March 4, 2020: Academic Chemistry Competition at the Faculty of Sciences
Academic Chemistry Olympiad at the Faculty of Sciences
The regional chemistry competition took place on Wednesday, March 4
Congratulations to Robin CURINIER from Lycée Joffre, who will represent the Montpellier school district at the National Chemistry Olympiad.The national competition will take place on April1 and2, 2020,at Arsonval High School(Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) and will conclude with an awards ceremony on April 3.
The Chemistry Olympiad has been organized since 1984 by the Union of Chemical Industries (UIC), now known as France Chimie, the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education, and Research, the French Chemical Society, and the Union of Physics and Chemistry Teachers. Each year, it attracts more than 2,000 participants who compete in various school districts on the theme “Chemistry in the City.”
The goal of this national competition is to spark students’ interest in chemistry and highlight the discipline’s contributions to the advancement of science and technology. It also fosters collaboration between the educational and professional chemistry communities by emphasizing that chemistry is a dynamic science practiced in research laboratories.
The science competition, open to seniors in the S and STL tracks
We are hosting the academic finals at the School of Science. We initially selected 12 finalists (out of 72 original applicants).
These students come from seven high schools in the region: Marc Bloch High School in Sérignan, Auguste Loubatières High School in Agde, Jean Mermoz High School and Joffre High School in Montpellier, Emmanuel d’Alzon High School in Nîmes, Jean Vilar High School in Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, and François Arago High School in Perpignan.
The schedule for the finals is as follows:
=> In the morning, the twelve finalists will compete individually in two practical challenges: completing a lab notebook and conducting experiments under real-world conditions.
=> The afternoon will be devoted to a collaborative project (4 teams of 3 students) involving a document analysis with a questionnaire, followed by a presentation of the summary of this work to a panel of judges. The academy’s winner will compete in the national finals in Paris in April 2020.
At the same time, students who were not selected for the oral exams will be able to participate in workshops in groups of 10 (SEM observations—scanning electron microscopy—, a tour of the NMR lab—nuclear magnetic resonance—, “magic chemistry” experiments, and lab tours—IEM & ENSCM).
The afternoon will be devoted to presentations and the awards ceremony
