SCIENCE OLYMPICS
Grande Prairie, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, Peace River, and Red Deer. Outside the two major centres, APEGA branches organized the events. All of the events were supported by professional members and other volunteers, including members-in- training, university students, teachers, and parents. Working with APEGA staff, volunteers develop and test the challenges, judge them on event days, and act as awesome role models. No matter the grade level, activities were designed to reinforce science concepts students are learning at school. Some were more complex classroom challenges that students worked on ahead of time. Other mystery challenges were revealed and completed at the events. All challenges have a common goal: to encourage student ingenuity and critical thinking, while highlighting the creative, collaborative, and meaningful work done by engineering and geoscience professionals.
Top, students in Calgary learn about the engineering principles underlying the creation of traditional Blackfoot tipis (niitoy-yiss). Above, volunteer judges in Peace River pose for their group shot.
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