On an evening last April, chemistry was celebrated game show-style during Ohio's very first "You Be The Chemist Challenge Competition" at Imagination Station in downtown Toledo. Fifth through eighth grade students from nine Toledo schools competed and the winning participants advanced to The National championship that was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last June.
The series will continue as an annual event and the 2012 Challenge is already well underway. This year, You Be the Chemist Challenge is sponsored by the Chemical Educational Foundation with challenge events being held at local schools. Top scorers will go on to compete at the State Challenge Event at Imagination Station in Toledo this Feb/March 2012. The winner at Imagination Station will receive an all-expense paid trip to the YBTC National Challenge Competition in Philadelphia this summer. There are 10 schools competing including six Toledo Public Schools, Maumee Valley Country Day School, Lake Elementary, Franciscan Academy of Lourdes and Toledo Islamic Academy.