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Article: The National Crystal Growing Competition.(Brief article)
- Article from:
- Canadian Chemical News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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The National Crystal Growing Competition is organized for high school students and their teachers. Anachemia Science supplies the chemicals so that everyone starts off on an even footing. Teams compete to grow the largest and best-quality crystals, Judging is done regionally with the top entries from each region competing for the first place at the national level. Members of the national first-place team and the school they represent receive awards thanks to BASF's sponsorship. These include T-shirts and certificates for the individual winners and cheques for the school towards its science program.
The CIC would like to thank all the local judges as well as George ...