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Addis AbabaAddis AbabaFebruary 18-19, 2011February 18-19, 2011

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• Lida Schoen (organiser, the Netherlands)

• Mei-Hung Chíu (evaluator, Taiwan)

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• Aims– Promotion of chemistry by young students– International collaboration (via chemistry)

• IUPAC CCE Project: Research-based evaluation of the Young Ambassadors for Chemistry project

www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-005-2-050

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YAC 12x!YAC 12x!YAC 12x!YAC 12x!

Taiwan (Taipei): 2004 Taiwan (Taipei): 2007Argentina (Buenos Aires): 2005

Mauritius (Reduit): 2008

Russia (Krasnoyarsk): 2006

Cyprus (Nicosia): 2009

Korea ((Gwangju)): 2006 Malaysia (Ipoh): 2010Taiwan (Yilan): 2006 Philippines (Manila):

2010

South Africa (Grahamstown): 2007

Taiwan (Taipei): 2010

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YAC INSET courseYAC INSET courseYAC INSET courseYAC INSET course

Train the trainers modelTrain the trainers model• training chemistry and languagelanguage (and other

subject) 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 Young Ambassadors for ChemistryAmbassadors for Chemistry.

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• Teacher training– International collaboration (via chemistry)– Promotion of chemistry by young students

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• Teacher training– International collaboration (via chemistry)– Promotion of chemistry by young students

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Aims repeated• Promotion of chemistry by young students• International collaboration (via chemistry)

• Students do chemical experiments in a busy place and promote their products (and chemistry!)

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YAC Addis AbabaYAC Addis Ababa

Good luck, Ethiopia!Good luck, Ethiopia!