Science Olympiad: State Competition
The awards ceremony in the Auditorium. The entire main floor was filled with middle- and high-school teams and their head coaches. The rest of us sat in the upper level.
Yesterday, M took a road trip to Michigan State University (on the banks of the Red Cedar!) to participate in the State Science Olympiad competition, along with 15 of his classmates, parents, coaches, and friends.
M competed in Mission Possible (Rube Goldberg machine), Boomilever (structural building), and Metric Mastery (math problems).
He and his friend Michael won a 5th place medal in Metric Mastery, and they got to go up on the big stage at the MSU Auditorium to receive the medals. A number of his teammates were called to the stage through the night, and we cheered and clapped every time the school name was called.
Slauson Middle School earned a trophy as the 9th overall finisher, a tremendous accomplishment in a field of 48 schools.
Congratulations, M and Slauson!
Pictures
M and his teammate, Tony, show off their Boomilevers. A bucket is hung from the narrow end, and filled with sand until the structure breaks.
The inside of the Mission Possible "machine". A quarter is dropped into a slot to start it running, then various switches, motors, chutes, balls, BBs, pulleys, and other devices deploy/run/roll/bounce/etc. until the process is complete.
From left, M, Aditya, and EmJ prepare the final run of their Mission Possible contraption.
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