SCIENCE OLYMPICS
Magnets, Machines, Mini-Mars Rovers — and More Almost 1,500 students put their creativity and innovation skills to the test at APEGA Science Olympics events across the province. Their efforts — with the support of great volunteers — made this our biggest year ever Elementary students in Calgary built Rube Goldberg machines designed to wake up their teachers. Junior high students in Red Deer created filtration systems to purify water. In Edmonton, senior high students developed miniature Mars Rovers using circuit boards. And let’s not forget Lakeland’s magnetic levitation cars. These were just a few of the hands- on engineering and geoscience challenges students completed at the APEGA Science Olympics, annual events that test the ingenuity and inventiveness of K-12 students from across Alberta. Held in conjunction with National Engineering & Geoscience Month, this year’s APEGA Science Olympics in March and April were the biggest in the events' 23-year history. CELEBRATING INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND DIVERSITY Over the years, the scope of the science olympics has grown and evolved. This year we introduced a new judging system, so students now compete against achievement levels instead of each other. Teams needed to meet base scores to receive gold, silver, or bronze medals.
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