Can someone explain what the Science Olympiad is. I am in New York, how do I take part in it?
<p>Also, is winning this a great accomplishment? Thanks</p>
<p>Science Olympiad is a team event. You don't win it as an individual. Basically you have a whole bunch of teams from different schools competing in different hands on events. You can only enter it if your school enters it. It goes state by state. You first break through the regionals, and then, state, and then nationals. Placing the top three places in state is okay impressive, but not jaw dropping impressive...nationals, is undoubtly the most prestigious.</p>
<p>Should I suggest this to my AP Biology teacher? Is this a test?</p>
<p>Its not a test. What you do is you pick certain things you want to compete in. You do things ranging from buiding robots, to setting up labs, to playing with Fermi numbers. There are lots of events to choose from, and you don't have to do them all. I would think getting your school involved in it would look good, even if you didn't do so hot because many schools have been doing this for a long time and they have many people. Coming in last wouldn't be so bad when you are up against some SO vets. My school has just got back into doing it this year, and I can't wait.</p>
<p>Like they said, its just a variety of tests, events, and such things that you compete in. Obviously, most of them are science based. Some are informational, like Science of Fitness, which you answer questions about cardio and blood pressure etc. That's the event I do.</p>
<p>There are other cool events like egg drop, where you drop an egg from a certain distance onto the floor. You have to design a container for the egg which stops it from breaking. That is another event I am in, but I'm not so succesful in it. Still, interesting stuff, and it's pretty fun if you like that sort of thing.</p>
<p>You rack up a lot of awards from science olympiad, because you can do multiple events and there are regionals and states. I came in 1st in a few events at regionals and one at states. Of course, if only you come in 1st at regionals, then unfortunately you can't go if your team as a whole doesn't qualify. That is one drawback I don't really like.</p>
<p>Google science olympiad and go to the website. You can compete on the team of other local schools if your school doesn't have a team. Good luck with it.</p>
<p>im a national medalist and won a lot of gold medals at state...i think it helped my app a bit...not much though, i do it cuz it lays the foundation for a lot of stuff i learn in future classes (AKA easier AP science classes in H.S.)...in terms of prestige, its OKAY...not that much.</p>
<p>i'm also a national medalist (7th place overall too)</p>
<p>there are two things here you could be referring to. There is a specific contest called "Science Olympiad" described above. I don't know too much about it. Then there are also "the science olympiads" which are the international competitions in math, physics, informatics, chem, bio. The term is also loosely used to refer to the competitions leading up to selection of the US team to these events. THESE olympiads are extremely prestigious, rigorous, etc. Getting national recognition in these events is very sought after and applies to relatively few people. Winning a medal at one of the international events is even more so.</p>
<p>two good websites to check out:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.soinc.org%5B/url%5D">www.soinc.org</a>
<a href="http://www.scioly.org%5B/url%5D">www.scioly.org</a></p>