The Science Olympiad is currently without a chair for the 2019-2020 school year. If you are interested in becoming the chair or a co-chair, or simply helping find volunteers to get this program running for Winter 2020, please email president@ves-pta.org. Thank you!
What:
- Available for students in grades 3-5
- Kind of like the real Olympics, but the countries are the different elementary schools, and all the events are teams of 2
- There are two main types of events, studying events and building events
- Sample Building Events:
- Paper Airplane Building
- Egg Drop
- Bridge Building
- Sample Studying Events:
- Astronomy
- Anatomy
- Orienteering
- Video from a previous year
When:
- Sign up deadline is typically late January
- Tournament date is typically late spring
- Practices are self determined per group of 2. Usually once a week or every other week.
Where:
- The main event will be at a local school
- Practices are at your house
How to participate:
- Contact Jeanne Martinez jsmartinez1@fcps.edu or president@ves-pta.org for more information
- Find a partner or ask Mrs. Martinez for help finding one
- Work with Partner to pick 1, 2 or more events
- Practice events for the next 2 months
- Go for the Gold Medal at the final event
Cost:
- $0 for participants. Thanks to our wonderful PTA!!
- We might buy team shirts for a small fee.
Resources:
Sign-up!