Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry Kit

Activities and professional development resources designed to stimulate interest, sense of relevance, and feelings of self-efficacy about chemistry among public audiences.

Kit Contents

Planning & Promotional Materials

2018 Event Planning and promotional materials
- Welcome letter and list of kit contents
- Let’s Do Chemistry Planning and Partnership Guide (including promotional materials)
- Facilitator email collection sheet
- Chemical labeling instructions
- Photo release form
- Customizable sample press release Spanish!
Digital copies of all promotional materials, ready-to-print and customizable
- Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry logos
- Ads, posters, and banners Spanish!
- Sample press photos
- American Chemical Society logos and style guide
- Temporary tattoos

Safety, Professional Development, and Training Materials

Digital files of all safety, PD, and training materials guidebooks, presentation slides, and digital copies of all activity training guides and graphics

Safety Materials
- Let’s Do Chemistry Safety Guide
- Labeling instructions
Professional Development and Training Materials
- Let’s Do Chemistry: A Framework and Strategies to Encourage Positive Attitudes Toward Learning Chemistry in Museums and Informal Settings (focused on identifying evidence-based design strategies that increase participants’ interest, relevance, and self-efficacy)
- Let’s Do Chemistry Event Training and Overview presentation notes
- American Chemical Society Inquiry in Action and Best of WonderScience books
  (included in physical kit, available from ACS)
Activity facilitator training materials
- Tips for Leading Hands-on Chemistry Activities
- Atoms to Atoms training guide and materials Spanish!
- Gum and Chocolate training guide and materials
- What’s in the Box? Improv guide
Activity facilitator guides (included with each activity below)

Training videos

https://vimeopro.com/nisenet/explore-science-lets-do-chemistry-training-films

Hands-on Chemistry Activities

Digital copies of all activity guides, graphics, and educational materials Spanish!

Build a Battery Spanish!
Cleaning Oil Spills with Chemistry (longer program)
Chemistry is Colorful Spanish!
Chemistry Makes Scents Spanish!
Molecules in Motion Spanish!
Nature of Dye Spanish!
Rocket Reactions Spanish!
Sublimation Bubbles Spanish!
What’s in the Water Spanish

Training activities that can also be adapted for public use:

Refill kit

A refill kit of supplies was shipped to 250 locations in early May 2019 to encourage continued use of the activities.

Learn more about refill kit contents

National Chemistry Week (NCW) materials
from American Chemical Society (ACS)

Summary of NCW resources and links: www.nisenet.org/national-chemistry-week
NCW event logos and graphics
All NCW resources from ACS: acs.org/ncw

Audience

Activities are designed for use in children’s museums, science centers, science museums, and chemistry public outreach programs in the United States.
Activities are designed for family audiences with a range of experiences appropriate for visitors ages 6 through adult.

About the Project

Learn more about the project: http://www.nisenet.org/chemattitudes
Learn more about the application process for physical kits: http://www.nisenet.org/chemistry-report
Learn more about the application process for physical kits: http://www.nisenet.org/chemistry-apply
List of NISE Network partners awarded a physical 2018 Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry kit
Learn more about National Chemistry Week resources http://www.nisenet.org/national-chemistry-week

Acknowledgements

Funded by the National Science Foundation through the Museum of Science.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DRL 1612482. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Science Foundation.