ASM Materials Camp Archive

  • High School Teachers Learn That It’s a Materials World at ASM Camp

    July 16, 2013
    It didn’t fall in shovelable amounts and was green instead of white, but the cups of “instant snow” that were passed around to a group of Chicago-area high school science teachers in IIT’s Engineering 1 building made as strong an impression as a summertime blizzard. The demonstration of the powdery hydrophilic sodium polyacrylate polymer combined with varying amounts of water (some=fluffy clusters; lots=slush) was just one of many held as part of the ASM Materials Camp®–Teachers the week of July 8–12 on IIT Main Campus.

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  • IIT to Host ASM Materials Camp for Teachers

    February 5, 2013
    IIT and ASM Chicago Regional Chapter invite teachers to attend a one-week professional development workshop this summer – at no cost! The ASM Materials Camp® 2013 will take place July 8-12 at IIT's Main Campus. Help us spread the word to teachers about this opportunity to get something they can really use in their classrooms!

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