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What is the Lesson Plan Competition?
The You Be The Chemist Lesson Plan Competition awards prizes for lesson plan submissions from teachers across the nation (and the globe!) that showcase innovative investigations and exciting experiments focused on K-8 physical science concepts. The competition offers a format for educators and industry to:

You Be The Chemist Lesson Plan Competition
  • reward innovative teaching techniques
  • promote best practices among educators
  • develop teaching resources to which educators can refer
  • help promote CEF's work with education

View the 2007 Lesson Plan Competition Winners below. Congratulations to all those who submitted!

Download the
2008 Lesson Plan Competition Submission Form and submit today! (See official submission guidelines below.)

Lesson Plan Competition Flyer

Submit a lesson plan in one of the following categories:
  • Scientific Inquiry
  • Structure of Matter
  • Human & Environmental Chemistry

Each category will have a winner! Review detailed category descriptions here.


Entry Requirements & Information
Download the complete
Lesson Plan Competition Guidelines.  
Please read and follow the directions carefully.


2007 Lesson Plan Competition Winners!

Please click on the titles below to view the lesson plan.


Scientific Inquiry


Structure of Matter


Human & Environmental Chemistry

1st Place: Suzanne K. Werner
Insulated House Project
Kreps Middle School
East Windsor, NJ
1st Place: Ang Whitlam
Particles in Solutions
St. Mary's College
Auckland, New Zealand
1st Place: Nancy A. Fischer
Ascorbic Acid & Iodine: C the Reaction
Valle Chatholic High School
St. Genevieve, MO
2nd Place: Karen M. Skophammer
Heavy Metal is Good for You
Mason Northwest Webster School
Fort Dodge, IA
2nd Place: Kelly Chladil
Solution Chemistry
Pascack Valley High School
Hillsdale, NJ
2nd Place: Randy W. Germany
Manufacturing, Waste, & Potato Heads
Southeast Middle School
Baton Rouge, LA
3rd Place: Kareen Borders
Give Me Proof: The Evidence for Chemical Change
Key Peninsula Middle School
Lake Bay, WA
3rd Place: Fran Zakutansky
How Dense are You?
Pascack Valley High School
Hillsdale, NJ
3rd Place: Karen M. Skophammer
Color Your World Clean: Go Green
Mason Northwest Webster School
Fort Dodge, IA


2006 Lesson Plan Competition Winners!

Please click on the titles below to view the lesson plan.

Scientific Inquiry

Structure of Matter

Safety and Recycling

1st Place: Karen M. Skophammer
Pigment Plucking
Manson Northwest Webster School
Fort Dodge, IA
1st Place: Mickie Flores
What's the Matter - A Scientific Saga
Canton Central School
Canton, NY
1st Place: Chan Kam Yuen
Preparation and Testing on 
Biodegradable Plastics

TWGHs Mrs. Wu York Yu 
Memorial College
Kwai Chung, Hong Kong
2nd Place: Nancy Fischer
Family Values: The Periodic Table
Valle Catholic High School
Ste Genevieve, MO
2nd Place: Brendan Casey
Simple as Beans and Rice
Joan MacQueen Middle School
Alpine, CA
2nd Place: Julie Warr
Recycling Bottles
Potter Street Elementary School
Bainbridge, GA
3rd Place: Gail & Max Feldkamp
Pumpkin Properties are a Smash!
Appleton Christian School
Appleton, WI
3rd Place: Dana Ball
It's a Mixed Up World!
Jefferson City, TN


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