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Science Olympiad
***There will be an interest meeting in September and students will need to turn in a permission slip to be able to try out for the Science Olympiad team.***
Sponsors: Mrs. Marlow, Mrs. McBride, & Mrs. Franks
Time: Practices will start mid-September. Students may practice before or after school – check teacher availability. Students are expected to come in at least once a week to practice on several events.
We will have TWO teams, comprised of 15 students each. The teams will be announced in November.
***Commitments to competitions in March and April are required.***
Science Olympiad is an academic sport that revolves around science knowledge dealing with Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Earth Science, and Engineering. There are 23 STEM events students can compete in including:
- Air trajectory
- Anatomy
- Codebuster
- Crime Buster
- Disease Detective
- Dynamic Planet
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Experimental design
- Fossils
- Helicopter
- Meteorology
- Metric Mastery
- Microbe Mission
- Mission Possible
- Optics
- Potions & poisons
- Reach for the stars
- Road scholar
- Tower
- Wind power
- Write it/do it
If we win at regionals, only ONE team may go to State Competition.
That means that the team with the highest points will represent us at State if we go.
Regional Competition: Fortworth Community College in March. If we advance, we will go to the State Competition.
State Competition: Texas A&M University in April. ***Parents MUST accompany students to this competition.***