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FEBRUARY 2ND GENERAL MEETING

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ATTENDANCE

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Let’s get fired up!

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About the flame

The ethanol poured into the bottle is very volatile and vaporizes as the liquid is swished around. The flame on the wooden splint tossed into the neck of the bottle acts as the activation energy for the combustion of ethanol with the surrounding oxygen in the air.

This is an exothermic reaction. Not only

does the exothermic nature of the reaction

result in the bottle heating up, but also the

characteristic whoosh sound!

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Combustion Reaction

Formula:

C₂H₅OH_(l₎+3O_2(g)->2CO_2(g)+3H₂O_(g)

The reaction of ethanol with oxygen is characterized as a combustion reaction, with the products being CO₂ and H₂O.

In the reaction, the carbon atoms are oxidized whereas the oxygen atoms are reduced.

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NOW TO THE MAIN TOPIC OF OUR MEETING…

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Celebrating the participants of the USABO!!

Meenakshi Viswanadha- 9th grade

Nathan Chertog- 10th grade

Meher Gupta- 10th grade

Ava Patton-10th grade

Stella Pereira- 10th grade

Rebekah Robson- 10th grade

Carolina Rodrigues- 10th grade

Makena Augusta- 11th grade

Hannah Cummins- 12th grade

Varsha Dwarampudi- 11th grade

Stavros Fay- 12th grade

Infantina Francis- 11th grade

Kaylin Han- 12th grade

Marcus Musilli- 11th grade

Rishi Parikh- 11th grade

Rachel Philip- 12th grade

Nader Sahloul- 11th grade

Alana Smock- 11th grade

Tanya Soumine- 11th grade

Kylie Tabak- 11th grade

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Celebrating the USABO competitors cont’d.

The participants registered will be taking the Open Exam at 4 pm today!!

Special thanks to 11th grade students Kylie Tabak, Tanya Soumine, and Nader Sahloul for working diligently to prepare the competitors!

Nader Sahloul will now come up and speak a bit on the Biolympiad!!!

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Now, a word from Tanya Soumine

The Center for Excellence in Education is offering FREE monthly STEM Webinars!

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Upcoming Competitions

Wednesday, February 15th- New York Times’ 4th Annual STEM Writing competition

The NYT is asking students to choose any question/topic in science, technology, engineering, math, or health and write an engaging 500-word explanation.

March 1st- DNA Day Essay Contest

The theme for the contest this year is "One Humanity, Many Genomes”.

Saturday, March 25th- Rutgers-Central NJ Regional Brain Bee Competition

The Regional Brain Bee will be taking place in person this year at the Rutgers University campus in Piscataway. This is a part of a larger international competition sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience. Students are responsible for their own transportation. Registration deadline is March 22nd.

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Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 23rd- Allied in Action Night

6PM to 8PM at the Academy of Allied Health and Science

Saturday, March 4th- NJ Makers’ Day Event at Middletown Library

Friday, March 10th- Cub Scout Night Event!!