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Chemistry Department Celebrates National Chemistry Week

10/29/2009

On Friday, October 23 the Chemistry Department hosted its seventh annual Family Mole Night where kids between the ages of 8-12 are invited to come on campus to do some hands-on activities with the students and faculty of the New Paltz Chemistry Department.

This awesome event was almost entirely planned and run by the following science students:

Jordan Sumliner, Danielle Kloster, Kerry Beyrer, Kyle McDonald, Sarah Berkwitt, Olivia Glisserman, Danielle DelRe, Alexis Hiller, Raneen Rahhal, Nick Hanson, Mike Fink, Jerry Shen, John Kay, Erik Van Vlack, and Matt Pilek.

Two participants examine the iron filings they isolated from breakfast cereal.

Kyle McDonald pour liquid nitrogen as part of a demonstration.

A participant performs an elemental flame test.

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