Wesley College is a private, primarily undergraduate minority-serving institution located in Dover, Delaware (DE). Every year, to coincide with the National Chemistry Week, the DE-ACS Section hosts a Family Science Adventure Program at the Independence School, in Newark, DE. Here, Wesley students in Organic Chemistry II, supervise fun and safe hands-on activities and demonstrations that are free and open to the public. This year’s theme was Chemistry Rocks and each year, 300-350 K-8 students participate in the DE-ACS Section Family Science Adventure Program. Participating students are given the opportunity to do the experiments themselves and this year they were stimulated with simple inquiry-based activities called, Magnetic Slime, Secret Message with Lemon Juice, Dry-Ice Smoke Ring Launcher, Dissolving Paper, Instant Slow Polymer, Diaper Polymer, and Envirobond. Many of the Wesley participants are Cannon Scholars (NSF S-STEM program, 1355554) and they also acknowledge support from the DE-EPSCoR Program (NSF grant IIA-1301765), the DE-INBRE Program (NIH grant no. P20GM103446), and the State of Delaware.

Chemistry Rocks – Wesley College’s 2017 afternoon of fun

255th National Meeting (2018)

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