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Preparation for National Chemistry Week (NCW) at the Museum of Science (MOS) began several weeksbefore Oct. 23 by running through the experiments for the NCW event. This is an official InternationalYear of Chemistry (IYC) event.

NESACS members: David, Jack, Jennifer andNational Chemistry Week Chair, Christine at theMuseum of Science Laboratory for NationalChemistry Week preparation.

NCW prep at the MOS

National Chemistry Week (NCW) starts with the Phyllis Brauner (Past-chair of NESACS ) Lecture on Oct.23, 2011 at 1:00PM by Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri, President elect of the American Chemical Society (ACS),for the Museum of Science visitors and NESACS members. This is the 11 th year for the joint programwith the MOS.

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Dr. Shakhashiri & Demonstration Dr. Shakhashiri &

The audience for the demonstration ranged from four years and up. You have to captivate them whilethey are still young. You also have to keep them captivated. NESACS has another program for that at

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the MOS on Thursday Oct.27 for High School Students and a program for K- 12 at the childrens

Mueseum on Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. The teachers need reinforcing , so NESACS had a program on Mon.evening Oct. 24, 2011 for High School Teachers at Burling High School called Chemistry Connections.

Doris Lewis & Susan Brauner Brauner Family & Dr. Shakhashiri

The visitors were amazed by the demonstrations of laser excited phosphors, an oscillating chemicalreaction, chemiluminescence. Fog.. . We were treated to more than an hour of very impressive chemicalexperiments that would make any young visitors want to learn more about chemistry. A second lectureand demonstration was held at 4:00 PM. The

David Sittenfeld, MOS presented with award Brauner Family & NESACS Members

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David Stittenfeld, MOS, received an Award from NESACS for his facilitation of the NCW event at theMOS for the past 11 years of the program

From 1-5PM, Christine Jaworek- Lopes (Chemistry Professor at Emanuel College), NESACS Chairperson of the subcommittee on NCW organized the event at the Museum of Science. She had volunteers fromEmanuel College, other schools & NESACS Young chemists.

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We would like to thank Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri for helping NESACS celebrate NCW, the MOS for hostingthe event, the staff of the MOS, Christine Jaworek- Lopes for organizing the chemistry experimentswhich are a crucial part of NCW, and the many volunteers who took part during NCW.

Photos courtesy of Jennifer Maclachlan & Prof. Morton Z. Hoffman, NESACS members

NESACS (http:/ / www.nesacs.org ) is the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society whichhas more than 7,500 members. The American Chemical Society is the largest scientific society in theworld with 163,000 members (http:/ / www.acs.org ) .

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