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hi,
I'm also sorry to be late to the party. For roughly the past year, chemists
from Caltech and the Westside Science Club, a club I founded for
under-resourced kids in LA, have been partnering up to develop and deliver
hands-on chemistry activities to Science Club participants. The project is
supported by a grant from the NSF and one of the things we're looking at is
how the Caltech scientists can effectively talk about chemistry to the
kids, who range in age from 8-13. Our idea is that if these scientists can
talk to real 10-12 year olds, they can apply that language to the general
public, to whom we usually deliver content at a 10-12 year old level.
We're still taking data and are gearing up for our Year 2, but I'd be happy
to talk about what we've been finding out.
Thanks,
Ben
Ben Dickow
310-614-6048
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Kathy Krafft <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> Sorry to be late (catching up on the listserve after some travel):
>
> We have a bunch of carefully developed and tested chemistry activities we
> do with trained docents on our museum floor, developed largely by a retired
> chemistry professor/volunteer (who had taught many future chemistry
> teachers, and thus had a great repertoire of demonstrations to start with)
> with some grant support. All the instructions (and a tabletop sign) for
> each are on our website:
>
> http://www.sciencenter.org/**chemistry/default.asp<http://www.sciencenter.org/chemistry/default.asp>
>
> For ages 5 and up:
>
> http://www.sciencenter.org/**chemistry/chemistrychallenge.**asp<http://www.sciencenter.org/chemistry/chemistrychallenge.asp>
>
> For ages 8 and up:
>
> http://www.sciencenter.org/**chemistry/chemagine.asp<http://www.sciencenter.org/chemistry/chemagine.asp>
>
> And kitchen chemistry:
>
> http://www.sciencenter.org/**chemistry/exploring_our_world.**asp<http://www.sciencenter.org/chemistry/exploring_our_world.asp>
>
> There's a few of these activities that are typically in the rotation of
> floor activities each season, and they change around. It's great to be
> able to have chemistry happening!
>
> In addition we have a group of high school students who does a Sunday
> afternoon "Chemsations" show 2x/month in our amphitheater during the
> fall-winter-spring that is more involved than a floor activity (dry ice,
> bubbles, color changing, ...); this takes an adult to help train the new
> crop in the fall, and make sure materials are prepared for each show. The
> local branch (Cornell) of the American Chemical Society helps cover the
> costs for this!
>
> Kathy Krafft
> Traveling Exhibitions Curator
> Sciencenter
> Ithaca, NY
>
>
> On 7/2/2013 11:31 AM, Mansori, Sophia wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> I'm a researcher at Education Development Center (EDC), working on a
>> landscape study to support the National Academy of Sciences latest efforts
>> to develop a framework for effective chemistry communication, outreach, and
>> education in informal settings.
>>
>> For this landscape study, we are collecting examples of various
>> efforts—exhibits, programs, outreach activities—that include chemistry in
>> their content. This includes efforts where chemistry is the main focus, as
>> well as those where chemistry is "hidden" or embedded in another topic,
>> such as climate change or nanotechnology. Do you have an example you would
>> like to share with us? Or, have you seen, heard, or participated in an
>> effort that you think we should know about?
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>> If so, please email me at [log in to unmask]<mailto:smanso**[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>>.
>> I'm eager to learn of your examples (including any relevant web sites or
>> descriptions), and also hear your opinion about how effective the effort is
>> at communicating chemistry. We'll be sure to send updates on this study and
>> the larger initiative as well.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Sophia
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