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It's
a Chemical World
A poster competition
In collaboration with Science Across the World,
the CCE Subcommittee on Public
Understanding of Chemistry is pleased to announce a poster competition
for students between the ages of 10-16, featuring the importance
of chemistry in the students daily life.
Possible subjects are, but not limited to:
- Our world without chemistry
- Chemistry and my body
- Chemistry and life
- Chemistry and food
- Cooking up a chemical concoction
- Chemistry in cosmetics
- Chemistry in the medicine cabinet
- Sustainable energy at home
- Chemistry and renewable energy
- Chemistry and plastics or polymers in everyday life
- Chemistry and materials – the construction of a bicycle
- Oxygen and me
- A chemical reaction as seen by a molecule or an electron
- My picture of carbon dioxide or polyethylene or …
- Molecules in the atmosphere
- Reactions in pictures
The posters can be submitted in any language, and in either on paper
or electronically.
Lida Schoen, from
Science Across the World (SAW), and member of the Public Understanding
of Chemistry Subcommittee is the coordinator of the contest. SAW - whose
motto is exploring science locally, sharing insights globally
- manages a schools database with around 2000 teachers all over the
world. If you're not familiar with SAW, have a look at www.scienceacross.org.
Prizes will be awarded and all winning posters will be exhibited at
the IUPAC Congress in Ottawa in August 2003. The display will coincide
with the launch of the IUPAC's Public Understanding of Chemistry initiative
and with the special session held on the topic on Thursday August 14,
2003.
> Check Congress Program - session CE03 <www.iupac2003.org>
> More
about PUC -see CI, Jan 03, p.6
Deadline for poster submission > May 1, 2003
For details on how to submit a poster, visit now the science
across the world website!
>> Read about The
Overwhelming Success of this Poster Competition; report by
Lida Schoen, Chem. Int. Nov 2003
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> Link
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