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Science Olympiad

 

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North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to attract and retain the pool of K-12 students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees and careers in North Carolina. Every year NCSO hosts tournaments on university, community college, and public school campuses across the state. These tournaments are rigorous academic interscholastic competitions that consist of a series of different hands-on, interactive, challenging and inquiry-based events that are well balanced between the various disciplines of biology, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, engineering and technology.

 

In 2014, more than 800 K-12 teams representing over 14,000 students and 70 counties in North Carolina participated in NCSO activities. NCSO is indebted to the thousands of volunteers that donate their time each year to making our activities a success.

The challenging and self-motivating events of NCSO align with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study as well as the National Science Education Standards. The events are designed to enhance and strengthen both science content and process skills.

For more information regarding Middle-High School Division (Division B and C), please visit the following website:
http://www.sciencenc.com/tournament-information/index.php

Science Olympiad is a club based on students' love of science. Competitions vary in topic and assessment type. Many events are tests. Some events are builds completed before the day of competition. Some events are on site builds or setups. Competition is usually in February at East Carolina University.

We have had many students win first place in their individual events and represent South Lenoir at the state level in the last decade we have been involved in SO.

Advisor: Ryan Gardner