The New York Section exploded this year with its Section presentation for National Chemistry Week.

Last year, for the first time, we held NCW at the New York Hall of Science. It was such a success that the Section applied for a grant to make this year’s better. We did not get the grant but that did not stop us.

The coordinator for this presentation is David Sherman of Pepsi-Cola. He was pleased with the results of 2005. By November 2005, he was working to make 2006 even better.

We went from using the first level of the NY Hall of Science in 2005 to using the Great Hall in 2006. Now the challenge was to fill it. The word spread and other schools wanted to be a part of NCW for the section.

As New York Section Chair, I was assigned the ACS Welcome Table and direct edpeople upstairs to the Great Hall. As the volunteers arrived, the Hall started to fill up. Who was there?

Over 900 people walked through the Great Hall.

All tables were decorated with the red, white and blue NCW balloons.

Pepsi-Cola
“The Science of Making Soda” 3 tables 13 volunteers
”Fooling your Senses” 3 tables 8 volunteers

St. John’s University
“Silly Putty” 3 tables 9 volunteers
“Slime” 1 table 11 volunteers
“Ooblek” 1 table 6 volunteers

Hofstra University
“Polymers Making Paint” 3 tables 4 volunteers
“How to Make Wood Adhesives” 1 table 5 volunteers
“Gluep” 1 table 5 volunteers

New York University
“Iodine Clock Reasction” 1 table 5 volunteers
“Molecular Gastronomy” 1 table 6 volunteers
“Poly Foam” 1 table 5 volunteers
“Computer Demo Molecular Synthesis" 1 table 6 volunteers

College of Mt. St. Vincent/Manhattan College
“Magic Mushrooms(poly foam)” 1 table 4 volunteers
“Ghost Crystals” 1 table 3 volunteers
“Crystal Forest” 1 table 4 volunteers

Barnard College of Columbia University
“Invisible Ink” 1 table 5 volunteers
“Making a Polymer Bouncy Ball” 1 table 5 volunteers
“Acid Base Reactions with Household Materials” 1 table 6 volunteers

Citrus And Allied
“Essential Oil Production” 1 table 2 volunteers

Manhattan Village Academy
“Japanese Marble Painting” 1 table 5 volunteers

Pace University
“Magic Sand” 1 table 8 volunteers
“Sodium Polyacrylate” 1 table 8 volunteers
“Fingerprints” 1 table 8 volunteers

VWR Scientific Supply
“Mad Scientist Laboratory” 1 table 3 volunteers
“Turkey Gloves” 2 tables 3 volunteers

Adelphi University
“Noisy Popper” 1 table 4 volunteers
“Water-Wine-Milk-OJ” 1 table 3 volunteers
“Crazy Cream” 1 table 3 volunteers

St. Joseph’s College- Brooklyn
“Polystyrene Shrinkers” 1 table 7 volunteers
“Filter Paper/Art/Chromatography” 1 table 9 volunteers

ACS Survey Return Table 1 table 3 volunteers

Each young person who completed the Evaluation received a jumping frog or slinky.

All volunteers received a NCW Gator Clip.

Every school or industry received an Avogadro Mole.

The New York Section has an active Student Affiliate. E-mails were sent to all inviting them to participate in NCW.

David Sherman was able to get industries to participate. Perhaps next year that number will increase.

I would like to see more high schools involved. Again, perhaps next year.

David Sherman is already working on 2007.

Yes, we were invited back to the New York Hall of Science.

The Hall of Science and New York Section took out radio time and an eye catching advertisement in the New York Daily News.

New York Mayor Bloomberg was invited to attend NCW, but was unable to attend.