Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

Today was Delaware’s Jr High Science Olympiad Competition. Our team home school was one of 60 teams competing in Dover today. ScienceKid and his teammate had 3 events:

Storm the Castle—he built a trebuchet that used a counter-weight to throw a projectile ’some’ distance. The counter-weight and projectile weight were unknown until after the vehicle was impounded. Once given this information he then had to tell the judge where to set the castle such that the projectile hit the target. The score was based upon a portfolio containing data and graphs, distance thrown and accuracy to the target. ScienceKid took FIRST PLACE!!!

Wheeled Vehicle—he built a rubber-band-powered car that had to travel some distance between 5-10m, and stop just prior to the finish line, and he had to predict how long it would travel before stopping. The distance was given to the student after the vehicle was impounded, and ScienceKid had built-in a break mechanism so the vehicle would stop at the finish line. ScienceKid took FOURTH PLACE!!!!! (ugh, if only it had been lined up better…)

Ecology—this was a study event, and the students were told to just study this topic, no real guidelines for what to study. ScienceKid took SIXTH PLACE!!!

Many kids walked away without receiving even one medal and ScienceKid did quite well to medal in all three of his events.

On top of this Home School Team finished in THIRD PLACE, and as such is once again going to the National Competition, being held at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.