I thought that Division members would be interested in the prominence being given to recent safety efforts by ACS outreach staff.

- Ralph

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		Dear Chemistry Ambassador,   Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping, and before you know it, the holidays will be here.   Share Thanksgiving-themed "life hacks" and other insights. To help you prepare for Turkey Day, digest these ACS videos while hanging out with family and friends. Share enthusiastically with students and on social media: credit: ACS What Happens When You Eat Too Much https:​//www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VJ4cRWCpDw How Do Pop-Up Timers Work? https:​//youtu.be/OJ6bzfzjU2M The Future of Fake Meat https:​//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOT2_LNJmzg Does the Tryptophan in Turkey Make You Drowsy? Bytesize Science Debunks a Thanksgiving Myth https:​//youtu.be/5Fo5a_FOCKY Thanksgiving Chemistry Featuring Diane Bunce https:​//youtu.be/9R-wielABok 5 Tips for a Better Thanksgiving through Chemistry https:​//youtu.be/zfTQY_9b9ec Give the gift of education. In this season of generosity, you can bear glad tidings to local high school students and teachers, as well as colleagues who might be considering teaching as a career: The application period has opened for several types of ACS scholarships. Funds are available to help professionals get training as chemistry teachers, or to help underrepresented minority students or economically disadvantaged students pay for undergraduate chemistry education. Application due dates range from Dec. 16 to April 1, depending on the scholarship.   credit: ACS   Cornucopia of safety guidelines. If you perform chemical demonstrations as part of your outreach, we invite you to read the revised safety guidelines posted on the ACS Division of Chemical Education website. But wait, there's more! ACS has posted its new "Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety in Secondary Schools" and "Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety in Academic Institutions" on the Committee on Chemical Safety website. These booklets are designed to help educators integrate safety education throughout the entire chemistry curriculum, rather than just during one-time safety training sessions. You may want to provide teachers in your community with the links to these documents, or write to safety**At_Symbol_Here**acs.org to receive free printed copies of the guidelines. Lesson plans for high school teachers. The Best of ChemMatters presents "Connecting Science and Literacy," a 220-page book featuring a dozen lesson plans based on articles from ChemMatters, ACS's magazine for high school students. The book supports science teachers as they help students understand chemistry concepts and improve their science literacy, critical thinking, and reading comprehension skills. The complete volume costs $49, but teachers and Chemistry Ambassadors who might like to use the material can download one lesson plan (on the many colors of different types of blood) for free at the website. The book includes tables that link the content to state standards.                                                                                                                                                                   Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and share our bounty of resources with all who can benefit!
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