LA GRANGE, IL — Lyons Township High School senior Monica Busza was named the winning artist and poet in the recent Celebrating Chemistry through Art and Poetry Contest as part of National Chemistry Week. This year's theme was "marvelous metals."
The original artwork shown here was selected as the winning entry in the high school division in the Chicago area. Busza is a National Merit Commended Student and Illinois State Scholar and participated as a member of the LT team at the Illinois Science Olympiad. Her poem follows:
From Silver to Mercury, all have malleability.
Gold, Cobalt, Manganese conductivity is a breeze.
Boron, Iron, Silicon luster is a phenomenon.
Cadmium, Indium, Technetium
Who knew chemistry could be so fun!
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