<picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" media="(max-width: 500px)" srcset="/live/image/gid/20/width/500/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/20/width/500/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/20/width/500/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/webp" media="(min-width: 501px)" srcset="/live/image/gid/20/width/700/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/20/width/700/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" media="(max-width: 500px)" srcset="/live/image/gid/20/width/500/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/20/width/500/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/20/width/500/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" media="(min-width: 501px)" srcset="/live/image/gid/20/width/700/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/20/width/700/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/20/width/700/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg" width="700" height="467" alt="Left to Right: Mark Ellison, Aly Mento, Brittany George, Sam Keoonela and Hale Soloff present the chemistry of acids and bases." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/20/width/700/5486_bcs-frederickliving1.rev.1423000358.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1650" data-max-h="1100" loading="lazy"/></picture>
Left to Right: Mark Ellison, Aly Mento, Brittany George, Sam Keoonela and Hale Soloff present the chemistry of acids and bases.
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Brittany George adds baking soda to vinegar, causing bubbles and a color change.
The Beardwood Chemical Society (BCS) take their “Kitchen Chemistry” presentation to the residents of Frederick Living as a part of their community service mission.
On Tuesday, January 20th, the Beardwood Chemical Society (BCS), represented by students Brittany George (’15), Samantha (Sam) Keoonela (’17), Alyson (Aly) Mento (’17), and Hale Soloff (’17), and Chemistry Professor Mark Ellison, visited Frederick Living, a retirement community near Gilbertsville.The BCS trip was facilitated by an invitation from Ursinus alumna Alli Rosati (’12), who is a Life Enrichment Manager at Frederick Living. There, they gave a presentation called “Kitchen Chemistry” about the chemistry of household products. The students showed the residents in attendance how to use red cabbage juice to determine whether a substance is an acid or a base. They also used a light-bulb test to show the residents how to determine whether a substance is an electrolyte or nonelectrolyte. The presentation was well-received by the audience, and the students enjoyed taking part. Hale Soloff said, “It was great to be able to do community service with an Ursinus alumna. This experience showed me that I can still be connected to my community and my school even after graduation.”
“I always love volunteering with the community, it’s something I’m very passionate about, and to share that experience with the residents of Fredrick Living was very rewarding.” said Aly Mento. Added Sam Keoonela, “Personally, I’ve always found chemistry to be a bit challenging, but the visual aspect of the presentation really helped make the acid/base concept easier and it was a lot of fun to see how interactive the residents were. It’s always nice to give back to the community in some way, so to be a part of this experience felt really rewarding to me!” Brittany George summed it up well, “The community service BCS did at Frederick Living was fun and rewarding. It was nice to give back to a local community. Also it was great to see kitchen chemistry being learned by seniors. They were learning and were applying what they learned.” Speaking after the event, Rosati said, “Frederick Living deeply appreciates Dr. Mark Ellison and Ursinus College Chemistry students from the Beardwood Chemical Society volunteering their time to present an interactive program on “Kitchen Chemistry”. This is a tremendous example of the Lifelong learning that Frederick highly values, and helps our residents stay actively engaged.”