The 2015-2016 Challenge Season Starts Now

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.

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STEM Teaching Resources: We’ve Got Your Back!

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!

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Small Planet, Big News

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!

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Career Prep – Not Just for High School

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.

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Challenge Winners Shine

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!

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Congratulations to our 2015 National Challenge Final Four!

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.

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Welcome to the 2015 National Challenge!

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!

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Women In STEM Around the World

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.

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