The intriguing images you see below are the winning entries in the "It's A Chemical World" poster competition for students 10-16, which was organized by Sience Across the World (SAW) and IUPAC's Subcommittee on the Public Understanding of Chemistry.
> For background info, see related News & Notices posted 16 Jan 2003

During the joint meeting of IUPAC's Congress and the Canadian Society for Chemistry in Ottawa, Canada (August 2003) about thirty posters prepared by young students were exhibited.
> Read Lida Schoen's report to learn more about the overwhelming success of this poster competition ... see Chem. Int. Nov 2003
[photo] from left: Lida Schoen (Science Across the World, SAW), Peter Mahaffy (IUPAC), and Kathy Darvesh (Canadian Society for Chemistry, CSC) showing with proud these pieces of art and imagination.