The City of Rockville and Rockville Town Square are hosting a day of hands-on activities to teach students about the importance of chemistry, all in the name of National Chemistry Week (NCW). This Year’s National Chemistry Week theme is “Marvelous Metals!” focusing on metals and their properties. The participants will […]
National Chemistry Week
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National Chemistry Week (NCW) is a public awareness campaign that promotes the value of chemistry in everyday life. ACS members and chemistry enthusiasts celebrate NCW by coordinating events and communicating the importance of chemistry. Each year the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) NCW campaign reaches millions of people with positive messages […]
The Chemical Society of Washington Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. View/Download a PDF of the details. View/Download Contest Entry Form. Contest Deadline: November 1, 2019 Prizes: Chemistry Themed Tee Shirt Contact: Kim Morehouse, [email protected] […]
Each year the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) National Chemistry Week (NCW) campaign reaches millions of people with positive messages about the contributions of chemistry to their daily lives. NCW is a community-based annual event that unites ACS local sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in communicating the importance of chemistry to […]
Volunteers needed Celebrate National Chemistry Week at Rockville Town Square Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:00 am to 2:00 pm The City of Rockville and Rockville Town Square are hosting a day of hands-on activities to teach students about the importance of chemistry, all in the name of National Chemistry Week […]
The Chemical Society of Washington Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Contest Deadline: Monday, October 29, 2018 Prizes: The winning entry for each grade category will receive a chemistry tee shirt Contact: Kim Morehouse, […]
This Year’s National Chemistry Week theme is “Chemistry is out of this world!” focusing on astrochemistry. You will learn more about the chemistry of outer space in this year’s issue of Celebrating Chemistry. Outer space is mostly empty, with some objects such as planets, moons, stars, asteroids, and comets scattered […]
Celebrating 30 years of National Chemistry Week. This year marks the 30th anniversary of National Chemistry Week. This year’s theme is “Chemistry Rocks!”, focusing on geochemistry. You will learn more about gemstones and the interesting world of rocks and minerals in this year’s issue of Celebrating Chemistry. The electronic version […]
Contributed by Kim Morehouse, CSW NCW Coordinator The NCW 2016 theme is “Solving Mysteries through Chemistry”, focusing on the science behind the use of chemistry in forensics. The electronic version of the Celebrating Chemistry Newsletter is available from the ACS website (www.acs.org/ncw). Each year the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) […]
By Kim Morehouse, NCW Coordinator Once again, CSW participated in the National Chemistry Week illustrated poem contest. Four entries from CSW were chosen as the local section winners for each category, and were forwarded to ACS to participate in the national contest. The national contest winners and their entries can […]