Includes Kids and Chemistry, Chemistry is pHun, programs for scouts (Girl and Boy), etc.
Our program year is the school year, so by now, we have mostly wound up and wound down. During this past program year, “Chemistry is pHun” outreach activities benefited from the involvement of many excellent volunteers. The efforts of these volunteers made it possible to present 27 programs that reached 1,083 school children at 14 […]
Our illustrious and tireless Chemistry Awards Science Fair Coordinator, GSM Sundaram, is on the lookout for judges. Dates and times are listed below, please consider volunteering to help the next generation of scientists and chemists. Have we mentioned judges get fed? You can contact him at onlysundaram@gmail.com or phone 314.258.5048 Missouri Tri-County Regional Science and
Mentor-A-Chemistry-Class jumps into gear this spring at University City High School, our very first school partner. The Committee on Minority Affairs would like to invite all minority chemists, chemical professionals, and chemical business professionals to come with us as we introduce high school chemistry students to our careers in chemistry. The goal of this outreach
Dr. Anuradha “Anu” Vummenthala, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Maryville University, has suggested the formation of a partnership with “Chemistry is pHun”, an outreach program of the St. Louis Section of ACS. Dr. Vummenthala had participated in a workshop where Chemistry is pHun partnered with the Math and Science Network of Greater St. Louis to
(editor’s note: many apologies to Dr. Joseph, who submitted this in November) Reported by Dr. Reni Joseph, Kids and Chemistry coordinator Kids and Chemistry celebrated National Chemistry week with a Spooktacular event hosted by the St Louis Science center on October 27th. Demonstrations included the composition of the atom and the meaning of going nuclear.
On Sunday, October 14th at the Cub World Pavillion on the Beaumont Scout Reservation, approximately 700 Cub Scouts entered an outdoor science lab weary from their haunted hike and created pumpkin guts and snot (aka orange or green slime). They learned about non-Newtonian fluids, and polymer chemistry, then worked in pairs to make their own
Dear Science Educator, You and your students are invited to Career Day sponsored by the St Louis Section–American Chemical Society to be held at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) Friday, November 9th, 2018 from 9 am to 12 noon. The aim is to introduce your students to careers involving chemistry and biochemistry and have
Tabbetha Bohac, chair of the local section YCC, reports: On June 29th, the YCC participated in an outreach event, leading a STEM station, providing a fun and educational experience to 300 3rd-5th graders at St Louis Public School Day Camp at Beaumont Scout Reservation. YCCers had fun too, performing the disappearing cup, reactivity, and elephant
Reported by GSM Sundarum The Saint Louis chapter of the American Chemical Society sponsors a number of awards and programs at science fairs across the area. Members participate by helping to coordinate some of the events and provide judges. The first up was the 2018 Missouri Tri-County Regional Science and Engineering Fair on March 3.
Submitted by Will Ridley, Chemistry is pHun Coordinator A significant focus of the St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is directed toward encouraging and supporting STEM chemistry-related activities among children and adolescents. The “Chemistry is pHun” program is one of the Section’s popular outreach programs. Chemistry is pHun volunteers have historically presented
