National Chemistry Week: 桃花直播 highlights fun, excitement and learning in science
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擮n the heels of a top award for 2018鈥檚 National Chemistry Week events, the Student Members of the American Chemical Society organization is creating even more excitement for 桃花直播 State students and community members for this year鈥檚 activities that begin Saturday [Oct. 19].
The 桃花直播 student organization designed to promote professional development for STEM majors聽and foster interest in chemistry will host events highlighting National Chemistry Week鈥檚 theme, 鈥淢arvelous Metals.鈥
鈥淲e are so excited to take 鈥榟eavy metal鈥 to the next level,鈥 said SMACS president and senior chemistry major Zoe Fokakis of Hattiesburg. 鈥淭he Hand Chemical Laboratory is going to be decorated to maximum volume, and we鈥檒l be ready to rock and roll at each event.鈥
Fokakis said that after winning the American Chemical Society ChemLuminary award recently for 鈥淏est National Chemistry Week Event Organized by a Student Group,鈥 she wants to claim the award for a second year.
鈥淲e seek to inspire others to find out more about chemistry and the world around them,鈥 Fokakis said. 鈥淟ast year we reached over 1,000 people, including hundreds of elementary-aged children. My personal goal for SMACS this year would be to double our audience and to see just how far we can take NCW.鈥
Events include:
鈥Saturday, Oct. 19, NCW Tailgate Extravaganza: Located at the grassy area in front of the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building, across from the WMSV radio station, 10 a.m. The third annual tailgate extravaganza prior to the 桃花直播 football game versus LSU will include exciting chemistry demonstrations starting at 10:45 a.m., hands-on activities for kids and kids-at-heart, music, food, a photo booth, and more.
鈥Monday, Oct. 21, SMACS Bake Sale: The Drill Field, 8 a.m.-noon (or while supplies last). Enjoy home-baked goods, buy NCW and gameday buttons, and take free stickers.
鈥Tuesday, Oct. 22, Demos on the Drill Field: The Drill Field, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. SMACS will be presenting chemistry demonstrations such as the 鈥渟creaming gummy bear,鈥 multi-colored flame tests, a liquid nitrogen cloud, and a spectacular eruption of ping pong balls. Participants will learn the science behind all experiments.
鈥Wednesday, Oct. 23, Grill Out and Dunk Your Professors: Lee Blvd., in front of the Colvard Student Union, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Participants are invited for free burgers and hot dogs. Fresh tea and lemonade will be available for purchase. Come dunk chemistry professors in the dunk tank!
鈥Thursday, Oct. 24, Periodic Table Darts: The Drill Field, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.聽Draw the names of metals to aim for on the periodic table.聽
鈥Thursday, Oct. 24, The Pittman Symposium: Sessions include a 1-2:45 p.m. presentation in Mitchell Memorial Library鈥檚 auditorium and 3:30-5:50 p.m. presentation in Hand Chemical Laboratory Room 1144. Charles U. Pittman Jr., 桃花直播 professor emeritus of chemistry who has over 900 scientific publications, will conclude the symposium with a 4:50 p.m. keynote address in the library鈥檚 auditorium.
鈥Friday, Oct. 25, Chemistry Seminar: Hand Chemical Laboratory, 3:30 p.m. An esteemed faculty member from North Dakota State University, Pingjin Zhao, will present 鈥淣ickel-Mediated Alkyne and Amine Transformations for Greener Catalysis.鈥
鈥Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27, 鈥淢ad Scientist Escape Room鈥: Open to the public at Hand Chemical Laboratory 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday聽and 1-9 p.m. Sunday. Participants will work together to solve puzzles and experiments to 鈥渃rack the code鈥 left by a mad scientist professor.
National Chemistry Week activities at 桃花直播 are sponsored in part from an Innovated Project Grant offered by the American Chemical Society.
Founded in 1878, 桃花直播鈥檚 Department of Chemistry is the oldest ACS accredited program in the state. The department serves the basic science and higher-level chemistry curricula needs of nearly every major on campus.
For more information on 桃花直播鈥檚 National Chemistry Week events, visit聽. Eric Van Dornshuld, NCW chair and SMACS adviser, can be contacted at 662-325-8452 or聽edornshuld@chemistry.msstate.edu.
Part of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Chemistry can be found on Twitter @chem_msstate; Student Members of the American Chemical Society, on Facebook @MissStateSMACS and Twitter and Instagram @SMACS_桃花直播; and Chemistry Graduate Student Association, on Facebook @CGSA.MSState, Twitter and Instagram @CGSA_MSState.
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