Chemists: IYC is your year to celebrate at the Spring (US) National Meeting using social media

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Activity by Jennifer Maclachlan | added on Mar 23, 2011 | United States Official_iyc_logo

Sponsor(s): American Chemical Society Office of Public Affairs

Bring your spirit and your moves to the Spring National Meeting in Anaheim. Wear your lab coat and goggles, dress up as an element or famous chemist.

The ACS Office of Public Affairs is taping a You Tube video of participants rapping and dancing into SCI-MIX to generate awareness and interest for the International Year of Chemistry at the official ACS Tweet-up just before Sci-Mix AT 7:30PM 3/28 Hall B Anaheim Convention Center. Lyrics, dance moves & practice times are included in this link.

For info, email Rachael Bishop: r_bishop@acs.org

Chemists Rap it Out: “I-Y-C!”

“Chemistry -- the central science, building blocks of life

Engineering new solutions, rid the world of its strife

We’re part of the solution, we ain’t no precipitate,

This is the chemistry dance, now get up and participate.”

Practice for the IYC Chemistry Show dance will be held Sunday, March 27th, 5:00 pm, Hall B, Anaheim Convention Center!

Learn a fun line dance and then join your colleagues on Monday, March 28 at 7:30 pm for a Tweet-Up in Hall B again, for the real deal. Tweet about it using: #acsanaheim #IYC2011 and #chem_amb (chemistry ambassadors)

Topic:

celebrating chemistry, networking

Audience:

students, professional chemists, professors, educators, research scientists, industrial chemists, post graduate students