Are you looking for hands-on science activities that encourage student-led exploration? Our You Be The Chemist®Activity Guides are an award-winning K-8 science curriculum that’s free to download from our website!
After flying 3 billion miles, a probe that NASA launched over nine years ago is sending us the most detailed pictures of the dwarf planet Pluto that scientists have ever seen. The discoveries have already been surprising!
High school students are often encouraged to plan for a career and pursue job shadowing or internship opportunities with local companies. Now several organizations are rolling this process back a few years, aiming to reach middle schoolers before they become disengaged from their studies.
We’re not the only ones who are impressed by Daniel, Aum, Raghav, Rafay, and all of our 2015 National Challenge participants – newspapers around the country have been profiling these impressive future scientists!
You can relive the excitement of the 2015 National Challenge on our Facebook page, where we’ve posted hundreds of photos from the event! Here’s just a taste.
We are excited to announce that Daniel Liu, a seventh-grader at Ottawa Hills Junior High School in Ottawa Hills, Ohio, is our 2015 National You Be The Chemist Challenge® Champion! And congratulations to Aum Upadhyay of Washington, Raghav Ramanujam of California, and Rafay Ashary of Texas for rounding out the top four. Read more about the 2015 National Challenge.
Congratulations to Daniel Liu of Ottawa Hills, OH for winning this year’s 2015 National You Be The Chemist Challenge®! Read more about the competition and find out who placed in the top four…
We couldn’t be more excited to finally be in Philadelphia for the 2015 National Challenge! Our 36 participants have traveled from all over the country to compete for scholarships and prizes, and we’re already setting the stage for tomorrow’s competition. We hope you’ll be joining us!
Take a look at how female scientists are leading the charge to change perceptions of who – and what – a STEM professional looks like. From Australian women building the Southern Hemisphere’s first ever underground dark matter detection laboratory, to the “Tech Needs Girls” initiative in Ghana, here are just a few of the women making notable contributions to their field, despite the odds.
We’re working to show middle-school students why studying chemistry matters – and we want to hear from you!
