School registration for the 15th annual You Be The Chemist Challenge is now open!
All schools participating in the 2018-2019 Challenge Cycle must register online by January 22, 2019.
What’s New
BASF video features You Be The Chemist
Long-time sponsor BASF shares why You Be The Chemist improves the quality of chemistry education.
You Be The Chemist Activity Guides are now FREE!
Everyone can now download the You Be The Chemist Activity Guides for FREE! These resources are filled with 50 hands-on science activities for students in grades K-8 and can be done anywhere – no lab required.
CEF Recognized as an Official Supporter of National Chemistry Week
CEF is an official supporter of National Chemistry Week, taking place October 21-27, 2018!
Meet the 2018 National You Be The Chemist Challenge Champion!
A third-time National Challenge contender, Shreyas Arcot from Virginia this year cinched the National Championship title! A seventh-grade student, he was one of 42 Participants to compete at the June 18, 2018 National Challenge.
Community Champions Announced
CEF’s new Community Champions Program celebrates the on-going support that individuals in the chemistry industry provide to elevate the role of science and chemistry in learning and life. There are 14 Community Champions in 2018, and one Community Champion of the Year: Dow retiree Dr. Larry Sernyk!
42 National Challenge Participants Announced for 2018
Here are the 42 You Be The Chemist National Challenge® participants for 2018! These students each won their State Challenge competition, and competed on June 18 in Washington, D.C. for the National Challenge Champion title! Below, find the student representative from each state, and learn a bit about what each participant enjoys about the You Be The […]
Meet Aidan Blum, National Challenge Participant & Chemical Engineer
Aidan Blum, Past National You Be The Chemist Challenge Participant, Starts Chemistry Career at PVS Chemicals, Inc. If you met Aidan Blum when he was a sixth-grader, you would recall a sweet, shy boy who preferred to stay out of the spotlight. Today, Aidan is an outgoing, energetic project engineer in the corporate engineering division at […]
Meet Caroline Weathers, South Carolina Science Teacher
Meet Caroline Weathers, South Carolina Science Teacher Caroline Weathers is a seventh-grade science teacher in South Carolina. Her middle school has only three hundred students, about ninety percent of them qualify for free and reduced-cost lunch, and they have participated in the You Be The Chemist Challenge programs for the past three years. “You Be The […]
Chemistry Week Lyrics Contest Winner Rewrites Twenty One Pilots Song
Congratulations to Adithya Taire, Winner of the CEF Chemistry Rocks Lyrics Contest! In honor of this year’s Chemistry Rocks theme, we gave students the opportunity to win $100 Amazon gift card and the chance for a chemist to virtually visit their classroom via a webinar we will facilitate. Students were required to rewrite the words to […]
