,
sherrill@gatech.edu, if
you are not already on our teachers' contact list). Additional activities
for the week of NCW include the following:
- October 20, 2009:
Science Café at Fernbank Science Center, tentatively
scheduled for 6:30-8pm. Joyce Palmer and David Gottfried will be talking
about nanotechnology in research and the real world. See
http://www.fernbank.edu/
or contact Mary Breen
(MARY_BREEN@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us) for more details.
- October 21, 2009: Georgia Tech radio station WREK (91.1 FM) will broadcast a
special NCW episode of Inside the Black Box with Prof. Pete Ludovice on the
topic, "Chemistry: What is it Good For?" The broadcast (12-1 pm) will
feature a panel of chemists and questions from high school students
participating live via teleconference.
- October 22, 2009: Students from three area high schools will be visiting Georgia
Tech for demonstrations and to talk with chemists.
- October 22, 2009: ChEmory, the undergraduate chemistry club at Emory
University, will host a chemistry demonstration show at 5:30 pm on
Thursday 10/22 in room 360 of the Atwood chemistry building.
Contact Rachel Reiff
(rreiff@emory.edu) for more details.
- October 23, 2009: ChEmory will host a Mole Day event outside of the chemistry
buildings at Emory University, beginning at 5:30pm. This event will
include chemistry-themed games, the dropping of a mole
ball, and the presentation of our annual "periodic table of the cupcakes."
Contact Rachel Reiff
(rreiff@emory.edu) for more details.
- October 24, 2009: Fernbank Science Center will host hands-on chemistry
activities from 11am-4pm. Hands-on science tables will demonstrate
the properties of the elements, make liquids change colors,
and more. Chemical Magic Shows at 12:00 and 2pm. Free and open
to the public. See
http://www.fernbank.edu/
or contact Mary Breen (MARY_BREEN@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us) for more details.
- October 24, 2009: In recognition of National Chemistry Week, there will be
a Girl Scout Science event on the Southern Poly campus on Saturday,
October 24 (from 8AM-2PM): "The Case of the Kidnapped Cookies".
Volunteers are needed. Please contact JoAnn Arceneaux
(JoAnn.Arceneaux@cytec.com) for more details.
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