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National Chemistry Week 2003: Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond. JCE Resources for Chemistry and the Atmosphere

National Chemistry Week 2003: Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond. JCE Resources for Chemistry and the Atmosphere

Clean Up With National Chemistry Week

RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNewsNEXTClean Up With National Chemistry WeekCite this: Chem. Eng. News 2002, 80, 41, 16Publication Date (Print):October 14, 2002Publication History Published online13 November 2010Published inissue 14 October 2002https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v080n041.p016aCopyright © 2002 American Chemical SocietyArticle Views9Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (499 KB) SUBJECTS:Bubbles,Food,Students Get e-Alerts

National Chemistry Week 2002: Chemistry Keeps Us Clean; JCE Resources for Chemistry and Cleaning

The claims of cleaning products and personal care items are known to many. National Week 2002 makes use of this familiar subject with its theme of Chemistry Keeps Us Clean. A look back through the Journal of Chemical Education yields many articles connected to this theme. Students can make soap, test the properties of various household cleaners, find out how vacuum cleaners work, and more—all in the name of chemistry.This annotated bibliography collects the best that past issues of the Journal of Chemical Education have to offer for use with this year's National Week. Each article has been characterized as a demonstration, experiment, activity, informational, or software/video item; several fit in more than one classification. The most recent articles are listed first. Also included is an evaluation as to which levels the article may serve. Articles that appeared adaptable to other levels, but are not designed explicitly for those levels, are labeled poss. h.s. poss. elem., and...

National Chemistry Week

National Chemistry Week

THE ART OF CHEMISTRY

DURING NOV. 4-1O, THE AMERIcan Chemical Society held its annual National Chemistry Week (NCW). The weeklong celebration sponsored by the ACS Membership Division was conceived as an outreach program...

Celebrating Chemistry and Art: National Chemistry Week 2001

For the year 2001 the theme of National Chemistry Week, the American Chemical Society’s annual outreach program, is “Celebrating Chemistry and Art.” Various examples of chemists who also made contributions to music, literature, and poetry are presented. The relationship of chemistry to such visual arts as painting, sculpture, photography, and art conservation is discussed. Useful resource articles are also cited. The history of National Chemistry Day, the brainchild of 1989 ACS President George C. Pimentel, and its successor, National Chemistry Week, are briefly discussed, as well as the desirability of a change in date because of competition from election news in the media. The new date for NCW, beginning in 2002, is announced for the first time.

Pigments of Your Imagination: Making Artist's Paints

This activity was developed for National Chemistry Week, 2001 with the theme Celebrating Chemistry and Art. In the activity students make egg tempera paint using household materials, much as artists have done for centuries. The technique is demonstrated in a QuickTime movie. Parts of 2-3 class periods are required to complete the activity. The online supplement can be used to extend the activity for several additional periods.

Pigments of Your Imagination: Making Artist's Paints

This activity was developed for National Chemistry Week, 2001 with the theme "Celebrating Chemistry and Art". In the activity students make egg tempera paint using household materials, much as artists have done for centuries. The technique is demonstrated in a QuickTime movie. Parts of 2-3 class periods are required to complete the activity. The online supplement can be used to extend the activity for several additional periods.

JCE Resources for Chemistry and Art

This annotated bibliography shares the best "pictures" of chemistry and art from past issues of the Journal of Chemical Education—many thousands of well-crafted words and articles that tie in with National Chemistry Week's 2001 theme, Celebrating Chemistry and Art.

An On-Campus Celebration of National Chemistry Week

This article describes an on-campus celebration program for National Chemistry Week (NCW) at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville (UPT). The program, consisting of a chemistry magic show, hands-on chemistry fun, and a poster display session, was presented free of charge to the public on the Saturday of NCW. Presenting the program on campus avoided the transportation of the necessary materials, allowed the incorporation of many interesting demonstrations, and provided an opportunity for the school to showcase its state-of-the-art facilities. The program reached the public through different media, such as flyers, newspapes, and TV and radio. Over 100 people of all ages from the local community participated in the program. One of the most successful characteristics of the program was the substantial involvement of college students taking chemistry classes. Directly doing or seeing various reactions that involved changes in color or production of sound, heat, or light was stimulating and memorable. Many student participants became chemistry club members right after the events and were excited about more opportunities to explore the world of chemistry. This article also described activities highlighting the theme of NCW 1999, “Celebrating Polymers.”

Here's What's Cooking For National Chemistry Week 2000

The American Chemical Society and its local sections are all whipped up about National Chemistry Week (NCW). Festivities will start on Nov. 5, and by the time the celebration is over on Nov. 11, all 188 local sections will have participated and millions of people will have had the chance to hear positive messages about chemistry, to experiment in the kitchen, to sample ACS publications online, and to help their local communities with a food drive. The unifying event this year, Chemists Reacting to Hunger, has been promoted to all local sections, which have been urged to coordinate food drives to benefit local organizations. This is the first time NCW has featured this kind of activity. Also a first, the ACS Publications Division will make electronic editions of all ACS journals online available to the public free of charge—all week long. The National Chemistry Week program office at ACS headquarters has been busy. We have ...

Our Favorite Summer Soup: Gazpacho

Kitchen chemistry is the theme of this year’s National Chemistry Week (November 5–11, 2000). This brief article discusses garlic and gazpacho and includes a recipe for this cold Spanish tomato soup.

Flat as a Pancake? Exploring Rising in Baked Goods

Baked goods have a wide range of characteristics. The ingredients and the relative amounts of each along with mixing and baking techniques determine the properties (appearance, texture, taste, and nutritive value) of the product. For example, leavening agents such as yeast and baking powder cause dough to rise, resulting in a higher, lighter product. This activity investigates the action of baking powder.This activity was designed for the Kitchen theme of National Chemistry Week (NCW, November 5-11, 2000), but it could be done at any time. Possibilities are units on acid-base everyday chemistry, or food or a cross-curricular activity with a home economics class. It could be combined with related activities and demonstrations.

National Chemistry Week 2000: JCE Resources in Food Chemistry

November brings another National Chemistry Week, and this year's theme is food chemistry. I was asked to collect and evaluate JCE resources for use with this theme, a project that took me deep into past issues of JCE and yielded many treasures. Here we present the results of searches for food chemistry information and activities. While the selected articles are mainly at the high school and college levels, there are some excellent ones for the elementary school level and some that can be adapted for younger students. The focus of all articles is on the chemistry of food itself. Activities that only use food to demonstrate a principle other than food chemistry are not included. Articles that cover household products such as cleansers and pharmaceuticals are also not included. Each article has been characterized as a demonstration, experiment, calculation, activity, or informational item; several fit more than one classification. Also included are keywords and an evaluation as to which levels the article may serve.

A National Chemistry Week Invitation

A National Chemistry Week Invitation

Tap The Power Of C&EN Online

It's around midnight as I'm writing this Editor's Page. I have my usual Sunday night insomnia, and I'm tired of reading War and Peace. As a last resort, I stumble wearily into my home office, turn on the computer, and log onto http://pubs.acs.org/cen. Instant fix: There, loading in seconds, is C&EN Online , the issue dated Monday, March 20. Now, I really can't go back to sleep, because I'm too busy checking out the hot links. As of today, March 27, you can do the same thing! Because as of today, C&EN Online is free to all ACS members and other nonmember, individual print subscribers. If you are currently a paid subscriber to C&EN Online , you will be receiving an e-mail offering a full refund or the option to donate your refund to Project SEED, National Chemistry Week, or the ACS General Endowment Fund. In addition to being free, C&EN Online ...

Gas Me Up, or, A Baking Powder Diver

In this procedure, a pipet that repeatedly submerges and rises to the surface in a tub of water is produced from a beral pipet and baking powder. The diver uses the same principles as the "submarine" or "frogman" that were obtained with cereal box tops in the 1950s. More recently, various "sharks" using this chemistry have accompanied a candy product of the same name.A weighted plastic pipet, with its tip sealed and the majority of its bulb end removed, is packed with baking powder and placed in water. In the presence of the water, carbon dioxide is formed from the baking powder, changing the buoyancy of the diver. The buoyancy of the diver oscillates between positive and negative as the amount of gas attached increases and then decreases at the surface of the water.The procedure works well in outreach activities with children aged 4 to 40 and beyond. It was used with great success in a mall outreach program during National Chemistry Week. Visitors to the chemistry area were able to make-and-take a diver after testing it in a tub of water.

Nominating Committee Report

s for the fall regionals also will be added to CAS. Online registration and meeting details are available on the ORM website at http://www.acs.org/meetings/regional/. The Chemical Record Columbus Section ACS Volume 45, Number 4 May, 2003 Page 8 NEW SECTION MEMBERS Compiled by George Noethlich Please join us in welcoming the following members who joined the Columbus Section during February-July, 2003: FRANKLIN ANARIBA RUTH FIGUEOA ARES NYENTY ARREY JASON T. ASH WILLIAM R. BARTON MARK R. BAUER ROBERT C. BAUR MARGARET BETZEL SHIKHA BHATNAGAR DOROTTYA V. BLAHO PAULA JOAN BOSSERMAN JESSE J. BOWERS JANICE M. BOYD LISA H. CLAY JOHN W. CONRAD CHRISTOPHER T. CORDLE CONRAD WILLIAM DeFIEBRE WALTER EARL DITMARS MICHAEL L. DRUMMOND MICHAEL ALAN FREITAS WILLIAM JOHN FRIZ AMANDA M. GRANNAS ADAM N. GRASHAM JOHN C. HACKETT MICHAEL HAILU MORGAN ROBERT HALLWACHS STEPHEN S. HARDAKER RYAN E. HARTUNG JOHN HERBERT JACK J. HEYMAN DAVID G. HILMEY HEATHER D. HOLLANDSWORTH KATHLEEN A. HOSSLER SHAN HUANG MIKE J. ISHMAEL MATTHEW A. JONES YI-JE JUANG SHANNON M. KENNEDY JERRY L. KING KELLY L. LAMBRYCH EDMOND A. LEBLANC JOHN JEROME LENHART KANG LI X. DAVID LI FIONA J. LIHS JEFFREY LOCKMAN TIMOTHY L. LOOPER WENYUN LU KRISTINE N. LUDWIG VENUGOPAL MARALLA WILLIAM R. McGOVERN CHRIS T. MIDDLETON DONAL PADRAIG O’MATHUNA ERICK J. PALMER RAMASAMY P. PANDIAN JOHN P. PEER JACK L. PRICE LALGUDI S. RAMANATHAN JEFFREY J. RAMLER CHRISTA M. REESE HERBERT M. ROSENBERG JENNIFER E. SAWCHUK JACOB P. SCHLEGEL JAMES SEARCY ERIN N. SHARP MARINA ANTONINA STANESCU MICHAEL SUMNER CHENYANG TIE SARA E. TOMECHKO ANTHONY JOSEPH TRIPPE CELINE VENTRE MURUGESAN VELAYUTHAM XIANPING WANG WILLIAM LAWRENCE WEETHEE SUSAN E. WULBER CHUANJUN XIA CHANGCHUN ZENG The Chemical Record Columbus Section ACS Volume 45, Number 4 May, 2003 Page 9 2003 COLUMBUS SECTION ACS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Compiled by Maria Rosenthal September 7-11 Fall ACS National Meeting, New York Wed. 10 5:30 PM, National Chemistry Week Committee Meeting at CAS. All interested persons are invited! Thu. 18 Executive Committee Meeting at CAS Thu. 25 GFS Chemicals 75th Anniversary celebration at Confluence Park: “Analytical Detection Limits versus Regulatory Policies” October Thu. 9 Mini-meeting at OSU: Qing Wang from Penn State University, “MicroPatterning of Conjugated Polymers for Plastic Electronics and Optoelectronics" Sat. 18 NCW Chemistry Demonstrations at Main Branch of Columbus Metropolitan Library 19-25 National Chemistry Week Mon. 27 Executive Committee Meeting at CAS Mon. 27 Section Meeting at Clintonville Woman's Club: Professor Dennis W. Smith, Jr. Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, "The Polymer Age: A Nobel Walk Through History and Current Frontiers" November Wed. 12 Executive Committee Meeting at CAS Wed. 12 ACS President-Elect visits the Columbus Section: Reception, Dinner and Presentation at CAS December Tue. 2 Executive Committee Meeting Tue. 2 Joint meeting with the Central Ohio Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers: "Safety and Environmental Policy Forum" The Chemical Record, official newsletter of the Columbus Section of the American Chemical Society, is published monthly, September-December and February-May (eight issues per year.) Opinions expressed by editors or contributors do not necessarily represent the official position of the Columbus Section. We welcome your contributions to your Chemical Record. Please submit them via postal or electronic mail to George Greene, PO Box 360941, Columbus, Ohio 43236-0941, george.greene@abbott.com. Electronic mail contributions should be in plain-text messages or in Word 97 (or earlier release) file attachments. Thank you very much! The Chemical Record Columbus Section ACS Volume 45, Number 4 May, 2003 Page 10 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Changes in postal or e-mail address should be reported to the Membership Chair, George Noethlich, 2740 Bella Via Avenue, Columbus OH 43231-2305, e-mail gnoethlich@wideopenwest.com. George will forward the change-of-address information to ACS Headquarters. Columbus Section Of The AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, INC THE CHEMICAL RECORD P.O. Box 82181 Columbus, OH 43202

National chemistry week

Mass spectrometers, chromatographs, and pipettes—staples in nearly every laboratory—are the tools that make modern chemistry possible. Their nearly ubiquitous use is put on hold, however, during on...

George C. Pimentel (1922?1989): A Retrospective Personal and Pictorial Tribute a Decade after His Death

Ever since receiving the 1993 ACS Pimentel Award in Chemical Education (Figure 1), I have been interested in the life and achievements of the Fresno-born, larger-than-life figure after whom the award was named. The year 1999 provides an especially appropriate occasion to recall Pimentel’s personal and professional career, for it is the tenth anniversary not only of his death but also of National Chemistry Week, the expanded form of National Chemistry Day, the popular American Chemical Society outreach program that he originated.