The members of University of Southern Indiana (USI) 
Dental Hygiene Program, IN-KY Border section and ACS 
Student Affiliates at USI joined forces to present 
some ways that "Chemistry Keeps Us Clean".  Posters 
illustrating the proper way to use toothpaste and 
brushes to clean teeth, how to use whitening agents 
and how to make a dental mold provided a background 
for the hands-on activities.  Participants brushed 
their teeth and then check for proper technique using 
a dye in a chewable tablet.  They also made molds of 
their finger to illustrate the technique used by 
dentist to make molds of patient's teeth.  
Participants took home tooth brushes and dental floss.
    Local section officers and Student Affiliate 
members also presented the proper way to wash hands 
using the special lotion and uv light provided by ACS 
for NCW.  The opportunity to work with another 
profession group to show that cemistry really does 
keep us clean was a unique opportunity! 
See Appendix 4A for photo of Chemistry and Hygiene at 
USI.

University of Southern Indiana Student Affiliates 
authored a grant to obtain funds to provide activities 
for underrepresented girls in Owensboro, KY.  Local 
section members worked with the Student Affiliates to 
provide this chemistry outreach program at the Girls 
Club.  Approximately 70 ten-year-old girls 
participated in these activities.  The hands-on 
activities included many experiments from past NCW 
materials. Everyone involved enjoyed the experience.

Outreach continued this year with the Evansville, 
IN Boys and Girls Club the week before NCW.  Local 
section members interacted with approximately 30 
children in this kick off for NCW.  The hands-on 
activities included many experiments from past NCW 
materials, and several from the Chemistry Keeps Us 
Clean theme.  The children enjoyed the experiments, 
and all said we would see them the following week at 
NCW events. The television and newspaper coverage at 
this event was fantastic and helped promote the 
upcoming events.

A Saturday workshop for child-care givers in Posey 
County was held at Mt. Vernon High School on Saturday, 
September 21.  The workshop featured experiments that
the adults can perform with the children using 
household chemicals.  The participants performed the 
hands-on activities and were given instructions for 
performing the experiments with the children.  A 
packet of materials was assembled for each of the 18 
participants to take home with them.  They were 
extremely appreciative of the opportunity to learn how 
to do chemistry experiments with the children.

On November 12 an environmental presentation 
emphasizing Green Chemistry was conducted via 
interactive television from Harrison High School.  
Other area high school classrooms were connected so 
that the students and the presenter could see each 
other and participated in a Questions and Answers 
session in addition to the PowerPoint presentation.  
We have talked about doing a careers in chemistry 
presentation this spring.  Very positive feedback from 
the students makes us think this is another program 
that might be expanded in the future.

IN-KY Border members held mock interviews for 
Senior Chemistry majors at the University of Southern 
Indiana.  Each interview was videotaped and then the 
interviewer immediately reviewed the tape with the 
student and they discussed possible improvements 
in the interview process.  Prior to the interviews, 
resumes and cover letters or personal statements were 
critiqued.  Students planning to attend graduate 
schools, wrote resumes and personal statements, which 
were reviewed.  These students attended a mock 
graduate school visitation and interview.

Our traditional activities involved chemical 
demonstrations and hands-on activities in the 
educational shop:  Hands-On Discovery at Washington 
Square Mall on Saturday and the Evansville Science and 
Art Museum on Sunday.  Over 250 children and parents 
joined in the fun at these locations.  Members of IN-
KY Border section, both academic and industrial, and 
area Student Affiliates visited many of the regions 
fourth grade classrooms to promote the Wonder Science 
Unifying event on Chemistry Keeps You Clean.  Over 
2500 elementary students participated in the hands-on 
activities.  Copies of the Wonder Science magazine 
were distributed to all of these students.  Over 150 
volunteers helped with these activities during NCW.  
The Section and the University of Southern Indiana 
supplied all of the materials needed for these 
activities.  Supplies were also provided for a 
NCW window at Central Library.  Some area high school 
teachers and General Electic Chemists helped with the 
fourth grade classroom visits.  They took their 
students or colleagues to help with the hands-on 
activities. 
See Appendix 5 for photo of silly putty.

To celebrate Mole Day, the IN-KY Border section and 
the University of Southern Indiana Chemistry 
Department held a chemistry bowl.  Ten regional high 
schools sent teams of three students to participate in 
this event.  The chemistry teachers brought the rest 
of their students to watch the competition and cheer 
on their team.  After the competition, tours of the 
Chemistry department were given.  Lunch was provided 
for the teachers and team members and the event 
concluded with an award ceremony at lunch.  Over 100 
high school chemistry students participated in this 
event.

This was the third year that the IN-KY Border 
section promoted women in science by hosting a lock-in 
on the campus of the University of Southern Indiana.  
This year over 70 Girl Scouts earned three badges in 
chemistry through hands-on experiments.  The Girl 
Scout organization wants us to make this an annual 
event.  The scouts performed many, many experiments 
including all of those in the NCW magazine.  Many of 
the experiments were taken from previous NCW 
materials.  At the end of the experiments a chemical 
demonstration show which reinforced the concepts 
studied during the evening (6:00 PM - 11:00 PM) and 
provided lots of entertainment for everyone. 
See Appendix 1A for a photo.

More than 25 Boy Scouts earned their chemistry 
merit badge at the annual Boy Scout day on February 
9.  The local section and the USI Student Affiliates 
joined forces to provide more than 25 different hands-
on activities for the Scouts.  Many of these 
experiments were taken from past NCW materials, for 
example studying hard and soft water, acid/base 
reactions, chromatography, metal reactivity series, 
polymers and air and water pollution.  After 
completing all the requirements for the merit badge in 
the morning, the Scouts were treated to chemical 
demonstrations illustrating the concepts covered in 
the badge.  The demonstrations are always a hit!

Secondary School Awards - March 16, 2002
Several members of the Section served as Tri-State 
Science and Engineering Fair judges.  The Section 
presented monetary awards to the top junior students 
and senior high school student at the Tri-State 
Regional Science and Engineering Fair Awards banquet.

Student Awards Banquet - April 15, 2002
During the meeting with Stephen Stow, the local 
section presented awards to the outstanding sophomores 
and seniors in chemistry from area 
college/universities (University of Evansville, 
University of Southern Indiana, Kentucky-Wesleyan 
College, and Brecia College).  Dinner was provided for 
all the students.

Meetings 
Tour Speakers - 2002
February 15, 2002	Paul Philp	+50 attendance
April 15, 2002		Stephen Stow	+30 attendance
May 9, 2002		Helen Free	+20 attendance

Local Speakers - 2002
March 26, 2002 	        Henry Conner	+30 attendance
October 10, 2002	Mark Krahling	+20 attendance
November 7, 2002	Mike Kurz	+60 attendance

Hands-On Experiments for Home School Students
The local section conducted hands-on experiments for 
area home-schooled students at the University of 
Southern Indiana.  Approximately 30 students ranging 
from kindergarten to high school participated in these 
activities. The hands-on activities provided for the 
elementary children were selected from past and 
current NCW materials.  The high school students 
conducted regular chemistry experiments.  The home 
school parents would like this to become an annual 
event.

Interdisciplinary Activities - 2002 
Members of the University of Southern Indiana Dental 
Hygiene Program
See Section A for details

Interdisciplinary Lectures on a wide variety of topics 
were organized for IN-KY Border members, Student 
Affiliates and members of other student groups on the 
campus of the University of Southern Indiana
Chemistry of the Stars by Physicist Kent Scheller 
Geochemistry by Geochemist Paul Philp 
Chemistry of Metals by Geologist Nils Johansen
Chemistry of Fire by Arson Invesitgator Mike Kurz

End-of-Year Party - December 11, 2002A party with the 
Student Affiliate group ended the year at Gerst Haus 
Bavarian Restaurant in Evansville, IN.

NCW Activities
See Section A for details.

Mole Day Chemistry Bowl
See Section A for details.

Chemistry Keeps Us Clean in Fourth Grade Classrooms
See Section A for details.

Girl Scout Lock-In
See Section A for details. 

Boy Scouts Merit Badge
See Section A for details.

1)  Increase participation of industrial members.  
(Successful)
2)  Continue and improve NCW activities. (Successful)
3)  Continue recognition and promotion of academic 
performance. (Successful) 
4)  Continue promoting chemistry to the public.  
Improve the image of chemists.  (Successful)
5)  Outreach to underrepresented groups.  (Successful)

1)  Increase industrial participation.  (Successful 
for NCW)
2)  Promote interdisciplinary activities.  (Successful)
3)  Start YCC. (unsuccessful, but continuing the 
effort)
4)  Increase member participation at meetings.  
(Successful and efforts will continue to keep the 
trend going)

1)  Increase participation of industrial members.     
2)  Continue and improve NCW activities. 
3)  Continue recognition and promotion of academic 
performance. 
4)  Continue to provide programs that bring chemistry 
to attention of the public.  Enhance the image of 
chemistry.
5)  Promote green chemistry.
6)  Continue interdisciplinary activities.

1)  Increase industrial membership and involvement, 
particularly with National Chemistry Activities.
2)  Increase local section membership and 
participation in committee activities.
3)  Continue efforts towards interdisciplinary 
activities, this year focusing on green chemistry.
4)  Continue efforts to increase public awareness and 
possitive image of chemistry with exposure through 
different media and programs.
5)  Continue efforts to start YCC, including a short 
survey to determine interests and best meeting times.

Any suggestions for helping us get YCC off the 
ground would be appreciated. 

The blank to enter website (in section I) for local 
section was too small.  Our site's address is 
http://www.usi.edu/science/chemistry/inky/inky.00.htm