International Year of Chemistry, 2011

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Designing IYC2011 Desktop Calendar/Bulletin Board with Nobel Laureates' Photographs and Brief Note on their Significant Contributions Suryanarayana Rao   |   added on Feb 13, 2011    |    India Calendar will be designed jointly by teachers and students of Sishu Griha School with a flexible arrangement for changing photographs and notes periodically.This will overcome the limitation to the number of displays in the calendar.This kindles interest for students to research in the field of Chemistry.
Topic: celebrating chemistry, general interest, iyc calendar, nobel laureates Audience: students, teachers, general public

Chemistry with a sense of women Grupo MEQ   |   added on Feb 12, 2011    |    Colombia The event consists of a poster exhibition about contributions of prominent women in chemistry. The exhibition is itinerant by different educational institutions of the city.
Topic: celebrating chemistry Audience: students, educators, professors, general public, women chemists, tertiary education, secondary school students, graduate students

Galerías UDC-mc2: Productos Naturais Mariños (Natural Marine Products) M. Canle López   |   added on Feb 12, 2011    |    Spain Divulgation of the chemistry of natural marine products
Topic: celebrating chemistry, chemistry education Audience: general public, educational institutions

Maria Chiara Montani, A brief history of chemistry Martha Fabbri   |   added on Feb 11, 2011    |    Italy This is a popular science book published by Sironi Editore in the series Galápagos. After a background in chemistry, the author Maria Chiara Montani was trained as a science communicator at the School in Science communication, Sissa-Isas, Trieste. She is currently working in school books publishing sector.
Topic: publications, chemistry education Audience: students, general public, educators, teachers

National Laboratory Mustache Day Jens Breffke   |   added on Feb 10, 2011    |    International National Lab Mustache Day (NLMD) strives to celebrate mustaches in the science laboratory over the ages. NLMD culminates on February 11th 2011 with lab mustache parties across the country and around the world. Everyone is invited to participate and celebrate.
Topic: science fair, art, demonstrations Audience: students, professional chemists, general public, post graduate students, research scientists, teachers