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Young Ambassadors for Chemistry. Philippines, April 2010. Lida Schoen (organiser, the Netherlands) Mei-Hung Chíu (evaluator, Taiwan). YACs. IUPAC project 2003-055-1-050 : Young Ambassadors for Chemistry Aim: to enhance the Public Understanding of Chemistry in four target countries
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Philippines, April 2010 • Lida Schoen (organiser, the Netherlands) • Mei-Hung Chíu (evaluator, Taiwan) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YACs IUPAC project 2003-055-1-050: Young Ambassadors for Chemistry Aim: to enhance the Public Understanding of Chemistry in four target countries • Taiwan (Taipei); • Argentina (Buenos Aires); • Russia (Krasnoyarsk, Siberia); • Korea (Gwangju); • South Africa (Grahamstown). involving IUPAC CCE members and Science Across the World co-ordinators (task group). Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Logo Design Nicolás Fossati T.S.Eliot School, Buenos Aires, Argentina Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC INSET course Train the trainers model • training chemistry and language teachers; • last day: students’ hands on activity in public venue: e.g. science fair, shopping mall, super market: students as YACs; • media coverage: students as Young Ambassadors for Chemistry. Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
Materials Use of existing Science Across the World materials: • Chemistry in our lives • Chemistry as a Cultural Enterprise and course materials (Train the trainers) translated* in ‘local’ language (downloadable from Science Across the World site) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Taiwan (1): YAC event Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Taiwan (2): media coverage United Daily News Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Taiwan (3): branding YACs Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Grahamstown, South Africa (1) YAC! Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Grahamstown, South Africa (2) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC events (1) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
Spin-off During the project (smaller) YAC courses/events were organized in • Taiwan (2006, Yilan) • Bulgaria (2006: Plovdiv, Sofia); • Egypt (2006: Alexandria); • Jordan (2006: Tafila); • Korea (2006: with Korean teachers during ICCE 19) • Lithuania (2006: Vilnius); • Bulgaria (2007, Blagoevgrad); • Gulf Region (2007, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen); • Taiwan (2007, Taipei); • South Africa (2008: Cape Town); • Mauritius (2008: Réduit); • Cyprus (2009, Nicosia) with support of many sponsors. Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Gulf Region (2007) Certificates for the new Ambassadors for Chemistry (Qatar) Results of the (Y)AC activity (Yemen) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
Evaluation New IUPAC project: 2007-005-2-050 ‘Research based evaluation of the YAC project’ Data from organisation, teachers, students and the public: • South Africa (Grahamstown, March 2007): Erica • Taiwan (Taipei, Dec 2007) • Mauritius (August 2008) • Cyprus (Nicosia, April 2009) • Malaysia (Ipoh, April 2010) • Philippines (Manilla, April 2010) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Mauritius, August 2008 (1) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Mauritius, August 2008 (2) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Mauritius, August 2008 (3) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Cyprus, April 2009 (1) 47! Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Cyprus, April 2009 (2) VIP! Young Ambassadors for Chemistry Ownership
YAC Cyprus, April 2009 (3) Branding Chemistry is important! Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Cyprus, April 2009 (4) YACs on the National TV News at prime time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mJD5xthHf0 Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Malaysia (Ipoh, Perak) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC events (2) Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
YAC Philippines 10th YAC worldwide Good luck, Manila! Young Ambassadors for Chemistry