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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2013 鈥� A lesson on what to do if your dog gets 鈥渟kunked鈥� has won a video contest sponsored by the American Chemical 中国365bet中文官网 (ACS), the world鈥檚 largest scientific society, to showcase the uses of chemistry in everyday life, and celebrate the 90th anniversary of its weekly newsmagazine, (C&EN).

The winning video and four runners-up will be available at , with one video going live daily this week.

A panel of judges selected the top 5 videos from among more than 30 of entries from the United States, Canada, South Africa and other countries. ACS invited scientists, students and others to produce videos that highlight the chemistry in everyday life as part of its Chemistry Ambassadors initiative to communicate chemistry to the public and policymakers.

Judges ranked the videos on clarity and accuracy in explaining chemistry, relevance to everyday life, entertainment value/creativity of the submission, and execution and production value.

They selected as winner an entry from Sally B. Mitchell, a chemistry teacher from East Syracuse Minoa High School in Syracuse, N.Y. The prize is a trip to the 246th聽ACS National Meeting & Exposition in Indianapolis. It features almost 7,000 presentations on new discoveries in science and other topics.

In addition to Bytesize Science, the videos will be featured in C&EN, on ACS鈥� Bytesize Science channel, on the acs.org homepage and in a profile on the ACS鈥� Chemistry Ambassadors webpage.

The top five videos:

  • 鈥淲hat to do if your dog gets skunked,鈥� Submitter: Sally B. Mitchell, chemistry teacher, East Syracuse Minoa High School
  • 鈥淔un facts about household items,鈥� Submitter: Kayla Bri毛t, high school student
  • 鈥淔resh bread of Bel-Air,鈥� Submitter: Tien Nguyen, doctoral candidate, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Organic Division
  • 鈥淗ow does vision work,鈥� Submitter: Chad Jones, graduate student, Brigham Young University
  • 鈥淗ow diapers work,鈥� Submitter: Jason W. Ribblett, Student Affiliates of the ACS co-faculty advisor, Ball State University

For more entertaining, informative science videos and podcasts from the ACS Office of Public Affairs, view Prized Science, Spellbound, Science Elements and Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions.

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Sally B. Mitchell, shown with her dog Peanut, won the 鈥淓veryday Chemistry鈥� contest.
Credit: Sally B. Mitchell
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