Chemistry: Colorful and Fun with Professor Marvin Lang and Dr. Showalter

In October, the California and Santa Clara Sections (www.scvacs.org) together are sponsoring  an unusual and a not-to-be-forgotten  special program, Chemistry – Colorful and Fun in 2010, at several venues in Northern California as part of celebrating National Chemistry Week. This will be presented by  Dr. Showalter  and  Professor Marvin Lang who have had world wide acclaim with their program.

Bring your children and grandchildren.  Check our October Calendar for dates, venues, and times. Make sure you call or email the office for reservations, some venues have limited facilities. (510) 351-9922, (office@calacs.org)

Dr. Showalter  and  Professor Marvin Lang are active in promoting the use of chemical demonstrations at all levels of science education. They have given more than 700 chemical demonstration programs and workshops.

The goal of these events is to excite and educate students, teachers, and the general public about chemistry. Showalter has presented programs at Epcot Center, Disneyland, the U.S. Congress, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, the Great Lake Science Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, the Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii, Oxford University in England, and Helsinki University in Finland. Between 1987 and 1989, Showalter was involved in the making of a 26-episode PBS series, "The World of Chemistry."