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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 1
Issue 4 (1996), S1430-4171(96)04046-0
Ten Years of Slime: The National Chemistry Week Success Story!
Nancy Ryan Gray
National Chemistry Week Program Manager, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 20036
Published online: 30 September1996
Abstract. What started in 1987 as National Chemistry Day, a one-time celebration of the contributions of chemistry to society, has evolved into a annual, week-long collection of creative and educational activities that highlight the importance of chemistry in daily life. National Chemistry Week (NCW), an outreach program of the American Chemical Society, reaches over 10 million members of the general public with positive messages about chemistry. Demonstrations, hands-on activities, contests, games, workshops, open houses, classroom visits, and lectures are some of the many activities used to impress upon the general public that chemistry is all around us. Examples of creative and successful NCW activities are described and information about getting involved in NCW is provided.
Key Words: Of Special Interest; ACS; National Chemistry Week; public outreach
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: n_gray@acs.org)
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Issue date: September
30 , 1996
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