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Have you hosted a "Lab Olympics"? 🏅 It's a great way to make the lab part of your classroom fun and approachable! To celebrate the Olympics finishing up and do some team-building to kick off the academic year, labs around the world are hosting their own versions of a “Lab Olympics”. 👩🔬 The basic concept is to create events out of mundane tasks common in your lab or classroom, either timed or for accuracy. Just make sure to keep it safe and avoid being wasteful of supplies. To get you started, I’ve collected my favorite ideas from Reddit below: 🥇 Dry Weighing Accuracy: Without a scale, contestants must estimate 1 gram of a commonly used powder, scored for accuracy. 🥇 PPE Relay: Teams put on and take off full Personal Protective Equipment as quickly as possible, in a relay format. Great practice for a real emergency! 🥇 Parafilm Stretching: Contestants stretch a pre-measured section of Parafilm, judged on length or surface area without breaking 🥇 Liquid Measuring Accuracy: Using an unlabeled beaker, participants measure a specified volume of water, scored for accuracy or speed. 🥇 Laser Pointer Maze: Using a Laser Blox or fixed pointer, lay out several lenses or mirrors on a table to bend the laser toward a target. Turn it on to see how close you are! Have you done this yet? What are your students' favorite events?

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