CCED Illustrated Poem Contest

As part of the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities, the American Chemical Society is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12 grades.  Students are asked to write and illustrate a poem using the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2016 theme, “The Great Indoors—Your Home’s Ecosystem!”  The illustrated poems should relate to indoor air, water, indoor plants, mold and odor eliminators.   Detailed rules and guidelines are available on the Chemists Celebrate Earth Day website; www.acs.org/earthday.  All Entries must provide the information that the ACS request via the entry form which is available via the ACS or CSW websites.  Teachers at schools in the Chemical Society of Washington area are encourage to have a contest at their school and then submit the winning entries from the school to:

Chemist Celebrate Earth Day Coordinator

Chemical Society of Washington

1155 16th Street, NW, Stop O-218

Washington, DC 20036

Electronic submissions should be sent to: [email protected]

All entries must be received by Monday, April 25, 2016 so winners at the local section level can be submitted to the ACS by Friday April 29, 2016.


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