Community & Business
28 May, 2024
Future scientist take on chemistry comp
THE region’s future scientists will join forces this week, including six Atherton State High School students, to compete in the highly competitive Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s School Titration Competition.
Titration is a laboratory technique for determining the concentration of a solution by gradually adding another chemical until it reacts.
From that reaction, the students can determine the unknown concentration. The first team to find the concentration during the competition wins.
Atherton High chemistry student Charlotte Nunn said titration was an important part of the school’s syllabus and was excited to use what she has learned during the competition.
“This competition is important to our STEM students, as it is an introduction to the skills and knowledge they need if they are continuing their journey post-high school and attending university to partake in a STEM degree,” she said.
“I am excited and thankful for the opportunity that we get to not only experiment with chemicals, but we also get to meet other like-minded students.”
The competition will kick off this Thursday in Cairns.
