Kids and Chemistry and National Chemistry Week

Kids and Chemistry helped celebrate National Chemistry Week at the Saint Louis Science Center, Saturday, October 25. Kids and Chemistry had three tables: • Enzymes for Digestion and Cleaning, led by Sheryl Loux, • Starch Scavenger Hunt! testing which foods and materials contain starch, led by Chris Glass, and • Crushing Cans! exploring states of matter, led by Don Sartor. A DNA structure poster was displayed along with hands-on models of DNA.

Approximately 400 parents and kids participated with us at our tables. Kids and Chemistry is a program sponsored by the St Louis Section–ACS and coordinated by Sheryl J Loux (sjloux@gmail.com). A big “Thank You” from Sheryl to volunteers Susan Wiediger, Michael Ontl, Dallas Wright, Margaret Allen, Don Sartor, and Chris Glass.