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therewith. /American Chemical Society) - Chemistry plays a
critical role in most of life's daily activities, but we tend to
take it for granted, which means our children probably do, too.
A passion for chemistry can lead to efficient transportation,
improvements in medicine, safer environmental practices and more
powerful computers. But, passion must start with an
understanding of the basics. Urge your kids and teenagers to get
involved in science with at-home chemistry experiments to
celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Chemistry Week.
Parents can receive help from the world's largest scientific
society to spur family interest in chemistry. The American
Chemical Society publishes a newspaper called Celebrating
Chemistry for grade school students and offers free resources
for back-to-school activities (www.acs.org/chemistrya