19 Sections Win Phoenix Awards ACS local sections win awards for 1997 National Chemistry Week activities Diana Slade C&EN Washington
school students. Other sections nominated were Ouachita Valley and San Diego. • Best activity with teachers— Binghamton Section, with an honorable mention to the Peoria Section. Bingham ton sponsored "Incredible, Edible Chem istry," a workshop for 25 teachers of kin dergarten through third-grade students. The program featured hands-on experi ments and demonstrations that used only food items to teach chemical principles. Peoria area teachers were invited to learn how to give chemical demonstra tions and received materials they could use for their classes and schools during NCW. Several teachers then trained their students in the activities and sent them out to grade school classes. The section reached an estimated 50 to 70 class rooms at more than 30 schools. Other sections nominated were Oklahoma and Santa Clara Valley. • Best activity with student affili ates—Huron Valley Section, with hon orable mention to the Indiana-Kentucky Border Section. The Huron Valley/ University of Michigan student affiliates started NCW with a pumpkin-carving bonanza. Thousands of people attended public interactive demonstrations in the center of the UM campus and made their own "slime," liquid nitrogen ice cream, helium bubbles, and more. Demonstrations included an oscillating clock reaction using Michigan's school colors—maize and blue. Indiana-Kentucky Border student af filiates helped teach hands-on experi ments to more than 2,400 elementary school students. Several teams of stu dent affiliates have made a commitment
chemical demonstrations and hands-on experiments for their classes. Sixty teach ers asked for the programs, and the dem t a ceremony with the theme "A onstrators reached an estimated 1,600 Global Salute to a Decade of Chem- fifth graders, which is nearly all of the 1 istry" during the American Chemi fifth-grade students in the Brazosport cal Society national meeting in Boston, area. Other sections nominated were 19 ACS local sections received Phoenix Memphis, Northeast Tennessee, and Awards for their 1997 National Chemis Western New York. try Week (NCW) activities. An additional • Best activity with high schools16 ACS local sections received honorable Southern California Section, with honor mentions. Randy Wedin, who was the able mention to the Northeast Oklahoma first organizer of National Chemistry Section. Southern California sponsored a Day—the predecessor of NCW—presid variety of activities, culminating in a ed over the awards ceremony. He was "School Days" program for local area assisted by Kathleen M. Thompson, man high school students. The students heard ager of the ACS Office of Community Ac presentations from a variety of speakers, tivities; Shirley A. Ford, NCW staff associ saw a chemistry magic show, and attend ate; Paul Anderson, ACS immediate past- ed a barbeque lunch complete with a pe president; and Ed Wasserman, ACS riodic table made of brownies. president-elect. Northeast Oklahoma hosted a student As in years past, all 188 ACS local sec night for high school science students. tions participated in NCW. For the 1997 The students saw a robotics demonstra celebration, the NCW office sent out tion, a computational chemistry worksta "Planet Chemistry," an activity booklet of tion, and exhibits from previous science four experiments related to water testing. fair winners, and they heard a presenta In addition to the Phoenix Awards, tion on science and technology in the 21st the winners of the local section public century. The section also offered a job relations awards were announced at the shadowing program involving 52 high event: Idaho won for the small and small/medium sections, Northeast Ten nessee won for the medium/large sec tions, and Columbus received honorable mention. Winners of each category for which sections were recognized for 1997 activ ities were as follows: • Best activity with elementary schools—Chattanooga Section, with hon orable mention to the Brazosport Sec tion. Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, chemistry de partment hosted a day at college for 41 fourth graders and their teachers. The students performed hands-on experi ments and attended a chemical demon stration. Each child received a copy of WonderScience. Using the "Planet Chemistry" theme, Brazosport sent letters to area fifth-grade teachers offering volunteers to provide Attendees enjoy festivities at the Phoenix Awards.
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to take hands-on activities to one classroom each month in an "adopt-aclassroom" program. Other sections nominated were Erie, Milwaukee, and Puerto Rico. • Best activity with underrepresented minority students or organizations—Louisiana Section, with honorable mention to the Pensacola and South Plains Sections. Louisiana invited 300 gifted and talented minority students to visit the Louisiana Children's Museum in New Orleans for a day filled with chemistry activities, demonstrations, and "Chemipalooza," a computer-based chemistry game produced by Dow. Each participant received a "Kid Chemist" certificate and an NCW goodie bag. Pensacola held a chemistry wizard demonstration for the Hispanic Action Society. The section also gave a chemistry merit badge demonstration to a Boy Scout troop whose members are mentally and physically challenged. The theme of both events was "Chemistry in Our Everyday Lives," featuring reagents easily found in any grocery store or home. The South Plains Section sponsored a chemical demonstration show at the Lubbock, Texas, senior citizens center. Approximately 50 senior citizens watched an hour-long show featuring a variety of chemical demonstrations and discussion of the ways in which chemistry affects their lives. The seniors shared their own experiences with chemistry, including one man's experiences in the oil industry and a cotton farmer's opinions on a simulated grain bin dust explosion. Other sections nominated were Chicago and Southern California. • Best activity in a museum—Maine Section, with honorable mention to the Indiana Section. Maine, with the chemistry club at the University of Southern Maine, staged an afternoon of demonstrations and hands-on experiments at the Children's Museum of Maine in Portland. Several of the activities were staged near various permanent exhibits. For example, a density experiment of layered, colored saltwater in a graduated cylinder was beside the museum's lobster boat, and an experiment on combustion, carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, and liquid nitrogen was conducted in front of the museum's fire engine exhibit. In conjunction with the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana held a WonderScience and "Planet Chemistry"
workshop for elementary school teachers, two Eli Lilly-sponsored programs in the museum's planetarium, and a high school demonstration competition. Other sections nominated were Eastern New York, Louisiana, and Philadelphia. • Best activity in a library—Cleveland Section, with an honorable mention to the Idaho Section. Cleveland created a time-travel experiment for some 1,100 elementary school students and their parents at various branches of the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Students were transported back to the Stone Age and a world without metal. To return to the 20th century, they had to learn about metallurgy and metals. Idaho set up two displays, presented a chemical magic show, and held a day of hands-on activities at the Idaho Falls Public Library. Other sections nominated were Chattanooga, Cincinnati, and Purdue. • Best open house—Delaware Section, with honorable mention to the Texas A&M Section. The theme of Delaware's open house was "The Positive Impact of Chemistry on Our Lives." The program included exhibitions from local industries, hands-on activities, "Planet Chemistry" data collection, two cakes celebrating the 10th anniversary of NCW and the 130th anniversary of Marie Curie's birth, and award presentations. The highlight of the program was a fashion show displaying the latest in lab clothing. Children in the audience served as models, and the lab wear was supplied by VWR Scientific Products. The celebration concluded with a chemistry magic show. Texas A&M hosted more than 500 students and parents at a chemistry department open house. Helium-filled NCW balloons were distributed to visitors as were green balloons filled with SF6. The nonfloating green balloons were provided primarily to visiting Baylor University fans in town for the afternoon football game. The symbolism of the Baylor green balloons was rewarded later in the afternoon as Texas A&M soared above Baylor by a score of 38 to 10. Other sections nominated were Colorado, Maryland, and University of Kansas. • Best shopping mall event—Western Michigan Section, with honorable mention to the Cornell Section. Western Michigan's mall event was coordinated with the help of more than 100 volunteers from four high schools, a student affiliates chapter, three universities, and four chemical companies. The program included chemical dem-
onstrations, a poster contest, and a each booth they visited. Once the pass- wanted to participate. Using "Planet port was completed, it could be re- Chemistry," WonderScience, and Kids hands-on activity center. Approximately 70 volunteers from deemed for a "chemonstration" certifi- & Chemistry, the section worked with Cornell—including graduate and under- cate and prizes. Other sections nomi- Boy and Girl Scouts, Baylands Nature graduate students, chemistry faculty, and nated were Baton Rouge, Kentucky Center, the Peninsula Open Space park district, the African-American communiindustry representatives—presented ac- Lake, and Upper Ohio Valley. • Greatest membership involve- ty center in San Jose, the American tivities to mall visitors. Twelve exhibit tables were "chemically alive" with cab- ment—Central Wisconsin Section, with Youth Soccer Organization, and the Calbage juice indicator experiments, slime, honorable mention to the Central Utah ifornia Science Teachers Association. frozen banana hammers, expanding Section. Central Wisconsin has about The section also asked a local restaurant marshmallows, and more. Other sections 100 members spread out over a large chain to incorporate the NCW theme nominated were Central Pennsylvania, area and made a special effort to cele- into their kids' menu; involved local inbrate the 10th anniversary of NCW. The dustries by soliciting funds and volunIdaho, and Oklahoma. • Best media coverage of an event- section held three separate chemical teers; included area universities and colUpper Ohio Valley Section with honor- demonstration day events with more leges; and worked with SamTrans, the local transit authority, to put up posters able mention to the Memphis Section. than 40 volunteers. Upper Ohio Valley and local industry Central Utah sponsored a research in honor of the establishment of sponsored a chemistry trivia contest on poster session. About 26 posters were George Washington Carver Day. Other WRRR-FM. The grand prize for the con- presented by ACS members, which rep- sections nominated were Northeast test was a trip to the Center of Science & resented about 25% of the section Tennessee, Philadelphia, and Western Industry in Columbus, including two membership. Other sections nominated New York. • Most creative activity—Salt one-day family passes, overnight Lake and St. Louis Sections (tie), hotel accommodations, and a $25 with honorable mention to the gift certificate to the museum gift Eastern North Carolina Section. shop. WRRR reaches more than Salt Lake and Phillips 66 spon50,000 people per day, and the sored an NBA game between the section estimates that NCW was Washington Wizards and the mentioned at least 270 times over Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City. Each the radio. attendee received a "Chemistry The Memphis Section estiand Basketball" flyer featuring mates that it reached more than the Utah Jazz bear in an NCW T1.7 million people in the area. shirt and facts about common People in four states saw the secchemicals in and around the aretion's TV coverage. The section na. Eight of the elements in the held a news conference with the flyer were used for a halftime local NBC affiliate, asked all the "concentration/memory" game. local cable news networks to air An estimated 16,000 people atNCW events for three weeks on tended the game and each NBA their message board, placed anplayer received an NCW goodie nouncements in three local ACS President-Elect Ed Wasserman presents a Phoenix newspapers, distributed 70 press Award to Frankie Wood-Black, chair-elect of the Salt Lake bag. releases from the Memphis Pink Section. St. Louis created its own superPalace Museum, and sent 2,500 news- were North Jersey and Northeast hero, Noble Neon, and had a "Spot Noble letters to members of the Shelby Coun- Oklahoma. Neon" contest. Because neon has three ty Education Association. Other sec• Best overall community involve- excitement states of yellow, pink, and tions nominated were Indiana-Kentucky ment—California Section, with honor- green, Noble Neon wore a neon yellow Border and St. Louis. able mention to the Santa Clara Valley jumpsuit, a neon pink cape, and a green • Greatest industrial involvement- Section. Nearly 1,000 people of all ages and pink neon belt. Anyone who spotted North Jersey Section, with honorable attended California's family science night Noble Neon and said "National Chemistry mention to the Cleveland and Northeast- at the Orinda Intermediate School in the Week" was entered into a drawing to win ern Ohio Sections. One hundred fifteen San Francisco Bay Area. The theme was $100. Chrysler Corp. provided the use of a industrial chemists employed at 33 com- "Preparing for the Next Century: Hints Plymouth Neon for Noble Neon's travels panies participated in North Jersey's To Help Children Discover the Magic & around the area. In addition, Chrysler paid event. The volunteers staffed 25 hands- Wonders of Science & Technology." for a bus ad that was seen onfivebuses in on activity tables for more than 3,200 at- There were chemistry rap music, a series Missouri and Illinois. Eastern North Carolina participated tendees, including some 1,300 students. of chemistry demonstrations, raffle drawCleveland and Northeastern Ohio ings, ice cream concocted by chemists in pre-NCW activities at East Carolina University's homecoming. With the teamed up to sponsor an event at the from Zeneca, and other activities. Great Lakes Science Center, drawing Santa Clara Valley invited all elemen- help of some section members, the lo1,500 participants. Eight companies or- tary school teachers in its five counties cal student affiliates group built a float ganized and staffed booths throughout to participate in a workshop to kick off for the homecoming parade. Their float the event. Each participant received a the week and provided "Planet Chemis- won first place and had the ACS banner chemistry passport that was stamped at try" to many who could not attend but plastered across the float platform for OCTOBER 5, 1998 C&EN 53
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all parade watchers to see. Their firstplace winner was announced before a crowd of 38,000 people. Other sections nominated were Delaware and Midland. • Special awards—Maryland, Midland, Philadelphia, and San Diego Sections. In conjunction with the goals of NCW, Maryland organized the Working with Kids, Parents, and Teachers program. This program was designed with the idea of offering it throughout the year with the seasons in mind. Since February 1997, this program has reached an aver age of 250 children per week. Maryland also penned the song, "Is Hard Water Re ally Hard?" (sung to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"). Midland made NCW 1997 a celebra tion of chemistry. A three-pronged pro gram was used, involving teachers, the state legislature, and the U.S. Post Office. During the ACS Central Regional Meet ing, the post office in Midland arranged for four, artist-designed postal covers. Postal covers are letter-sized envelopes specially decorated to commemorate events. The four section events com memorated by the covers were the 10th anniversary of NCW, the planting of the first ACS National Chemis-tree, the 100th anniversary of Dow Chemical Co., and the ACS National Historic Chemical Land mark in Midland. Philadelphia organized a large num ber of programs to celebrate NCW '97, including "Experiments with Ice" at a lo cal elementary school, with the participa tion of the Philadelphia Phantoms hock ey team. Other events included a chem istry poster contest for elementary students; a miniconference for girls to in crease their interest in science and math; a lecture by members of the conserva tion department at the Philadelphia Mu seum of Art; activities at the Winterthur Museum; a teacher inservice training; "meet a scientist night" at several local malls; ACS family night at a Philadelphia Phantoms game; and "Eureka, the Magic of Chemistry," a program sponsored by Rohm and Haas at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia's science museum. "Water, Water, Water" was the theme of San Diego's 10th annual chemistry expo. About 2,500 people at tended, including more than 1,500 stu dents from 62 different schools. Stu dents brought natural water samples in self-sealing bags from many parts of San Diego County to the ACS water hard ness testing booth. Students used water hardness test strips included in "Planet Chemistry" activity booklets to test the 54 OCTOBER 5, 1998 C&EN
hardness of their water sample. They JAMES A. THOMPSON-COLON has been entered the data into a national data named business manager, wood and foundry base set up by ACS, and stuck pins into products. He will be responsible for sales, a map of San Diego indicating where marketing, and technical service and prod uct development. He also will oversee the they had drawn their water sample. buildup of the Bayer Global Wood Products There were 283 natural water samples R&D Center. from locations in 56 zip codes. The sec tion also held a student raffle with a Rheox prize of $50 every half hour and award An Elementis Company ed a $500 prize for the school with the Hightown, Ν J. greatest attendance. National Chemistry Week in 1998 CRAIG BAUDENDISTEL has been named (Nov. 1-7) will kick off the Internation central regional sales manager. He will be al Chemistry Celebration (IChC). This responsible for sales in the midwestern U.S. RON FAUST has been named eastern re event will mark the first time scientists gional sales manager. He will be in charge and staff from several organizations of sales for the entire eastern region. have planned a worldwide celebration THOMAS B. MURPHY has been named a of chemistry. Many countries already sales representative. He will be responsible have a national chemistry week or day, for additives sales in the northeastern re and IChC will serve as a focal point for gion of the U.S. these combined efforts. Students from around the world will be invited to par Other companies ticipate in an activity that explores DONALD C. CLARK has been named di sources of natural dyes. For more infor rector of chemicals industry marketing for mation, see the IChC web site: http:// Honeywell Industrial Automation & Con www. acs. org/ncw/activities. htm. M trol, Phoenix. He will be responsible for setting the strategy for marketing the busi ness unit's products, systems, software, and services. people PAUL J. HARDING has been appointed vice president, human resources and regula BUSINESS. tory affairs, Solvay Interox, Houston. He Bayer will be responsible for Pittsburgh directing all activities in human resources; THOMAS J. O'NEILL health, safety, and en has been named vice vironmental matters; president of business and communications. Harding management, polycar bonate group, poly mers division. He will be responsible for business management, strategic planning, and technical market ing for the polycar bonate product lines. O'Neill
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