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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
SOSI’s website provides a treasure trove of information for students, researchers or anyone with an interest in the sense of smell. The Virtual Library feature is a free-to-the-public resource with a list of recent scientific articles on smell, and a bibliography of significant books on smell-related topics. Several of the Institute’s publications are also available for download free of charge. These include booklets such as Living Well with Your Sense of Smell and The Aroma-Chology Review newsletter.

We help students, teachers and all visitors to our website to further explore the sense of smell by providing links to science education resources, curriculum ideas and other informative websites in the Links to the Science of Smell feature. In 2007 we will be introducing a Kid’s Corner that will feature information targeted to elementary school children and teachers that will include ideas for science projects, fun activities for home & classroom, links to websites and lists of books about the sense of smell that are appropriate for this age group.

For thirteen years, SOSI sponsored a National Sense of Smell Day each year in the springtime. This annual event was held at children’s museums and science centers across the U.S and consisted of a day full of entertaining and educational activities focusing on the mysterious sense of smell; how it works and the important role it plays in many aspects of our daily life as well as how it interacts with our other senses (especially taste). Participants, young and old, were urged to “Get In Touch with Their Sense of Smell!” In 2007, SOSI will take a hiatus from this event in order to re-examine and improve the program for the future. Because of its popularity, many museums that participated in the past will continue to host Sense of Smell Day on their own.