North Georgia to host students in annual Science Olympiad
1/25/2012 1:17:16 PM
(Jan. 25, 2012) Next weekend, dozens of high school students
will come to North Georgia College & State University to compete in 23
different science-related events in the Science Olympiad tournament.
For more than a decade, North Georgia has hosted the
regional Science Olympiad Tournament providing this opportunity to surrounding
high schools.
The students will comprise 25 teams and will compete on
Saturday, Feb. 4. in areas including biology, chemistry, physics,
engineering and math with the top five teams progressing to the state-level
tournament. The team that wins at the state level will then compete nationally.
This year's tournament is coordinated by Karrie Ann Fadroski, a
biology instructor at North Georgia and a former Science Olympiad participant.
"I am a product of Science Olympiad. It introduced me
to science and provided a haven in a school struggling with gangs,"
Fadroski said. "Science Olympiad makes countless differences in numerous
students' lives."
This year's competition will include events focused on rocks
and minerals, remote sensing, disease detectives, water quality, protein
modeling, thermodynamics, experimental design and robotics.
Science Olympiad is a national organization that promotes
the quality of science education through competitions for K-12 students. The
organization has been dedicated to increasing student interest in the sciences
for more than 25 years and funds some 300 competitions across the country,
involving about 200,000 students in hands-on science education.
At North Georgia, each of these events is coordinated by an
event supervisor and volunteers are still needed to assist event supervisors
with the competition. The event supervisor designs the event within the
guidelines provided by the national organization, proctors the event, and
scores it the day of the competition. Any faculty or staff members interested
in helping can contact Fadroski at kafadroski@northgeorgia.edu.