Students Earn Top Spots at Science Olympiad Competition
Posted March 11, 2010
The Episcopal Science Olympiad team earned several top honors at their most recent competition. Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding achievements at the Regional Science Olympiad Competition held at Lake City Community College.
Protein Modeling: 1st place: Brigitte Wittmer and Morgan Monroe
Forensics: 1st place: Tyler Rice and Elizabeth Anthony
Dynamic Planet: 2nd place: Brigitte Wittner and Morgan Monroe
Disease Detectives: 3rd place: Tyler Rice and Brigitte Wittmer
Cell Biology: 3rd place: Tyler Rice and Elizabeth Anthony
Write It, Do It: 3rd place: Brigitte Wittmer and Morgan Monroe
Episcopal students participated in nine of the twelve events. The competition was strong with six high schools and eight middle schools competing in the Olympiad. Episcopal was able to earn awards in six of the nine categories.
The goal of Science Olympiad is to improve the quality of science education through competitions similar to sporting events. Just as students are motivated to compete in various sporting activities, students compete as a team against other schools in different events that include biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and earth science.
Science Olympiad Team Sponsor, Sally Russo enjoys the format of the competition, “Science Olympiad provides science students the opportunity to apply what they have learned over the years in a variety of science classes to solve a unique problem. Each event involves a team of 2 students. This allows them to work together cooperatively, share ideas and potential strategies in order to arrive at a solution to the specific problem.”
