What is Rock?
Rural Outreach Chemistry for Kids (R.O.C.K.) is a volunteer organization founded in 1995 by Saint Francis University and the American Chemical Society-Student Affiliates
(Chemistry Club).
The R.O.C.K. program provides local schools and youth organizations with the opportunity to experience chemistry in real life situations. The purpose is to involve local K-12 students in hands-on science activities. We also want to show that science is important in everyone's life and can be exciting and interesting. R.O.C.K. also provides students with the chance to experience and participate with the available equipment provided by the R.O.C.K. program. R.O.C.K. also participates in the Saint Francis University Activities Fair, Saint Francis University Science Day, Little R.O.C.K. with Harmony High School, and Take Your Child to Work Day.
R.O.C.K. performs hands-on chemistry experiments and activities using mainly household products to show the importance of chemistry in day to day living. R.O.C.K. also looks at the role that chemistry will have in the future as well as how it will benefit our society.
The R.O.C.K. program's goals continue to be to reach out to even more K-12 students and create new experiments to show that chemistry is FUN!