Your home - it's all built on chemistry: NCW 2006

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Tracy A. Halmi, tracy@psu.edu, School of Science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, 5091 Station Road, Erie, PA 16563-0203, Kara M. Jackson, kara.jackson@stjude.org, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale Street, Mail Stop 507, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, and V. Michael Mautino, michael.mautino@bayerbms.com, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, 100 Bayer Road, Building #1, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741.
National Chemistry Week (NCW), a community-based outreach program of the American Chemical Society, is designed to reach the public with positive messages about chemistry and to make a positive change in the public's impression of chemistry. Activities include chemical demonstrations, hands-on activities, lectures, open houses, displays, contests and games. NCW is celebrated annually from Sunday through Saturday during the fourth week of October. The theme for 2006 is ″Your Home - It's All Built on Chemistry″ with a celebration planned for the week of October 22 - 28. For more information visit www.chemistry.org/ncw.
 

General Posters
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Sunday, 10 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Poster

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, 11 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Hall D, Sci-Mix

Division of Chemical Education

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006