Adventures in coaching young chemists

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 863-867

  Kuntzleman, Thomas S ^a   Baldwin, Bruce W ^a  

^a SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary Middle School Science; General Public; Public Understanding Outreach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960064836     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed2002779     Document Type: Article

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13. We were inspired to change our usual Halloween outreach event to mimic that of Southeast Missouri State University's very successful "Halloween Science Night" after seeing a talk given by MarcusBond and Rachel Morgan-Theall at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA, 2010.
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29. We would greatly appreciate donations of your unwanted 1×1 (Design ID 3005), 2×2 (Design ID 3003), and 2×4 (Design ID 3001) Lego blocks to support this project. Red, yellow, green, blue, brown, black, and white blocks are desired. Contact the corresponding author for more information.