Students and Educators

Resources for Chemists Celebrate Earth Day 2012

Celebration Overview

• CCED 2012 Overview
• Science Safety Guidelines

CCED Illustrated Poem Contest

Congratulations to the 2012 poem contest winners.

As part of every CCED celebration, ACS sponsors an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten – Grade 12.

CCED Youth Activity Patch

• Youth Activity Patch Guidelines

Educator Resources

These articles from the ChemMatters archive cover topics pertaining to recycling.

• ACS Store
  Purchase promotional products for Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, such as youth patches, pencils, temporary tattoos featuring our “Mole” mascot, stickers, and stress balls.
• Is this Water Recycled Sewage?
  By Gail Kay Haines
  February 2011
• Plastics Go Green
  By Cynthia Washam
  April 2010
• Retiring Old Tires
  By Donald Jones and Helen Herlocker
  April 2007
• Chemistry Builds a Green Home
  By Roberta Baxter
  October 2006