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10/11/21 Thank you for subscribing to The Cheat Sheet, from Science News for Students. If you like this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up for our weekly updates. Got questions, suggestions or comments? Email us at sns@sciencenews.org and put “The Cheat Sheet” in the subject line. We’d love to hear from you. Coming Soon Chemistry nerds, unite! October 17 to 23 is National Chemistry week. This annual event, organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS), promotes the value of chemistry in everyday life. The ACS provides a large menu of activities to help students explore the wonders of chemistry, such as experiments with Pop Rocks and glow sticks. Check out all of the ACS’s lab demos, classroom activities, videos and more.  Looking for more examples of chemistry in action? Science News for Students stories show how chemistry is improving everything from robots to recycling. Articles explore the chemistry of the familiar, like the science behind body odor, and the exotic, like the possibility of building with Martian soil. Explainers unpack core chemistry concepts, including oxidation and reduction, acids and bases, and chemical bonds. And every October, Science News for Students covers the latest discovery to net the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Read our 2021 Nobel coverage here.   Science News is a nonprofit. We depend on our readers to support our journalism. 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