Scoping Workshop for the International Year of Chemistry 2011

在化学系的支持下，美国国家科学院(NAS)的Dorothy Zolandz将邀请化学社区、非正式科学教育社区和学习评估社区参加一个研讨会，为在美国庆祝2011国际化学年(IYC 2011)的活动的规划和设计提供指导。研讨会将于2010年8月底或9月初在华盛顿特区举行。在研讨会上，大约12名专家将为美国庆祝国际年的适当活动提供指导和意见。参与者的专业知识将包括教育、化学研究、评估和沟通。还将征求参加过前几个国际年的社会的代表的意见。2011国际年是由联合国教育、科学及文化组织(教科文组织)和国际理论和应用化学联合会(IUPAC)支持的世界性庆祝活动。NAS(与美国化学学会合作)正在寻找方法，通过建立与美国有关的强大和多样化的活动组合，提高公众对化学的益处的认识，并激发年轻人对化学的兴趣？2011国际青年会庆祝活动。最终目标是通过外联活动有效地向公众传播科学，对这种外联活动进行评估，并传播从国际年活动中吸取的关于外联成效的经验教训。讲习班将为国际青年会的规划工作带来重点和适当的评估，并将有助于确定使国际青年会中代表性不足的群体参与的方法。

With support from the Division of Chemistry, Dorothy Zolandz at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will engage a cross section of the chemistry community, informal science education community, and learning assessment community in a workshop to provide guidance in the planning and design of activities to celebrate the International Year of Chemistry 2011 (IYC 2011) in the US. The workshop will take place in Washington, DC, in late August or early September, 2010. At the workshop, approximately a dozen experts will provide guidance and input into an appropriate US celebration of the IYC. Participant expertise will include education, chemistry research, assessment, and communications. Input from representatives from societies that have participated in previous International Years will also be sought. IYC 2011 is a worldwide celebration supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). NAS (in cooperation with the American Chemical Society) is seeking ways to increase public awareness of the benefits of chemistry and to excite young people about chemistry by establishing a strong and diverse portfolio of activities related to the United States? celebration of IYC 2011. The ultimate goal is effective public communication of science through outreach, evaluation of that outreach, and dissemination of lessons learned about outreach effectiveness as a result of IYC activities. The workshop will bring focus and appropriate assessment to IYC planning efforts, and will help identify means of engaging underrepresented groups in the IYC.