National Chemistry Week 2000
Unversity of Arkansas Student Affiliates
American Chemical Society
Theme: "Kitchen Cupboard Chemistry: Kids, Try This At Home!"



 
 


Our demo tables were visited by many people throughout the evening.
 
 


Dr. Denise Greathouse happily shows a precipitate reaction to a curious little boy as his mother watches.
 
 


A quick change from hot to cold - that's all it takes to get the atmosphere to crush soft drink cans like flimsy toys.
 
 


The gooey oobleck demo - a guaranteed hands on mess of a good time.
 
 


Dr. Bill Durham shows a group of amazed onlookers how good liquid nitrogen is at freezing things - a flower in this example.
 
 


Creativity flourishes.  Here you can see ACS chapter member Becky Danforth and the many examples of paper chromatography.


 
 

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