Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2001, Page 182

Description:	Senior Jeremy Stewart shows hisproject, Scrambler, to onlookers.(Photo by Joe Bercovici)scientific sensationsScience Olympiad gives high-caliber performance at StateFrom working at the Martinsville planetarium to building their own rockets,the Science Olympiad team worked on many unique and interesting projects.This years Science Olympiad team received second place inRegionals, andsecond place in the state competitions, which led the team to Nationals.Science Olympiad wa s divided among various events in which a pair oftwo students worke d together to learn about and compete in a certain area ofscience. Each group met about once a week to work with their coach, study,build projects and get ready for competitions. It really is a lot of work andtakes up a bunch of time, junior Betsy Mills said, but Im in it because I likescience and Ive gotten to meet a lot of people through it, too.Each teams project depende d on the field of science theychose. Many ofthe projects were hands on, and involved building complicated models orequipment Seniors Peter Augenbergs and Mart Haitjema and junior Ian Enochsreceived first place at State for the perfect run of their machine. The machineused different methods to launch three Ping-Pong balls and not only completedall the 50 steps but made each in under a minute.-Story by Lindsey HudsonLeaning over the railing, senior Parker Collins, junior HollyMcCoullogh and a National Guard officer perform thebungee-drop. (Photo by Lauren Demming)
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