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Five new performance-enhancing drugs have been added to the banned substance list - and it’s up to your pupils to develop a portable kit to test whether or not an athlete has taken one of them

  • Investigate ways of identifying drugs from metabolites formed in the body
  • Send for some urine samples and show us that your test kit works
  • Design logos, packaging and write an instruction booklet
  • Top teams will be invited to a Grand Final to present their kit to a panel of judges
  • Win prizes and meet an Olympic athlete
  • For teams of 11-14 year old students
  • Find out more about how the competition works
  • If your school wants to enter more than one team,
    please email claire@4science.org.uk

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How does the competition work?

  • Register your school to receive login details; giving you access to the challenge brief, guidance, supporting materials and entry form

  • Develop tests for the various metabolites – when you’re confident, request some ‘urine’ samples to test for the presence of the five banned substances

  • Upload your entry form with your urine analysis results, together with photographic or video evidence of your test kit in action

  • Preliminary judges will select the top teams; they will be invited to a Grand Final to present to a panel of experts