{"id":2508,"date":"2012-05-01T18:59:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2016-12-21T10:44:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T15:44:05","slug":"event-science-olympiad-national-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/event-science-olympiad-national-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Science Olympiad National Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/05\/Untitled.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2515 size-medium\" title=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/05\/Untitled-300x135.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/05\/Untitled-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/05\/Untitled-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/05\/Untitled-299x134.png 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2012\/05\/Untitled.png 862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Science Olympiad National Tournament will be held at UCF this year. Science Olympiad is a national organization in which middle and high school students compete as teams of 15 in a variety of science competitions in physics, chemistry, biology, earth space science, and engineering. The events require students to construct pre-built devices, conduct experiments, and demonstrate their knowledge about a wide variety of scientific concepts. Unlike other competitions, student demonstrate their knowledge in day long competition in 23 different events.<\/p>\n<p>The official logo of the 2012 Science Olympiad\u00a0National Tournament was designed to capture the beauty of Florida, the innovation of the space program and the spirit of Science Olympiad. \u00a0Designed to emulate a Space Shuttle mission patch, the logo pays homage to 28 years of Science Olympiad, and 30 years of human spaceflight aboard the Space Shuttle. \u00a0Look closely at our logo and you will find elements of many of the Science Olympiad events.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with the SONT team and find out event details <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceolympiad2012.com\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find them on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/National-Science-Olympiad-2012-Tournament\/105956989447845\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Science Olympiad National Tournament will be held at UCF this year. 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