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YACs in Ipoh, Malaysia

Malaysian students

YAC course held in Ipoh, Malaysia 5 - 6 April 2010.

Future is Wild Competition

A competition with the Association for Science Education and Schoolscience.co.uk to win a Future is Wild Media Box.

Egypt: new publication about Climate Change

Mother Earth

SAW Egypt prepared a publication based on the SAW topics Climate Change and Global Warming. 

YACs conquer Cyprus

Cyprus

Young Ambassadors for Chemistry in Cyprus.

Exchange Form of the Month

From Sri Mutiara Secondary School, Penang, Malaysia on the Climate Change topic.

 

 

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YAC - Taiwan - Lida Schoen and Keith Kelly

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