DuPont Middle School students and their sponsor who took part in the “You Be the Chemist Challenge” April 13 at West Virginia State University included, from left to right, (front row) Max Hall, Jenny McBrayer, Olivia Minor, Dashaya Booker, Halley Burke, Joseph Cook, Bryant Welch, (back row) Hayden Henderson, Kaleb Rameriz, Charles Melvin, Zoe Spencer-Clark and DPMS teacher/sponsor Kristy Peters. CLINT THOMAS | Metro
Posted: April 13, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail – Metro Kanawha
West Virginia State University hosted the annual Dow Chemical “You Be the Chemist Challenge” on April 13, in the James C. Wilson University Union on the Institute campus.
More than 60 competitors from 11 area middle schools competed in the challenge, an interactive academic contest that encourages students in grades five through eight to explore chemistry concepts and their real-world applications.
Competitors came from the following middle schools: Andrew Jackson, Calvary Baptist Academy, Charleston Catholic, Clay County, DuPont, East Bank, Hurricane, McKinley, Sissonville, Stonewall Jackson and Winfield.
The youths competed against one another through numerous rounds of multiple-choice questions that tested their knowledge of chemistry concepts, important discoveries and chemical safety awareness.
The Hurricane Middle School team of Gianna Muto (first place), Olivia Akins (second place) and Laynee Caldwell (third place) swept the event.
Sponsored locally and nationally by Dow Chemical, the challenge is an academic competition created by the Chemical Educational Foundation.
