CalEPA Celebrates Earth Day
The ACS Sacramento Section will participate in the annual CalEPA Earth Day event on April 22, 2015 from 8:30 to noon. If you’d like to volunteer, contact Cindy Castronovo at ccastron@comcast.net.
Sacramento Section announces a program for AACT membership grants to local high school teachers of chemistry
ACS members who are or know K-12 teachers, particularly with science emphasis, your Sacramento Local Section has introduced a new grant program to support these individuals in their crucial profession. Last month we introduced the new American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) program in support of K-12 teachers of chemistry. The grant will cover the annual membership fee of $50. Grants will be awarded to at least 5 high school...
High School Students Participated in Chemistry Olympiad
Held at Sacramento City College, the local chemistry olympiad is complete and was a success. There were 31 total students who participated: 19 from Sheldon High School 9 from Mira Loma High School 1 from Franklin High School 1 from Vista Del Lago High School 1 from Davis High School 1 from Woodland Christian School Please congratulate all of the students that attended. The following students qualified for the National Chemistry...
Earth Day Illustrated Poem Contest for Grades K-12
Following the success of last year’s National Chemistry Week poem contest, we invite all young poets to enter our next illustrated poem contest celebrating Earth Day. The theme is “Climate Science – More than Just a Weather Report”. Please help us spread the word by sharing the attached flyer with a local school, or maybe one that your child or grandchild attends. Deadline for entries is April 20th. Contact Cindy Castronovo at...
Students at DaVinci Junior High See Rainbows and Learn About Chemistry
As part of National Chemistry Week, seventh grade students at DaVinci Junior High School in Davis, CA saw rainbows everywhere they looked when students from the Sacramento City College (SCC) Chemistry Club came to visit. The scientific question posed to the students was “What is the nature of fluorescent light? Is it just like sunlight?” Each student in two of Ms. Barnes seventh grade science classes was given a paper...