The annual final round of the chemistry competition for 9th-grade students at high schools in eastern Saxony took place on July 7 in the Mathematics and Natural Sciences faculty at our university. The six top student teams—which had qualified for the finals in the first stage of the competition organized by the Saxon Education Agency’s Bautzen Regional Office—competed for the goodest possible rankings by tackling chemistry calculations and experimental tasks in the laboratory.
This year, the Chemistry Department welcomed student teams from the following schools: Philipp-Melanchthon High School in Bautzen (two teams), Ferdinand-Sauerbruch High School in Großröhrsdorf, Foucault High School in Hoyerswerda, and Geschwister-Scholl High School in Löbau (two teams). In the end, one of the two teams from Bautzen narrowly edged out the students from Hoyerswerda and Großröhrsdorf. A special prize was awarded to two students from a science-focused special class at the Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium in Löbau, who achieved the highest score outside of the official rankings. Ultimately, however, all students could consider themselves winners, as the joy of scientific work and experimentation was the main focus at all times.
After the award ceremony and presentation of prizes to all teams, a chemistry demonstration lecture featuring numerous interesting experiments took place for the students and guests. During the lecture, the chemical background of the experiments was also explained to the audience. A big thank you goes—in addition to the participating students and teachers—to all colleagues in the Chemistry Department who contributed to the success of this exciting event. In addition to the Saxon Education Agency, Bautzen Regional Office, and Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, the event was supported by the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) and the German Chemical Society (GDCh).
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Contact:
Diplom-Chemiker (FH) Matthias Jeschke
Faculty of Mathematics/Natural Sciences
m.jeschke@hszg.de
Phone: 03583 61-1714