The 2012 New Jersey Chemistry Olympics was a Great Success

Yesterday 17 high schools participated in the New Jersey Chemistry Olympics which has been held at NJIT since 1985.  Several schools were represented by two teams.  There were 10 competitions that are described at the event's web page.  This year the Co-Directors were Somenath Mitra of NJIT and Natalie Macke of Pascack Hills High School.  All of the students, coaches, judges and volunteers should be congratulated for a job well done.  There are certainly no losers as all students gain by their experience.

As usual I organized the Information Search which had two components:

1. Students were judged on the accuracy of a molecular model of a chemical dye which they constructed before the event.
2. Students used databases on the Internet to answer questions about chemical dyes.

Bergenfield Team B coached by Ara Kahyaoglu won the Information Search.

The big winners of the Chemistry Olympics was River Dell High School coached by Carrie Jacobus seen in the photo below.

 

I am sure that within a few days all of the results will be announced on the event's web page.

More photos from the NJCO sent to me by Grace Woleslagle  may be found at http://bit.ly/PSXSI2