| This year’s National Chemistry Week (NCW) celebration will be October 18-24. The theme is “Chemistry — It’s Elemental!”, in recognition of the 140th anniversary of the Periodic Table of the Elements. The 2009 National Chemistry Week edition of Celebrating Chemistry is now available online through the NCW home page www.acs.org/ncw. It contains hands-on activities and articles geared for students in grades 4-6. The Section’s National Chemistry Week event will be at OMSI October 17-18 and October 24-25. The Section also invites students grades K-12 to submit posters on the theme of the periodic table. Contact Dr. Angela Hoffman hoffman@up.edu for more information about posters or weekend events or volunteering. |
Last Updated October 5, 2009