West Campus High School – Request for science fair judges
West Campus High School in Sacramento will be having their science fair for on Wednesday March 4th from 3:30-7:00 PM with approximately 250 projects. Judges are expected to arrive by 3:15 PM for check-in and distribution of rubrics. Please contact Meghan Nealon (nealon.meghan@gmail.com) or her faculty adviser, Scott Mapplebeck at (916) 277-6400 ext. 1163 for additional information. The original volunteer request which has...
Sacramento School of Engineering and Sciences – Career Day speakers
The Sacramento School of Engineering and Sciences is requesting speakers for the middle school career day scheduled for Tuesday, February 17th. There are time slots in the two classrooms available for the following periods: Period 1 (8:15-9:15), Period 2 (9:20-10:20), Period 3 (10:25-11:25), Period 5 (1:05-2:05). Speakers are expected to talk for 20-25 minutes per class with 5-10 minutes for questions and can sign up for two...
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...
SCC Chemistry Club News Fall 2014
The SCC Chemistry Club is a student run chapter of the ACS and serves all Sacramento City College students who are interested in chemistry. The club does community outreach at nearby schools, field trips to chemistry-related attractions, and projects of all kinds. So far, the club has taken a field trip to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, done glass etching, and executed a liquid nitrogen demo for Earth Day at SCC. The club...
UC Davis Chemistry Club News Fall 2014
Welcome to this year’s new officers: Kate Gibson, David Barga, Benjamin Wigman, Bradley Petkus, Dalena Tran, Hope Nikolaychuk, and Michelle Tin! Faculty advisors are Profs. Kovnir, Franz and Crabtree. The Chemistry Club at UC Davis provides outreach shows and demonstrations to schools and community groups throughout the year. In August, volunteers performed demonstrations for >50 children from Birch Lane Elementary Summer...