You Be The Chemist

Information & Dates

There will be two participation tracks for the 2023-2024 Challenge cycle – in-person and virtual. Team Coordinators must select a participation track when they register their team. This selection may not be changed unless local health guidelines change for the area in which a team will participate.

Please click here to view the upcoming Challenge cycle. The official rules was released on the CEF website on October 3, 2023. More information and learning materials can be found on the CEF website.

School Registration is now closed.

I. School Qualifier: Pending on which track is chosen by most of the members. Virtual track doesn't require a school level qualifier. Students move on to regional challenge directly.

II. Regional Challenge

1) Video Round: October 3 2023 - March 22, 2024

Teams collaborate to create a video based on a prompt exploring chemistry concepts that will be evaluated by a panel of judges. All teams will create and submit a video. Click here to view 2021-2022 state winners videos.

2) In-Person Round: January 19, 2024-March 10, 2024

Virtual Academic Round: March 2/6, 2024

Teams participating in the virtual track compete in the virtual Regional Challenge on one of Mar 2/6 (selected during Team Submission). Teams may submit answers as a group or answer questions individually. If team members answer questions individually, their scores will be averaged

III. National challenge: June, 2024

Cost: Free

Chair: Michelle Zhou

You Be The Chemist (YBTC)

The You Be The Chemist Challenge® is an interactive academic contest that encourages students in grades 5-8 to explore chemistry concepts and their real-world applications.

YBTC is an exam selected. After registration, students will form a team and take a local challenge at school if needed. The top teams will join the Regional YBTC challenge. This official event will be announced later in the year.

Commitment

1-2 hours of work outside of school per week

Resources & Rules

2019-2020 Awards

On 03/01/20, three EMS Science teams competed in Regional YBTC(You Be The Chemist) and won 2nd, 5th, and 9th places of 15 teams. Team 1 advanced to National level competition. Congratulation!

Team 1 (2nd place, advance to National YBTC): Alon Ragoler, Hongning Wang, Maanit Goel, Reese Long,
Team 2 (5th place): Kritish Alli, Satvik Desai, Srishti Boral, Sunheri Nog
Team 3 (9th place ): Aakarsh Balla , Abbas Shakir, Derek Yao, Maanav Sikaria