From the Science Department

Outstanding Results in this year's RACI Chemistry (Titration) Competition

Congratulations to Year 12 students Bill Klein, Oliver Drew and Jayden Gibson, whose team finished in 2nd place in their group in the prestigious 2023 RACI Chemistry Competition, held at Sydney University on Friday, 16th June.  

BMGS had three teams competing in all; with the other two teams comprising Year 12 students Meaghan Docherty, Claudia Ivery and Casper Larkin on one team, and Charlie Burgess (Year 12), Rowan Elliott  (Year 12) and Connor Secker (Year 11) on the other. Both of these teams also performed admirably, competing strongly with some of the heaviest hitting academic schools in the state. 

Apart from achieving these excellent team results, special mention must be made of those who attained outstanding individual results: Bill achieved a perfect score of 0, Casper scored 1, and Oliver and Claudia scored 9 (the lower the score the better – and the maximum/'worst' score is 10,000).

The NSW Schools Titration Competition is a quantitative analytical competition open to NSW students currently enrolled in Senior Chemistry studying towards the Higher School Certificate. The competition operates at a number of school and university venues throughout the State.

Students compete in teams of three and, in ninety minutes, must complete a set of acid-base titrations to determine the unknown concentration of a weak acid. The team's score will depend on the accuracy of the work of its members. The best score wins medals for the team, and they may then be invited to participate in the National Competition later in the year. 

We expect to hear in the coming weeks - after the performances of all teams across all venues are collated - whether Bill, Oliver and Jayden are invited to this next, national, level.

We congratulate all of these talented young scientists on their wonderful achievements.

Mrs Michelle Airth

Head of Science