The Southwest Minnesota State University ACS Student Chapter has held a long-standing tradition of excellence based on community outreach, close-knit community between club members, and a strong relationship with our club advisor. In the face of state and campus restrictions due to COVID-19, our club has had to explore new ways of continuing this tradition of excellence. For the 2020-2021 school year, we created a YouTube channel. Each week, we performed a chemistry demonstration like we were presenting a reaction show at a local school. The reactions we selected were crowd-pleasers filled with color and fire. These demonstrations were prepared, performed, recorded, and edited by club members. Since hands-on activities for children have been a staple in our past community outreaches, we also included videos explaining and demonstrating various hands-on activities that have been popular with children in the past. Through these videos, we hoped to provide a resource for parents and teachers amid an unprecedented time in education. We also added details about the chemical processes in the demonstrations to make our videos valuable in middle school and high school chemistry courses. Creating our YouTube channel allowed our club to expand our horizons, practice new and old chemistry demonstrations, and collaborate in the midst of uncertainty. Through our efforts, we were able to continue sharing our love of science to the community and beyond!

SMSU Chemistry Club: A continued pursuit of excellence

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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