Links for this year's program:

For the hands-on demonstration program script, MSDS sheets (if necessary), alignments to the Ohio Dept of Education standards, booklist, and experiments-to-do-at-home, please return to the links found on the "NCW home" page.

 

More fun NCW 2008 experiments can be found HERE.

National American Chemical Society's NCW Website: click here

Websites for Kids (and Kids of All Ages):

Chemistry.org Kids’ Page (American Chemical Society)
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=kids/index.html - Note: Page will open in a new window.
Includes links to Featured Activities; WonderNet, a website full of science activities for kids and teachers – a new topic is posted every other month; Milli’s Safety Tips for conducting science activities; and The Adventures of Meg A. Mole - Future Chemist,  interviews with chemists.

Celebrating Chemistry Newspaper (and activity guide) (American Chemical Society)
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1045&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1 - Note: Page will open in a new window. Then click on the link to the pdf file for the newspaper.
A collection of hands-on activities, games, and articles designed for students in grades 4 through 6.

Exploratorium Hands-On Activities (San Francisco Exploratorium Museum)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html
Hands-on activities related to the Human Body, Sports Science, Food, and more!

Kids and Science (Technical University in Vienna)
www.kidsandscience.com
The website, available in English and Dutch languages, allows kids and teachers to explore the main science themes of water, air, life, nutrition, materials, and transport through the Science City link.  There is also a laboratory and activities database accessible through Science City, but you need to register first.

Websites For Older Kids and Adults:

National Chemistry Week (American Chemical Society)
http://www.chemistry.org/ncw
A full listing of NCW resources and information available from the American Chemical Society.  Includes links for other community activities sponsored by the American Chemical Society.

Terrific Science (Miami University of Ohio - Center for Chemistry Education)
http://www.terrificscience.org
Free downloadable activities to celebrate National Chemistry Week!

Science Friday: Making Science Radio-active (National Public Radio)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/
Descriptions of current radio show topics and an archive of past programs, as well as a link "for teachers" to Science Friday Kids’ Connections with teaching materials (discussion topics and activities) based on weekly broadcast topics.

FREE – Federal Resources for Education Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/
”More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally-supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.”  The website features links for most education subjects, including Science.

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