{"id":2933,"date":"2012-05-25T09:19:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T12:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=2933"},"modified":"2012-05-25T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T12:19:24","slug":"national-science-olympiad-at-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/national-science-olympiad-at-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"National Science Olympiad at UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Central Florida hosted more than 7,000 students, educators and parents from all 50 states during the 28th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-19.<\/p>\n<p>Students, professors, faculty and staff from UCF and the College of Sciences volunteered to help the national event run smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>Solon High School and Solon Middle School students made up \u00a0the winning team. The students finished in first-place in the National Science Olympiad Tournament for the second year in a row. You can read more about the winning team <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2012\/05\/solon_high_middle_school_stude.html\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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>To learn more about the\u00a0National Science Olympiad please visit their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scienceolympiad2012.com\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Central Florida hosted more than 7,000 students, educators and parents from all 50 states during the 28th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-19. Students, professors, faculty and staff from UCF and the College of Sciences volunteered to help the national event run smoothly. 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