International Year of Chemistry, 2011

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Contest 'Enigmas moleculares' Pilar Perla   |   added on Feb 22, 2011    |    Spain During the International Year of Chemistry, once a month, we invite our readers to solve a chemical enigma. http://www.heraldo.es/noticias/suplementos/tercer_milenio/detectives_con_quimica.html
Topic: celebrating chemistry, chemistry education, competition Audience: general public, teachers, educational institutions, secondary school students, secondary schools, high schools, tertiary education, research scientists

Coal Seam Gas Ruth Meaney   |   added on Feb 22, 2011    |    Australia Hear the Lead Chemist with Origin Energy, Oskar Jarvie, speak on Coal Seam Gas. As one of the New and Emerging Energy Technologies in Queensland, Australia, it is attracting interest with chemists, engineers and the general public, in particular the impact of these new technologies on local communities and their surroundings.
Topic: seminars Audience: general public, educators, industrial chemists, research scientists, post graduate students, teachers, women chemists, educational institutions, professional chemists

Impossible2possible - Expedition Bolivia - La Ruta de Sal Ewan Affleck   |   added on Feb 22, 2011    |    Canada In May 2011 impossible2possible (i2P) will mount an expedition the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flat in the world, high in the Bolivian Andes. In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, i2P will take the principles of chemistry out of the classroom and into the remarkable environment of the Salar.
Topic: celebrating chemistry, chemistry education, educational materials Audience: students, general public, educators, high schools, school children, secondary schools, secondary school students

Family Science Saturday Kayla Bober   |   added on Feb 22, 2011    |    United States Family Science Saturday is a community outreach event hosted at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. It is a veritable expo of outreach, with demonstrations and hands-on activities designed to educate and amaze children and parents alike.
Topic: sustainable and green chemistry, demonstrations, celebrating chemistry, chemistry education, hands-on activities, educational materials Audience: professors, school children, students, general public, educators, universities, high schools, secondary schools students

Performing Science 2011 Selma Yilmaz   |   added on Feb 21, 2011    |    Germany The Center for Media and Interactivity (ZMI) at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen offers the Giessen Prize for scholarly presentation & lecture performance for the second time in 2011, which is the Year of Chemistry: Performing Science honors innovative forms of knowledge presentation.
Topic: competition Audience: students, professors, professional chemists, general public, research scientists, universities, post graduate students, women chemists