A pictoral archive of events and activities for the Richland Section of the American Chemical Society
Date(s): January - December 2004. Album by Janet Bryant. Photos by Bryant, unless noted. 1 - 23 of 23 Total. 16342 Visits.
1 observer-photoEdit Newspaper article (Nov 9, 2004) from the LaGrande, OR newspaper, the "Observer", about the event Girls in Science.Edit
2 DSCN0437Edit Girls in Science: spectrophotometric analysis of different sun screensEdit
3 DSCN0407Edit Girls in Science: students measure the caloric contents of different types of nutsEdit
4 DSCN0431Edit Girls in Science: Eastern Oregon University faculty and students volunteer involved in the outreach eventEdit
5 DSCN0417Edit Girls in Science: students prepare sunscreen samples for analysisEdit
6 DSCN0427Edit Girls in Science: reflecting on nutritional issues and self image -(girls assembled a poster about how women are portrayed in magazines)Edit
7 DSCN0433Edit Girls in Science: participants present a poster about their findings on women images in magazinesEdit
8 DSCN0408Edit Girls in Science: students discuss volatile organic compounds present in cigarette smokeEdit
9 008 5Edit Girls in Science: learning how to measure blood pressureEdit
10 DSCN0440Edit Girls in Science: learning how to find the heart rate at rest
Girls in Science was a daylong science event for approximately 100 girls in grades 6-8 in Northeastern Oregon. Hispanic and Native American students were targeted. The activities ranged from sunscreens to cigarette smoke and emphasized the NCW theme of Health and WellnessEdit
11 EYH04Edit Expanding Your Horizons: Held annually at Wa State University, Tri-Cities campus, this event brings hundreds of middle school girls to learn about careers in math, science, and engineering. In keeping with NCW's theme in 2004, Richland ACS members provide a hands-on session about food chemistry.Edit
14 P4140018Edit Annual 50 Year Members Recognition Event provides a time for membership recognition and reflection.Edit
15 P4140007Edit Annual 50 Year Members Recognition Event provides a time for membership recognition and reflection.Edit
16 P4140008Edit Annual 50 Year Members Recognition Event provides a time for membership recognition and reflection.Edit
17 EarthdayEdit Richland ACS members worked with the City of Richland to celebrate Earth Day.Edit
18 ArborDayVolunteerGroup-all3Edit After 2003's successful "Chemis-TREE" event, the Richland ACS Section continues the celebration of Arbor Day with community members, the City Arborist, and students.Edit
19 RedMaple1Edit This year the Richland Section donated a nice Red Maple tree to the parks in celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Day.Edit
20 RedMaple2Edit another view of "our chemis-tree", this year a red maple.Edit
21 Richland1LSACEdit Group pose after helping plant over a dozen trees and hearing City Aborist talk about the importance of trees to the environment. He spoke specifically about the chemistry of trees and reduction of air pollution.Edit
22 Richland3RecogWomenEdit Karen Grant, 2003 Richland Chemist of the Year, works hands-on with students. The award symposium in her honor was held in May 2004. See http://www.pnl.gov/acs/newsletters/200409.pdf for additional photos.Edit
23 chemluminary9-04Rev1.pdfEdit Mini-version of the Poster presented at the ChemLuminary Event at the Fall National ACS Meeting, Sept 2004, representing Richland Section Activities in 2003.Edit
