Two week’s back I went and participated in the science olympiad regionals competition. The whole team had been working hard since the beginning of the year. Our goal was to get to the states competition. To get to states you have to place in the top 5 schools. The way that the competition works is that all school s have to participate in events. The higher you place in a event the less points you get. If you don’t compete on a event you get minus 25 points. Your trying to get the least amount of points possible. I competed in three events. I did Mission Possible where you have to make a machine that does a number of tasks and then completes a final task, it has to follow all the rules the judges set though. I also did Reach for the Stars where we learn stuff about the stars and then take a test. My final event was Food Science where you have to learn the chemistry of food then take a test on it. When I came to the competition I was really nervous, but it turns out we had a ton of free time at the competition. We used most of our time taking turns playing Minecraft on peoples computers. My first event was Reach for the Stars. The test was really long and much harder than we expected but we still did well. My second event was Food Science which had a short test but we messed up on the test. My final event was Mission Possible which we did super well in! In the awards ceremony we were really scared because we weren’t sure whether we made it to states. Then they announced that Durham Academy made 5th place and qualified for states! I even got a second place medal for Mission Possible! Hopefully, we can make it to nationals but we have to make 1st place to make it. It was a really fun experience and you should try joining the team too! They have awesome snacks at the competition. Wish us luck for the states competition!!!
Good Luck! Thats sounds fun, I would do Science Olympiad, but I am not good at that kind of stuff. I hope our team wins. Good luck to the whole team, but especially you Ashwin!
That sounds really interesting, Ashwin. I might join the team next year. Good luck at states!