Several Mars Area Middle School students participated in the 2017-2018 “You Be the Chemist” Challenge held March 17.

Eighth-graders Charles Biaku, Chris Dvorak, Lauren Gayle, Audrey Gehm, Audrey Milk, Lucie Morlino and Shane Smith; and seventh-grader Madeline Wolf competed against students from Seneca Valley School District. The question-and-answer competition engaged students in fifth through eighth grades in learning important chemistry concepts, historical discoveries and safety awareness.

The Chemical Education Foundation and BASF Corporation sponsor the annual competition. For more information, visit www.chemed.org/programs/challenge/.