Offering an Online Chemistry Tournament to Engage High School Students: A 10 Year Experience in Brazil

摘要

For the past 10 years, the Virtual Tournament of Chemistry, TVQ, has been held in Brazil, engaging high school students with challenging questions that require cooperation, effort, and a literature search, while exploring the advantages of the Internet as a tool for self-instruction. The tournament has worked both as a way of narrowing the gap between high school and college chemistry and as a talent scout for STEM undergraduate programs.