MURFREESBORO — After
matching scientific wits with hundreds of fellow students from the region,
students from Central Magnet School of Murfreesboro and Brentwood, Tennessee,
captured the respective high school and middle school divisions at the 21st
Regional Science Olympiad at MTSU Feb. 27.
Second-place Franklin, third-place Rossview of Clarksville,
Tennessee, and fourth-place Smyrna will join Central Magnet in earning high
school berths at the Tennessee Science Olympiad Saturday, April 9, on the
UT-Knoxville campus.
Murfreesboro’s St. Rose of Lima placed second to Brentwood
Middle, with Woodland Middle, also from Brentwood, third, Nashville’s Holy
Rosary Academy fourth and Dayspring Academy of Greenbrier, Tennessee, fifth.
All will advance to the state event.
Science
Olympiad competitions are like academic track meets, consisting of a series of
23 team events in each of the three divisions (high school, middle school and
elementary), the national organization’s website, https://www.soinc.org, says. The elementary competition will be
held Saturday, April 30, at John Pittard Elementary School in Murfreesboro.
A
portion of the events are rotated ever year to reflect the ever-changing nature
of genetics, earth science, chemistry, anatomy, physics, geology, mechanical
engineering and technology.
About 400 students competed at MTSU in such events as
“Bottle Rocket,” “Crave the Wave,” “Food Science” and “Reach for the Stars” for
middle school students and “Game On,” “Robot Arm,” “Electric Vehicle” and
“Invasive Species” for high school students.
“It was very exciting and very loud at our awards’
ceremony,” said MTSU chemistry professor Pat Patterson, the regional director.
Equally exciting for Patterson was the fact every school
earned a medal.
Franklin High senior Mia Unni and ninth-grader Raphael
Fortuna competed in the electric vehicle competition.
“I guess we did OK,” Fortuna said, unaware of the results
and of their school’s team advancing to state at the time.
“It’s fun to do,” added Unni. “I like seeing the results of
all your hard work over the weeks.”
The MTSU regional receives tremendous support from
university faculty and students, who assist with the running of all 46 events.
Most were held in the Science Building.
For more information about the MTSU regional, contact
Patterson by emailing Patricia.Patterson@mtsu.edu
or call 615-898-5085. To learn about the Tennessee Science Olympiad, visit http://tnscioly.utk.edu.
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