{"id":3711,"date":"2015-04-29T21:41:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T02:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2015-04-29T21:41:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T02:41:38","slug":"science-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/04\/science-olympiad.html","title":{"rendered":"Science Olympiad!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Staring skyward at their Elastic-Launched Glider. We’re so proud of Jacob (on the left) representing\u00a0his school at the state Science Olympiad competition.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

In March and April, our family was busy with\u00a0Jacob helping his team for the Colorado\u00a0Science Olympiad<\/a> tournament. Plenty of after-school sessions, evenings at the kitchen island tuning his handiwork, and family trips to Colorado State University – Pueblo<\/a> and\u00a0Colorado School of Mines<\/a> (known around here as just “Mines” — note the URL if you click through the link) for the competitions.<\/p>\n

Science Olympiad<\/a> is a set of competitions in a wide assortment of science and technology topics. You can click the link above to learn more. I remember hearing about it when I was in middle and high school, and for a while I thought I had participated in a regional tournament when I was growing up in Virginia, but now I’m more certain I had participated in Odyssey of the Mind<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m thrilled Jacob expressed interest in this group; he has a wonderful group of friends, not just in his own grade, but also in 7th and 8th grade.<\/p>\n

The competitions blend of classroom testing, problem solving exercises, and hands-on homemade projects that are built to achieve some sort of goal. Jacob represented his school in the following competitions:<\/p>\n