Chemistry - even the layman associates it with experiments; many students find them to be the most exciting aspect of chemistry. Accordingly, there are many experimental competitions. These give students the opportunity to do fun experiments, see fascinating effects and prove their abilities with common household materials. Considering over 20,000 participants each year, these competitions are quite popular among students.

The FChO does not organize these competitions itself, but works in close cooperation with the organizers - same as with the International Chemistry Olympiad. We organize an experimental seminar (Experimentalseminar) for the winners of the experimental competitions.

The following table provides an overview of the competitions in the different states.

State

Since

Name of the competition

Grade

Comment

Baden-Wuerttemberg

1996

Chemie im Alltag

5 – 10

 

North Rhine-Westphalia

2017

Chem-pions

5 – 7

 

Hesse

1999

Chemie - mach mit!

5 – 10

Restarted in 2012

Saarland

1999

ChemExSaar

8 – 10

 

Lower Saxony

2001

Das ist Chemie

5 – 10

Restarted in 2012

Rhineland-Palatinate

2001

Leben mit Chemie

5 – 10

 

Hamburg

2002

Natex

4 – 10

 

Bavaria

2003

Experimente antworten

5 – 10

 

Thuringia

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

2003

Chemkids

5 – 8

 

Brandenburg

2005

Chemkids

5 – 8

 

Berlin

2006

Chemkids

5 – 8

 

Bremen

2006

Das ist Chemie

5 – 10

 

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

2008

Chemkids

5 – 8