Educational Card Game Wins UT Tyler Idea Challenge

Idea Integrates Chemistry in Gameplay

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March 1, 2021

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The University of Texas at Tyler announced students from the University Academy Tyler (UA) were chosen winners of the 2021 East Texas High School Idea Challenge.

The UA team presented Bonding, a card game in which players increase their knowledge of chemistry by making covalent, ionic and metallic chemical bonds. Team members are Theoren Stroud, JP Kinsner, Alex Mejias and Nyssa Kypuros.

The East Texas High School Idea Challenge is an annual contest designed to inspire the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs.

Winners earn a scholarship to UT Tyler, and their school receives $2,500 to invest in entrepreneurship and innovation programming.

With a mission to improve educational and healthcare outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. Through its alignment with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with innovative medical research, medical education and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.