Every Spring, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, as part of a state-wide outreach program initiated by the Florida section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), hosts “CHEMATHON”, a scholastic competition for high school students in the Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, Liberty, Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Franklin, Madison, Jackson, Wakulla and Taylor county areas. Invitations are open to all public and private certified high schools in these counties. THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY MAY 4, 2005.
Chemathon is a team competition for students who have had, or will soon be completing, at least one year of high school chemistry.
Teams consist of 4 students and each high school is allowed to bring up to 3 teams to the competition.
Competitions consist of a team laboratory activity and an individual and team scored chemistry examination.
There will be team awards in both the laboratory activity and examination. There will be individual awards for the chemistry examination and also for the state wide competition.
Registration fees will be $ 7.00 per student or teacher in attendance Lunch and awards are included in the registration fee. Please fill out the registration form and mail it to
Dr. Stephanie R. Dillon
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-3006
The registration deadline is Friday April 22rd, 2005.
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Time
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Event |
Location
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9:30 AM
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Check-In |
Hoffman Teaching Laboratory
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10:00 AM
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Students: Team Laboratory Competition Begins |
308, 309, 314, 317, 318 Hoffman Teaching Laboratory
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10:00 AM
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Teachers: Teacher Welcome Refreshments will be served |
Room 120 Dittmer Building
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10:45 AM
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Teachers: Tour of the Computer Laboratory |
416 Hoffman Teaching Laboratory
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11:00 AM
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Students: Team Laboratory Competition Ends Break and Refreshments Served |
208 Hoffman Teaching Laboratory
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10:45 AM
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Students: Chemathon ACS Examination |
255 Fisher Lecture Hall
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10:45 AM
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Teachers: Discussions with Chemistry Faculty |
214 Hoffman Teaching Laboratory
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11:45 AM
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LUNCH and "The Wizard Show" |
255 Fisher Lecture Hall
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1:00 PM
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Results of the Competition and AWARDS PRESENTATION |
255 Fisher Lecture Hall
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Anyone wishing additional information as to the workings of CHEMATHON and/or how to get your favorite high school involved, please contact me as given below.
Thank you.
Dr. Albert Stiegman, Coordinator
FSU-CHEMATHON
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Florida State University
518 Dittmer Lab of Chemistry
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
(850) 644-6605 stiegman@chem.fsu.edu