Fall 2006 Events:
September Dinner Meeting – Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Dinner lecture “Got Outreach?” and Salutes to Excellence Awards or outreach programs conducted by student affiliate chapters.
Home Safety Fair at KidZone Youth Museum – Saturday, September 30, 2006
The Community Event for NCW 2006 is to hold a Home Safety Fair. In addition, we are partnering with the Assistance League of Southern California in the distribution of home safety materials during Fall 2006.
- Where: KidZone Youth Museum, 123 S. Carmalita Street, Hemet, CA 92543
- When: September 30, 2006, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Questions: Contact Bob deGroot at rdegroot-at-oxy-dot-edu
Community Activities and Kids & Chemistry Training – Saturday, October 7, 2006
- Where: Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029
- When: October 7, 2006, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Questions: Contact Aaron Brown at brownad-at-lacitycollege-dot-edu
Sally Ride Festival – Saturday, October 14, 2006
SCALACS will be partnering with CSULA by offering chemistry activities and two classroom presentations.
- Where: California State University Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032
- When: October 14, 2006, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Questions: Contact Bob deGroot at redegroot-at-oxy-dot-edu
NCW 2006: Your Home – It’s All Built on Chemistry! – Sunday through Saturday,
October 22nd through 28th, 2006
- Where: California Science Center, Exposition Park, 700 State Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90037
- When: Sunday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 28th
- Questions or to volunteer: Contact Henry Abrash at abrash8-at-aol-dot-com
High School Open House – Saturday, December 16, 2006
- Where: California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
- When: Saturday, December 16, 2006, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Questions: Contact Bob deGroot at rdegroot-at-oxy-dot-edu
Spring 2006 Events:
Expanding Your Horizons – Saturday, March 25, 2006
The conference will be held on the Doheny Campus of Mount St. Mary’s COllege near downtown Los Angeles, 10 Chester Place, CA 90007. Girls will take part in hands-on workshops, including opportunities to dissect pig hearts and isolate DNA. The conference costs $10 per person. For more information on registration and workshop times, please see the conference website: http://www.ExpandingYourHorizonsLA.org. To volunteer, contact Eleanor Siebert at esiebert-at-msmc-dot-la-dot-edu.
Sally Ride Science Festival – Saturday, April 1, 2006 (no fooling!).
The festival takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Caltech, Lawn in front of Beckman Auditorium. Directions to Caltech are found at http://www.caltech.edu/map/
Be part of this annual event at Caltech! SCALACS will be hosting a table with chemistry activities. For questions or information, please contact Bob deGroot at rdegroot-at-oxy-dot-edu.
The theme for CCED 2006 is “Dig It”. Join us for one or both of these events in the Southern California Local Section. Information about CCED is found at www.chemistry.org/oca.
At Los Angeles City College (LACC) – week of April 16
(Date(s) and times TBA) at Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Directions to LACC are found at http://www.lacitycollege.edu/citymain/aboutlacc.html
The LACC student affiliates will be hosting activities during the week prior to Earth Day. Join this very enthusiastic group of students as they celebrate chemistry! For questions or information, please contact Aaron Brown at brownad-at-lacitycollege-dot-edu.
At Occidental College – Saturday April 22
THe program takes place from 8:30 a.m. – Noon at Occidental College, Samuelson Campus Pavilion (#16 on the campus map). Directions to Occidental are found at http://www.oxy.edu/MapsDirections.xml.
This annual Earth Day event will include a poster session by K-12 students from local schools, hands-on activities, and a plenary speaker. This event is co-sponsored by the Teachers + Occidental = Partnership in Science (TOPS) program at Occidental College. Information about TOPS is found at http://departments.oxy.edu/tops/. For questions or information, please contact Bob deGroot at rdegroot-at-oxy-dot-edu.
World Water Forum College Grant Program Presentation by Student Affiliates from Los Angeles City College – Tuesday, May 9
Time TBA, at the Metropolitan Water District Headquarters, 700 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles 90012-2944 (next to Los Angeles Union Station). Directions to MWD are available at http://www.mwdh2o.com/
Join Dr. Aaron Brown and his Student Affiliates from L. A. City College as they present their work at a Metropolitan Water District conference featuring research projects, reports and technology prototypes. This presentation is part of their ongoing work as grant awardees from the Southern California World Water Forum 2006. For questions or information, please contact Aaron Brown at brownad-at-lacitycollege-dot-edu.
Here’s a link to the National ACS National Chemistry Week.