Chem 13 News and Avogadro exam results

2023 exam results

Exam Number of students Number of schools Average score Average score (percent)
Chem 13 News 1551 253 14.8 (out of 38 questions) 39.0
Avogadro 4741 373 16.0 (out of 40 questions) 40.0

Participating teachers can use our online testing platform, SciOn (login required), to view the exam with results, access their students’ scores, and generate certificates of distinction or participation.

Access to SciOn: Participating teachers must use the login and password information they used to sign in to administer the exam. The information was sent by email from noreply-scion@uwaterloo.ca. If teachers no longer have this information, please contact Barbara Levai-Sharpe (blevaish@uwaterloo.ca) to reset their login and password. Please remember that if you ordered both exams, you received a separate login and password for each exam.

The administration of the exam is the responsibility of Dr. Laura Ingram of the University of Waterloo. Her decision is final.

All correspondence about the exam, exam results, and prizes should be addressed to Dr. Laura Ingram (laura.ingram@uwaterloo.ca), Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1.

Prizes and certificates

All students are eligible for a certificate of participation. The top scoring students from Canada and the United States on the Chem 13 News Exam and Avogadro Exam each receive a limited-edition plaque featuring an element from our Periodic Table Project or a Timeline of Elements poster.

Questions

If you have any questions, please email Barbara Levai-Sharpe (blevaish@uwaterloo.ca).