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Lake Bluff Middle School students compete in “You Be the Chemist” challenge

Lake Bluff Middle School student Adelaide Wescombe competes in the You Be the Chemist challenge March 11 at Lake Bluff Middle School.
LBMS student Jake Twichell thinks about his next answer.
Lance Baird, principal engineer, refining process development, UOP LLC, was the emcee for the You Be the Chemist challenge. Photos by Steve Handwerker/22nd Century Media
Jerry Zimmerman, of Fermilab, performed liquid nitrogen demonstrations for the students and their families at You be the Chemist Challenge.
LBMS student Richard Ma studies the question at the chemistry challenge.

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Staff Report
7:38 am PDT March 18, 2015

Organized by the Chemical Education Foundation, with support from UOP LLC, Honeywell and Dow, the You Be the Chemist challenge hosted about 30 middle school student competitors March 11 at Lake Bluff Middle School. Students each were given a remote clicker to answer questions posted on a screen in a single-elimination challenge until there was one winner.

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