USNCO Webinars & Other Support
Webinars for Students
Applying to College as a USNCO Participant Presenter: Steve Lantos, Northeastern LS Pannelists: Esther Hines, Billerica High School, MA, USNCO Head Mentor Chris Paterson, Director of Special Projects, MIT Admissions Brent Shenton, Orange County LS |
TBD September, 2023 | 7:00 PM ET | |
| USNCO Exam Annotation Project Presenter: Steven Chen, Princeton LS Pannelists: Ritvik Teegavarapu, Caltech, CA, Luke Chen, Blue Valley North High School, KS, Yiwei Liang, PRISMS, NJ. |
November 15, 2022 | 7:00 PM ET | |
| Introduction To The USNCO For Students Presenter: Christine Saber, Erie LS. Panelists: Beatrice Salazar, Maryland LS; Mitk'El Santiago, Puerto Rico LS; And Yitian Zhu, 2021 IChO Gold Medalist. |
October 22, 2021 |
7:00 PM ET |
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| Preparing For The USNCO Local Section Exam For Students Presenter: Esther Hines, Northeastern LS. Panelists: Monica Arroyo, Puerto Rico LS; Denis Merat, Memphis LS; And Andrew Wu, 2018 IChO Gold Medalist |
November 19, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | |
| Preparing For The USNCO National Exam For Students Presenters: Joshua Pak, Idaho LS And Steve Lantos, Northeastern LS. Panelists: Steven Chen, Princeton LS; Derek Chien, USNCO Alumnus; Alec Zhu, 2020 IChO Gold Medalist |
December 10, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | |
| Preparing for the National Exam Part III for Students Presenter: Steve Lantos, Northeastern LS, Panelists: Kelli Slunt, Virginia LS, Michael Bruno, North Carolina LS Close captions are available for the recording of this webinar by choosing CC icon in navigation bar. |
March 10, 2022 |
7:00 PM ET | |
| Interactive Workshop: How to Learn Chemistry, for High School Students Saundra McGuire, Baton Rouge LS |
2020-2021 |
Webinars for Coordinators
| Webinar Topic | Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serving as a USNCO Coordinator Heather Abbott-Lyon, Georgia LS |
2020-2021 | ||
| How to Recruit Students for the USNCO Craig McClure, Philadelphia LS and Dennis Merat, Memphis LS |
2020-2021 | ||
| How to Help Students Prepare for USNCO Steve Lantos, Northeastern LS and Ethan Schnell, California LS |
2020-2021 | ||
| Marketing And Promotion Of The USNCO Program For Coordinators Presenters: Mitk'El Santiago And Monica Arroyo, Puerto Rico LS |
December 17, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET |
Closed captioning is available for webinar recordings by choosing the CC icon in the navigation bar.
USNCO Coaching
USNCO Coaching program is paused for 2023. Please contact your local USNCO Coorinator to inquire about local coching or mentoring opportunities. Contact the USNCO office if you have questions.
Coaching sessions are organized over Zoom and coordinated by the American Chemical Society. 30-minute tutorials are followed by 1 hour and 30 minutes of small group work in breakout rooms.
High school teachers with experience in preparing students to compete in USNCO serve as coaches. Each year about 200 students are selected for coaching, coaches work in teams of two, and each team works with approximately 11 high school students at a time. Coaching teams are the same throughout the season.
Slides from the 2020/2021 and 2022 tutorial sessions are shared below. All students can benefit from the USNCO past tutorial slides even if they are not selected for coaching.
2020-2021 Coaching Tutorials
USNCO Preparation Hub
This forum is open to anyone interested in the USNCO. Please feel free to share your favorite resources, ask questions of our volunteers, or share comments/suggestions for annotated solution guides in the relevant forums. You only need an ACS ID to login and join the conversation (a member number is not required).
Before you begin, please review these guidelines. ACS does not directly endorse any resources shared here that were not produced by the ACS. For details of the competition in your local area, such as exam dates and times, contact your coordinator.
