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Science Education
We need your help in rekindling science and engineering at the local, national and global levels
| October 2012 | National Chemistry Week for Children K-12 |  |
New York Hall of Science, Queens |
Each October, the New York Section of ACS celebrates National Chemistry Week. Children K-12 learn about chemistry using hands-on demonstrations, including making their own Gatorade and quantifying iron in cereals. They also participate in a Poem Contest. We need donations for goggles, meals, and other expenses. Share you love for science with the kids and enjoy a fun day! |
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| Annual Program | ACS Scholars Program |  |
Columbia University |
ACS awards renewable scholarships to underrepresented minority students who want to enter the fields of chemistry or chemistry-related fields. Since the program's inception in 1995, over 2000 awards have been given to qualified high school seniors or college freshman, sophomores, or juniors pursuing a college degree in the chemical sciences or chemical technology. |
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| Long-term Support | Donate to Science and Engineering Education |  |
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As a nonprofit organization, CM&E needs your help to advance the study of chemistry, the central science. Individuals’ contributions and gifts, company sponsorships and grants from foundations, help ensure that ACS can continue to foster chemistry education including a support network for students to thrive and focus on finding green solutions to the challenges of human kind. |
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Calling All Members: Rekindle Science EducationScience and engineering have been amazing forces propeling the advancement of civilization. As we enter a century with some of the most formidable technological challenges that humanity has ever encountered - including an increase in population by three billion, the doubling of agricultural output, epidemics that can spread at the speed of an airplane, water shortages and an insatiable appetite for energy - we are faced with a disheartening reality. The USA ranked 27th among the world's 29 wealthiest countries in the proportion of science and engineering college graduates in a report by the National Academies. Moreover, of the $300 Billion in annual donations, 13% goes into education and a minor part of that goes into science. The traditional pillars of education, both public and private, are falling considerably short in the support of our children's science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs. Industry leaders have noted that for a decade it has been hard to find local technical talent so skilled jobs are going overseas.
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ACS is recognized among the few scientific societies that have the commitment, breadth and reach to support science education throughout life. ACS organizes local activities that nurture the love for science since Kindergarten and throughout college, provides mentoring and financial support of talented scholars, develops science education tools for teachers, meets with government officials to move forward educational policies and rewards scientific achievement. Please contact us at contact@cmeacs.org and make a pledge. Your contribution will make a difference.We at CM&E and ACS thank you in advance for your solidarity and generosity. |