Her Lab in Your Life: Women in Chemistry takes a fresh look at daily life, revealing how chemical science and engineering help form it. Created especially for high school and college students, but designed to engage general audiences, this traveling exhibition examines the women chemists who have shaped our modern world through historic contributions to science and technology. These women have given us new visions of the material world-- from the structure of atoms to the substance of stars.
Taking design cues from youth culture and familiar surroundings such as diners and parks, the exhibition engages the visitor by framing the stories of chemists in 12 thematic stations. These stations celebrate the diversity of fields that chemists pursue, from genetic research to fashion, and the women chemists who have left their mark on them. Featured chemists range from the 17th century's Marie Meurdrac and her early chemistry text to today's Susan Solomon and her contributions to environmental understanding.
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On 30 April the exhibition was packed and shipped for its first display at a public event: the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, 9–15 May. For information about the fair visit www.intelisef2004.org.
Other venues:
To host the traveling exhibition Her Lab in Your Life at your venue, contact Josh McIlvain at joshm@chemheritage.org or (215) 925-2178, ext. 236.
First Public Display at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, 9–15 May.
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