In partnership with Clariant Corporation in Charlotte, NC, we’ll be bringing hands-on science to tonight’s Charlotte Knights baseball game! We’ll be setting up activity stations ranging from building marshmallow launchers, to tie-dying t-shirts, to finding the sweet spot on a baseball bat.
Imagine a universe in which we gave breathless play-by-play descriptions of great classroom management, or tuned in every year to a high-stakes draft for new teachers. Comedy duo Key & Peele have done exactly that in their video “TeachingCenter,” a parody sports show all about – you guessed it – educators!
How can we encourage more girls to consider science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers? Business leaders in scientific industry say the key is to spark girls’ interest in science at a young age.
We’re already working to making sure that 2016 will be our farthest-reaching, most exciting, and just plain biggest year yet! To start things off, we’ve invited our Challenge Organizers to meet us in Alexandria, VA this September.
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.
