Middlefield Collegiate Institute NCW Report

National Chemistry Week was celebrated at Middlefield C.I. from Friday October 17 to Friday, October 25.  The activities took the usual form of daily chemistry related puzzles and questions as well as a contest puzzle page of 12 questions of varying levels of difficulty.  Students earn points for both the daily ones as well as the contest sheet.  Prizes are awarded from the materials available from you.  We always have a high degree of student interest in these puzzles.

More significant this year than in previous years, was our Crystal Growing Contest.  Flushed with our success from last year, we had over thirty students ranging from grade 9 to OAC, who together grew fifteen crystals during the six week period leading up to National Chemistry Week.  We had enormous difficulty selecting only two to submit.  It was thrilling to have so many students checking their crystals on a daily basis and caring for their creations.  Without the subsidy from Anachemia this would be beyond our budget to consider.

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