{"624799":{"#nid":"624799","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Georgia Tech Scavenger Hunt for the Chemical Elements is Underway","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I wanted to be sure to point out that you have in your Convocation tradition bags a collection of Periodic Table scavenger-hunt cards provided by the College of Sciences to help you get out and explore the campus and meet new people this week. As you\u0026rsquo;ll learn, this is a very \u0026lsquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo; kind of game!\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith those words of President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson, addressed to the 3,100 new students at the Convocation on Aug. 18, 2019, the Georgia Tech Scavenger Hunt for the Chemical Elements commenced. By 9:30 AM on Aug, 19, Raj Srivastava submitted the first completed playing card, which won him a four-cup, periodic table beaker mug. Srivastava hails from Johns Creek, Georgia, and is a first-year computer science major. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe scavenger hunt is part of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s celebration of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. Through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/periodictable.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Evarious events and activities in 2019\u003C\/a\u003E, the Georgia Tech community has been reacquainting itself with the iconic scientific tool from diverse perspectives.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/periodictable.gatech.edu\/frontiers-in-science\u0022\u003EPublic lectures\u003C\/a\u003E have been expounding on little-known facts about chemical elements and the periodic table. A periodic table section of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4ytd5sSo2nk\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003E2019 Art Crawl\u003C\/a\u003E invited artists to find inspiration in the periodic table. A chemical element \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eArXCsOcBe4\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003Ecostume party\u003C\/a\u003E last June offered humor and periodic table parlor games. Courses in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=swOAI5TU1Tk\u0026amp;feature=youtu.be\u0022\u003Emusic technology\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/621467\u0022\u003Eindustrial design\u003C\/a\u003E, and writing and composition last spring and summer reintroduced the periodic table to students who might never have thought about it since high school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/periodictable.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/623346\u0022\u003Escavenger hunt\u003C\/a\u003E, which runs on Aug. 19-23, takes participants to five buildings on campus. Each building has a partner \u0026ndash; the element whose atomic number corresponds to the building\u0026rsquo;s location number on the campus map. Participants must fill the items in the playing card to claim a prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe game encourages participants to learn a few historical facts about some of the most iconic buildings on campus. Participants also discover fun facts about the element associated with each building.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo join the hunt, simply fill a playing card, which can be downloaded from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/scav_hunt.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlaying cards are also available in each of the five participating buildings:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBrittain Dining Hall, 12 \u0026ndash; Magnesium\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ETech Tower, 35 \u0026ndash; Bromine\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECarnegie Building, 36 \u0026ndash; Krypton\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECoon Building, 45 \u0026ndash; Rhodium\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWardlaw Center, 47 \u0026ndash; Silver\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Participants with completed cards should go to the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Room 2100Q of the MoSE Building, to claim a prize.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Periodic table celebration kicks off 2019-20 school year "}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I wanted to be sure to point out that you have in your Convocation tradition bags a collection of Periodic Table scavenger-hunt cards provided by the College of Sciences to help you get out and explore the campus and meet new people this week. As you\u0026rsquo;ll learn, this is a very \u0026lsquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo; kind of game!\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;With those words of President G.P. \u0026ldquo;Bud\u0026rdquo; Peterson, addressed to the 3,100 new students at the Convocation on Aug. 18, 2019, the Georgia Tech Scavenger Hunt for the Chemical Elements commenced.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Periodic table celebration  kicks off 2019-20 school year. "}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-08-19 19:24:09","changed_gmt":"2019-08-19 20:09:58","author":"A. 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