North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO ) is a nonprofit organization[1] with the mission to attract and retain the pool of K–12 students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM ) degrees and careers in North Carolina .[2] [3] Every year NCSO hosts tournaments on university, community college, and public school campuses across the state. These tournaments are rigorous academic interscholastic competitions that consist of a series of different hands-on, interactive, challenging and inquiry-based events that are well balanced between the various disciplines of biology , earth science , environmental science , chemistry , physics , engineering and technology. NCSO is housed at The Science House[4] at NC State University .
History [ edit ] The first recorded Science Olympiad was held on Saturday, November 23, 1974, at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg , North Carolina. Dr. Donald Barnes and Dr. David Wetmore were the originators of this event. Fifteen schools from North and South Carolina participated in this event. This Olympiad was a day-long affair, with competitions and demonstrations for high school students in the areas of biology, chemistry, and physics. There were four event periods during this day, and each event period had one fun event (like beaker race or paper airplane), one demonstration (like glassblowing and holography), and one serious event (like periodic table quiz or Science Bowl). An article was published in the Journal of Chemical Education in January 1978 documenting the success of recruiting students through Science Olympiad.[5] St. Andrews continues to host a Science Olympiad tournament to this day.[6]
John C. "Jack" Cairns was a teacher at Dover High School in Delaware in the 1970s when he learned about Science Olympiad taking place in North Carolina. He shared this information with Dr. Douglas R. Macbeth, the Delaware State Science Supervisor. Cairns was appointed to a steering committee to organize the first Olympiad in Delaware which took place at Delaware State University in the Spring of 1977.
By 1982, word about Science Olympiad continued to spread, and caught the attention of Dr. Gerard Putz in Macomb County, Michigan . Putz invited Cairns to share the success of the Delaware Science Olympiad with Macomb County. As a result, Michigan hosted their first two tournaments in 1983 and 1984[7] while at the same time Delaware hosted eight similar tournaments.[8] Putz and Cairns then decided to share the program with the rest of the nation.[9]
Year Division B Champions Division B Runner-Up Division C Champions Division C Runner-Up Host 1985 — — Page — NC State University Raleigh, North Carolina 1986 — — NCSSM Northeast Guilford 1987 Drexel West Rowan Chapel Hill NCSSM 1988 Drexel — Chapel Hill NCSSM 1989 Drexel — Chapel Hill — 1990 Nash Central — Page Chapel Hill 1991 Drexel Liberty NCSSM — 1992 Liberty Our Lady of Lourdes NCSSM Chapel Hill 1993 Hillcrest Our Lady of Lourdes NCSSM Garner 1994 Our Lady of Lourdes Greene NCSSM Garner 1995 Arendell Parrott Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel Hill NCSSM 1996 Arendell Parrott Our Lady of Lourdes NCSSM Chapel Hill 1997 Arendell Parrott Mendenhall Chapel Hill John T. Hoggard 1998 Arendell Parrott Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel Hill John T. Hoggard 1999 Arendell Parrott Toisnot Enloe John T. Hoggard 2000 Arendell Parrott R. Max Abbott Enloe John T. Hoggard 2001 Arendell Parrott Davidson IB Grimsley Southeast Raleigh 2002 Arendell Parrott Seventy-First Grimsley Durham Academy 2003 Arendell Parrott Seventy-First Washington Durham Academy 2004 Arendell Parrott Davidson IB Raleigh Charter Durham Academy 2005 Davidson IB Jay M. Robinson Washington Raleigh Charter 2006 Davidson IB Arendell Parrott Washington East Chapel Hill 2007 Jay M. Robinson Arendell Parrott Raleigh Charter Washington 2008 Jay M. Robinson Davidson IB NCSSM Raleigh Charter 2009 Jay M. Robinson Davidson IB NCSSM Raleigh Charter 2010 Jay M. Robinson Arendell Parrott Raleigh Charter NCSSM 2011 Arendell Parrott Piedmont IB NCSSM Raleigh Charter 2012 Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson NCSSM Enloe 2013 Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Raleigh Charter Enloe 2014 Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson Enloe Raleigh Charter 2015 Piedmont IB J. M. Alexander Enloe NCSSM 2016 Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Enloe NCSSM 2017 Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage NCSSM Enloe 2018 Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Enloe Raleigh Charter 2019 Piedmont IB Wilmington NCSSM Enloe 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . 2021[a] Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Enloe NCSSM 2022 Fred J. Carnage Wilmington NCSSM Enloe
^ Competition was hosted by NC State University but held virtually. Competition [ edit ] Score is calculated by giving 1 point for a first-place finish, 2 points for a second-place finish, etc. In final events standings, (D) denotes defending champions. NCSO competitions are run in a style similar to a track meet . Each competitor has individual events that they compete in, instead of shot put and javelin , a competitor would participate in Forensics[10] and Tower Building.[11] Competitors receive individual rankings in each individual event they compete in, and at the end of the day all the individual event rankings are added together to get the total Team Score. Competitors are able to earn medals in their individual events, and teams can also win an overall trophy for their school.
Science Olympiad tournaments have four different time periods (and walk-in time periods) when events are held. Due to the number of teams at the state tournament (118 division C teams at the 2015 tournament), the events are instead divided into six time periods of 70 minutes. Most events allow teams of two students to compete (some events allow three).
Regional Tournament host sites include Campbell University ,[12] Catawba Valley Community College , Cumberland County Schools , East Carolina University , Fayetteville Technical Community College , Green Hope High School , Guilford County Schools , Lenoir Community College ,[13] Lenoir-Rhyne University , St. Andrews University , New Hanover County Schools , Raleigh Charter High School , UNC-Asheville , UNC-Charlotte , UNC-Greensboro ,[14] and UNC-Wilmington . The North Carolina State Tournament is hosted at NC State University each April.[15] The top scoring teams at the state level advance to the national competition, held every May.[16] State tournament results are seen below.[17]
2021 Competition [ edit ] Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy and Physiology Piedmont IB Hope Jay M. Robinson Mills Park Circuit Lab Davis Drive Jay M. Robinson Fred J. Carnage Smith Codebusters Piedmont IB Davis Drive Jay M. Robinson Guy B. Phillips Crime Busters Piedmont IB Wilmington Hope Triangle Day Density Lab Jay M. Robinson Davis Drive Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Digital Structures Fred J. Carnage Alston Ridge Piedmont IB Central Wilkes Disease Detectives Mills Park Metrolina Regional Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Dynamic Planet Mills Park Piedmont IB Alston Ridge Thales Academy Experimental Design Piedmont IB Wilmington Jay M. Robinson Mills Park Food Science Davis Drive Mills Park Fred J. Carnage Triangle Day Fossils Piedmont IB Wilmington Jay M. Robinson Mills Park Game On Wilmington Jay M. Robinson Piedmont IB Hope Heredity Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Oberlin Magnet Lake Norman Charter Machines Davis Drive Fred J. Carnage Mills Park Jay M. Robinson Meteorology Wilmington Davis Drive Wakefield Piedmont IB Mousetrap Vehicle Mills Park Thales Academy Lake Norman Charter Wakefield Ornithology Wilmington Voyager Academy Piedmont IB Metrolina Regional Picture This Fred J. Carnage Jay M. Robinson Voyager Academy Smith Reach for the Stars Piedmont IB David Drive Wilmington The Academy at Lincoln Road Scholar Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Jay M. Robinson Alston Ridge Water Quality Piedmont IB Alston Ridge Cornerstone Charter Guy B. Phillips Write It, Do It The Academy at Lincoln Wakefield Providence Day Voyager Academy Winning team
Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Piedmont IB (D) 85 2 Fred J. Carnage 125 3 Jay M. Robinson 158 4 Mills Park 160 5 Davis Drive 182 6 Wilmington 184 7 Smith 260 8 Metrolina Regional 265 9 Guy B. Phillips 283 10 The Academy at Lincoln 296 11 Triangle Day 308 12 Lake Norman Charter 310 13 Alston Ridge 314 14 Cornerstone Charter 343 15 Thales Academy 350 16 Hope 384 17 Oberlin Magnet 388 18 Voyager Academy 404 19 Wakefield 406 20 Community House 429 21 Central Wilkes 477 22 Woods Charter 487 23 Providence Day 493 24 Charles P. Murray 500 25 Seventy-First 511 26 Team JOCO 517 27 Roland Grise 528 28 Ayden 545 29 Foothills Community 564 30 Cannon School 573 31 French Broad River 579 32 Cleveland 620 33 Contentnea-Savannah 652 34 Woodington 661 35 Flat Rock 673
Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy and Physiology Enloe NCSSM Panther Creek Isaac Bear Astronomy NCSSM D.H. Conley Chapel Hill Enloe Chem Lab Raleigh Charter Enloe Green Hope NCSSM Circuit Lab NCSSM Enloe Chapel Hill Raleigh Charter Codebusters Enloe Apex Friendship Weddington Triangle Academy Designer Genes Enloe NCSSM D.H. Conley Green Hope Digital Structures Enloe Raleigh Charter Northside - Onslow Panther Creek Disease Detectives Panther Creek Green Level Cary Academy John T. Hoggard Dynamic Planet NCSSM Enloe John T. Hoggard Raleigh Charter Experimental Design Green Level Enloe Panther Creek Raleigh Charter Fermi Questions Triangle Academy East Chapel Hill Panther Creek Isaac Bear Forensics Enloe Pather Creek Chapel Hill Isaac Bear Fossils NCSSM Enloe Northern Guilford Middle Creek GeoLogic Mapping NCSSM Research Triangle Cardinal Gibbons Enloe Gravity Vehicle John T. Hoggard E.A. Laney Research Triangle Enloe Machines Enloe NCSSM Green Hope Chapel Hill Ornithology Middle Creek Northern Guilford Enloe Ardrey Kell Picture This Enloe East Chapel Hill NCSSM E.A. Laney Protein Modeling Green Hope Enloe Panther Creek Raleigh Charter Sounds of Music NCSSM Green Hope East Chapel Hill Raleigh Charter Water Quality Triangle Academy D.H. Conley NCSSM Enloe Write It Do It East Chapel Hill Providence Marvin Ridge Durham Academy Winning team
Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 Enloe 62 2 NCSSM (D) 119 3 Green Hope 205 4 Raleigh Charter 257 5 Panther Creek 265 6 Chapel Hill 286 7 John T. Hoggard 328 8 Isaac Bear 349 9 East Chapel Hill 378 10 Triangle Academy 381 11 Green Level 396 12 The Early College 421 13 Cary Academy 440 14 Marvin Ridge 476 15 Northern Guilford 481 16 Mallard Creek 495 17 Atkins 497 18 Ardrey Kell 499 19 E.A. Laney 523 20 Apex Friendship 526 21 Providence 563 22 Durham Academy 565 23 Woods Charter 582 24 Apex 598 25 Middle Creek 607 26 Henderson County 622 27 Greensboro Day 631 28 Weddington 634 29 Research Triangle 643 30 Thomas Jefferson 645 31 Cardinal Gibbons 655 32 Cedar Ridge 664 33 Thales Academy 680 34 Martin L. Nesbitt 689 35 Providence Day 693 36 Charlotte Catholic 743 37 The O'Neal School 743 38 Cross Creek 745 39 D.H. Conley 755 40 Holly Springs 757 41 Heritage 780 42 Topsail 782 43 Early College of Forsyth 792 44 Cary 798 45 Northside - Onslow 816 46 Eugene Ashley 818 47 Pinecrest 820 48 Franklin Academy 820 49 West Henderson 852 50 Roanoke Rapids 920 51 St. John Paul II 942 52 McDowell 944 53 Coastal Christian 965
2019 Competition [ edit ] Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Amazing Mechatronics Bull City Homeschoolers Jay M. Robinson Martin Academicians Anatomy and Physiology Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson Fred J. Carnage Davis Drive Battery Buggy Wilmington Academicians St. Michael Davis Drive Boomilever Bull City Homeschoolers Piedmont IB Wilmington Jay M. Robinson Circuit Lab West Cary DaVinci's Dragons Fred J. Carnage Davis Drive Crime Busters Arendell Parrott Piedmont IB Daniels Magnet Jay M. Robinson Density Lab Jay M. Robinson Piedmont IB Davis Drive Fred J. Carnage Disease Detectives West Cary Jay M. Robinson Mills Park Piedmont IB Duct Tape Challenge Bull City Homeschoolers Topsail Academicians Pine Lake Preparatory Dynamic Planet Wilmington Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson The Academy at Lincoln Elastic Launch Glider Polk County DaVinci's Dragons Infant of Prague Central Wilkes Experimental Design Davis Drive West Cary Mills Park Smith Fossils Piedmont IB Surf City Guy B. Phillips Jay M. Robinson Heredity Thales Academy Randolph West Cary Piedmont IB Herpetology Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson The Academy at Lincoln Moyock Meteorology West Cary Wilmington Jay M. Robinson Piedmont IB Ping Pong Parachute Wilmington Piedmont IB Fairview Fred J. Carnage Potions and Poisons Davis Drive St. Michael Randolph Fred J. Carnage Road Scholar Daniels Magnet Davis Drive Academicians Mills Park Roller Coaster Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Wilmington Bull City Homeschoolers Solar System Hope Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Smith Thermodynamics Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson Martin Randolph Water Quality Jay M. Robinson Hope Wilmington The Academy at Lincoln Write It Do It Piedmont IB West Lincoln Topsail Jay M. Robinson Winning team
Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Piedmont IB (D) 102 2 Wilmington 168 3 Jay M. Robinson 194 4 Fred J. Carnage 249 5 Davis Drive 273 6 Smith 303 7 The Academy at Lincoln 372 8 Mills Park 398 9 West Cary 427 10 Randolph 467 11 Fairview 473 12 St. Mary 487 13 Daniels Magnet 495 14 Community House 531 15 Bull City Homeschoolers 540 16 Academicians 540 17 St. Mark 544 18 Hope 550 19 Guy B. Phillips 569 20 Roland Grise 575 21 Arendell Parrott 591 22 Saint Mary Magdalene 610 23 Topsail 614 24 MCS Noble 616 25 Seventy-First 626 26 Martin 631 27 DaVinci's Dragons 639 28 First Impressions 650 29 Woods Charter 653 30 Cathedral School 664 31 St. Michael 668 32 The Epiphany School 677 33 St. John Paul II 695 34 Thales Academy 735 35 Triangle Day 743 36 Surf City 773 37 Polk County 789 38 The Oakwood School 791 39 Western Harnett 814 40 Infant of Prague 828 41 Holly Grove 858 42 Moyock 863 43 Pine Lake Preparatory 874 44 West Lincoln 882 45 Bath 884 46 Belmont 908 47 Central Wilkes 929 48 Morganton 943 49 Mill Creek 945 50 St. Peter 946 51 Millennium Charter 994 52 Ranger 1006
Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy and Physiology Enloe East Chapel Hill Raleigh Charter Jack Britt Astronomy Enloe Ardrey Kell Durham Academy NCSSM Boomilever NCSSM Raleigh Charter North Mecklenburg Henderson County Chemistry Lab Enloe Atkins Cary Academy Isaac Bear Circuit Lab NCSSM Enloe Chapel Hill Green Hope Codebusters NCSSM Durham School Enloe Apex Designer Genes Enloe North Lincoln East Chapel Hill NCSSM Disease Detectives North Mecklenburg Providence Panther Creek Triangle Academy Dynamic Planet Durham Academy NCSSM Triangle Academy Myers Park Experimental Design North Mecklenburg Raleigh Charter NCSSM Enloe Fermi Questions Ardrey Kell West Henderson John T. Hoggard NCSSM Forensics NCSSM Atkins Smoky Mountain Enloe Fossils Green Hope Science Sleuths NCSSM Enloe GeoLogic Mapping NCSSM East Chapel Hill North Mecklenburg Apex Herpetology NCSSM Enloe DaVinci's Dragons Green Hope Mission Possible Raleigh Charter Enloe Jack Britt Cardinal Gibbons Mousetrap Vehicle Chapel Hill Science Sleuths Isaac Bear NCSSM Ping Pong Parachute Northern Guilford Wood Charter East Chapel Hill Science Sleuths Protein Modeling Enloe Cardinal Gibbons North Mecklenburg Caldwell Sounds of Music Woods Charter Panther Creek Marvin Ridge East Chapel Hill Thermodynamics Enloe NCSSM Raleigh Charter John T. Hoggard Water Quality Triangle Academy Enloe NCSSM Chapel Hill Wright Stuff NCSSM North Mecklenburg Middle Creek Atkins Write It Do It Cardinal Gibbons North Mecklenburg John T. Hoggard Enloe Winning team
Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 NCSSM 143 2 Enloe (D) 144 3 Raleigh Charter 221 4 North Mecklenburg 287 5 East Chapel Hill 311 6 John T. Hoggard 389 7 Ardrey Kell 422 8 Chapel Hill 431 9 Panther Creek 456 10 Isaac Bear 470 11 Triangle Academy 475 12 Green Hope 488 13 Durham Academy 514 14 Caldwell 546 15 Woods Charter 550 16 Cardinal Gibbons 561 17 Apex 572 18 Atkins 576 19 Jack Britt 582 20 West Henderson 583 21 Cary Academy 584 22 Mallard Creek 588 23 Myers Park 593 24 Northern Guilford 599 25 Smoky Mountain 604 26 Marvin Ridge 606 27 The Epiphany School 620 28 The Early College 627 29 Science Sleuths 629 30 Durham School 633 31 DaVinci's Dragons 646 32 Junius H. Rose 651 33 E.A. Laney 674 34 D.H. Conley 688 35 Middle Creek 689 36 C.E. Jordan 726 37 Research Triangle 756 38 South Point 777 39 Henderson County 778 40 Cedar Ridge 781 41 North Lincoln 793 42 Providence 810 43 Terry Sanford 821 44 Northside - Onslow 829 45 The Oakwood School 830 46 Cross Creek 885 47 Onslow 887 48 Southern Nash 893 49 Northside - Beaufort 917 50 Massey Hill 1022
2018 Competition [ edit ] Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy and Physiology Jay M. Robinson Metrolinia Regional Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Battery Buggy Bath Wilmington Smith Woods Charter Crime Busters Roland Grise Smith St. Mary Wilmington Disease Detectives Mills Park Randolph Smith Davis Drive Duct Tape Challenge Seventy-First Fred J. Carnage Topsail Parkwood Dynamic Planet Piedmont IB Woodlawn Mills Park Jay M. Robinson Ecology Hope Piedmont IB Davis Drive Sun Valley Experimental Design Smith Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Mills Park Fast Facts Mills Park Fred J. Carnage Piedmont IB Davis Drive Herpetology Mills Park St. Mary MCS Noble Guy B. Phillips Hovercraft Piedmont IB Wilmington Thomas Jefferson St. Mary Meteorology Wilmington Fred J. Carnage Roland Grise Woodlawn Microbe Mission Daniels Magnet Davis Drive Jay M. Robinson Wilmington Optics Jay M. Robinson Piedmont IB DaVinci's Dragons Parkwood Ping Pong Parachute Piedmont IB Guy B. Phillips Randolph Science Hounds Potions and Poisons Davis Drive Mills Park Woodlawn Wilmington Road Scholar Fred J. Carnage Woodlawn Science Hounds Smith Rocks and Minerals Piedmont IB St. Mary Davis Drive Fairview Roller Coaster Wilmington The Exploris School Mills Park Jay M. Robinson Solar System Wilmington Davis Drive Mills Park Smith Thermodynamics Davis Drive Randolph Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson Towers Piedmont IB Bull City Homeschoolers Wilmington Science Hounds Wright Stuff Piedmont IB Thomas Jefferson Murray Polk County Write It Do It Mills Park St. Michael Triangle Academy Smith Winning team
Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Piedmont IB (D) 146 2 Fred J. Carnage 194 3 Wilmington 245 4 Mills Park 272 5 Smith 273 6 Davis Drive 285 7 Jay M. Robinson 335 8 Metrolinia Regional 421 9 Woodlawn 424 10 Guy B. Phillips 484 11 St. Mary 500 12 Thomas Jefferson 527 13 Randolph 541 14 Daniels Magnet 557 15 MCS Noble 558 16 Triangle Academy 560 17 The Epiphany School 565 18 Hope 587 19 Holly Grove 598 20 Charlotte Country Day 602 21 St. Michael 607 22 Roland Grise 619 23 Bull City Homeschoolers 627 24 St. John Paul II 655 25 Durham Academy 661 26 Parkwood 663 27 Wakefield 667 28 Science Hounds 683 29 Fairview 686 30 Topsail 699 31 Seventy-First 710 32 Thales Academy 724 33 The Exploris School 729 34 Cathedral School 741 35 The Oakwood School 743 36 DaVinci's Dragons 758 37 Woods Charter 759 38 Murray 762 39 The O'Neal School 772 40 Arendell Parrott 796 41 Polk County 800 42 Voyager Academy 803 43 Cornerstone Charter 812 44 Bath 819 45 Pine Forest 830 46 Sun Valley 852 47 Mill Creek 868 48 St. Peter 914 49 North Davie 919 50 STORM 936 51 Martins Creek 936 52 NCLA 1006
Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Amazing Mechatronics The Early College West Henderson Carrboro Raleigh Charter Anatomy and Physiology Enloe Green Hope Athens Drive NCSSM Astronomy Enloe Raleigh Charter East Chapel Hill Durham Academy Chemistry Lab Enloe Green Hope NCSSM Ardrey Kell Codebusters NCSSM Enloe Durham School Cardinal Gibbons Disease Detectives Raleigh Charter North Mecklenburg Enloe Ardrey Kell Dynamic Planet Enloe Isaac Bear John T. Hoggard E.A. Laney Ecology East Chapel Hill Durham School Ardrey Kell Green Hope Experimental Design North Mecklenburg NCSSM Enloe Apex Forensics Enloe Ardrey Kell Providence Cardinal Gibbons Helicopters Enloe North Mecklenburg Smoky Mountain Raleigh Charter Herpetology Enloe Green Hope Caldwell DaVinci's Dragons Hovercraft NCSSM DaVinci's Dragons North Mecklenburg John T. Hoggard Materials Science Enloe Ardrey Kell North Mecklenburg NCSSM Microbe Mission Raleigh Charter Enloe NCSSM Ardrey Kell Mission Possible Enloe Jack Britt Raleigh Charter North Mecklenburg Mousetrap Vehicle E.A. Laney Isaac Bear Enloe NCSSM Optics NCSSM Enloe East Chapel Hill Providence Ping Pong Parachute Raleigh Charter North Mecklenburg Chapel Hill Ardrey Kell Remote Sensing Enloe Raleigh Charter Ardrey Kell North Mecklenburg Rocks and Minerals NCSSM Enloe North Mecklenburg E.A. Laney Thermodynamics Enloe West Henderson Green Hope NCSSM Towers Myers Park North Mecklenburg Chapel Hill Ardrey Kell Write It Do It Northern Guilford Raleigh Charter Apex Athens Drive Winning team
Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 Enloe 86 2 Raleigh Charter 222 3 NCSSM (D) 247 4 North Mecklenburg 248 5 Ardrey Kell 303 6 John T. Hoggard 318 7 Cardinal Gibbons 390 8 Green Hope 419 9 East Chapel Hill 443 10 Atkins 459 11 Apex 461 12 Myers Park 465 13 Jack Britt 496 14 Isaac Bear 510 15 E.A. Laney 514 16 Marvin Ridge 521 17 Chapel Hill 539 18 Smokey Mountain 542 19 Northern Guilford 554 20 Durham Academy 570 21 West Henderson 573 22 Providence 580 23 Wake 586 24 The Early College 597 25 Woods Charter 610 26 Panther Creek 615 27 Athens Drive 654 28 DaVinci's Dragons 665 29 St. Stephens 666 30 Durham School 683 31 The Epiphany School 684 32 Northwood 685 33 Eugene Ashley 688 34 North Lincoln 693 35 Polk County 718 36 Carrboro 727 37 Henderson County 736 38 Cedar Ridge 749 39 Caldwell 772 40 Pine Lake Preparatory 795 41 Northside 797 42 Terry Sanford 802 43 Junius H. Rose 818 44 Currituck County 859 45 Cross Creek 878 46 Cape Hatteras 898 47 Cape Fear 981 48 Harrells Christian 1018 49 Clinton 1032 50 Discovery 1057 51 Roanoke Rapids 1099
2017 Competition [ edit ] Division B – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Anatomy and Physiology Seventy-First Jay M. Robinson Piedmont IB Davis Drive Bottle Rocket Wilmington Piedmont IB Belmont Jay M. Robinson Crime Busters Piedmont IB Fairview Davis Drive Fred J. Carnage Disease Detectives Piedmont IB J.M. Alexander Woods Charter St. Mary Duct Tape Challenge Myrtle Grove Murray Woodlawn Arendell Parrott Dynamic Planet Randolph Piedmont IB Woodlawn Guy B. Phillips Ecology Fred J. Carnage St. Mary Piedmont IB Fairview Experimental Design Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage J.M. Alexander Community House Fast Facts Piedmont IB Fred J. Carnage Jay M. Robinson Community House Food Science Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson Smith Thales Academy Hovercraft Piedmont IB Cathedral School R. Max Abbott Fairview Invasive Species Fred J. Carnage Jay M. Robinson Piedmont IB J.M. Alexander Meteorology MCS Noble Apex Woodlawn Jay M. Robinson Microbe Mission Fred J. Carnage Randolph The Oakwood School Seventy-First Mission Possible Piedmont IB Wilmington Fred J. Carnage Jay M. Robinson Optics Jay M. Robinson Mills Park Piedmont IB Fairview Reach for the Stars Randolph Jay M. Robinson Mount Mourne Piedmont IB Road Scholar Guy B. Phillips Piedmont IB Smith Fred J. Carnage Rocks and Minerals Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson St. Mary Parkwood Scrambler Wilmington Eno River Fairview Woodlawn Towers Piedmont IB Jay M. Robinson Wilmington Smith Wind Power Piedmont IB Randolph Jay M. Robinson Fairview Wright Stuff Piedmont IB Mount Mourne Mill Creek Murray Write It Do It Wilmington Piedmont IB Mills Park MCS Noble Winning team
Division B – final standings Position Team Score 1 Piedmont IB (D) 106 2 Fred J. Carnage 195 3 Jay M. Robinson 223 4 Wilmington 231 5 Fairview 333 6 Mills Park 353 7 Guy B. Phillips 407 8 Smith 447 9 Jay M. Alexander 450 10 MCS Noble 456 11 Woodlawn 482 12 St. Mary 525 13 Randolph 535 14 Daniels Magnet 540 15 Triangle Academy 548 16 Woods Charter 558 17 Community House 559 18 Seventy-First 567 19 Arendell Parrott 572 20 Davis Drive 573 21 Thales Academy 575 22 Myrtle Grove 587 23 Apex 601 24 The Oakwood School 611 25 Mount Mourne 613 26 Cathedral School 627 27 Parkwood 638 28 Murray 644 29 Heritage 663 30 Cardinal Charter 680 31 Bull City Homeschoolers 681 32 The Epiphany School 692 33 Eno River 696 34 Voyager Academy 701 35 Polk County 706 36 Hope 713 37 Harry M. Arndt 723 38 Roland Grise 729 39 Thomas Jefferson 732 40 Sun Valley 768 41 Belmont 775 42 Cornerstone Charter 781 43 The O'Neal School 796 44 Holly Ridge 836 45 Avery 839 46 Mill Creek 843 47 R. Max Abbott 848 48 Central Wilkes 926 49 Cape Hatteras 961 50 Martins Creek 974
Division C – event placement Event First Place Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Amazing Mechatronics Smokey Mountain Enloe Raleigh Charter Discovery Anatomy and Physiology Enloe Ardrey Kell Durham Academy Raleigh Charter Astronomy Enloe NCSSM Apex East Chapel Hill Bottle Rocket Mallard Creek Ardrey Kell Northern Guilford North Mecklenburg Chemistry Lab Ardrey Kell E.A. Laney Enloe Jack Britt Codebusters NCSSM Pinecrest Northwood Jack Britt Disease Detectives NCSSM Panther Creek Apex Durham Academy Duct Tape Challenge Enloe E.A. Laney NCSSM North Mecklenburg Dynamic Planet NCSSM Cape Fear Cardinal Gibbons Enloe Ecology NCSSM North Mecklenburg Atkins West Johnston Electric Vehicle Discovery Ardrey Kell Northern Guilford Wake Early College Experimental Design NCSSM Enloe Apex North Mecklenburg Forensics Enloe Ardrey Kell Cardinal Gibbons Raleigh Charter Helicopters North Mecklenburg Enloe Pinecrest Raleigh Charter Hovercraft Chapel Hill NCSSM Isaac Bear John T. Hoggard Invasive Species North Mecklenburg Ardrey Kell Northern Guilford Enloe Materials Science NCSSM Croatan Smokey Mountain Enloe Microbe Mission Enloe Raleigh Charter Marvin Ridge NCSSM Optics NCSSM Enloe Voyager Academy Panther Creek Remote Sensing Enloe North Mecklenburg NCSSM Raleigh Charter Rocks and Minerals Enloe Ardrey Kell E.A. Laney NCSSM Towers North Mecklenburg NCSSM Myers Park Wake Early College Wind Power North Mecklenburg Raleigh Charter Smokey Mountain Mallard Creek Write It Do It Panther Creek Cape Fear North Mecklenburg D.H. Conley Winning team
Division C – final standings Position Team Score 1 NCSSM 187 2 Enloe (D) 196 3 North Mecklenburg 237 4 Ardrey Kell 297 5 Raleigh Charter 348 6 Cardinal Gibbons 379 7 John T. Hoggard 395 8 Northern Guilford 409 9 East Chapel Hill 418 10 Smokey Mountain 443 11 Durham Academy 451 12 Isaac Bear 461 13 Panther Creek 472 14 Pinecrest 489 15 Jack Britt 495 16 Northwood 504 17 Mallard Creek 515 18 Chapel Hill 515 19 Marvin Ridge 515 20 Apex 518 21 Wake Early College 567 22 E.A. Laney 593 23 Croatan 601 24 Cape Fear 623 25 Myers Park 644 26 Northern Guilford 645 27 The Early College 645 28 Atkins 657 29 McDowell 662 30 Voyager Academy 664 31 Polk County 671 32 Terry Sanford 683 33 Durham School 701 34 West Henderson 702 35 Discovery 715 36 West Johnston 728 37 Eugene Ashley 728 38 Junius H. Rose 739 39 Middle Creek 741 40 Northside (C16) 798 41 Pine Lake Preparatory 804 42 Millennium Charter 817 43 D.H. Conley 821 44 Harrells Christian 826 45 Northside (C46) 845 46 Fred T. Foard 848 47 The Oakwood School 868 48 Cape Hatteras 870 49 West Craven 999
The competitive events[18] of NCSO align with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study[19] as well as the National Science Education Standards . The events are designed to enhance and strengthen both science content and process skills. Every year NCSO replaces some of the events issued by the National Science Olympiad organization[20] with events that are of local interest to North Carolina.[21] The 18 elementary, 23 middle, and 23 high school events for each competitive year are announced in early Fall. This is followed by a series of workshops as competitors prepare for their events.[22] [23] Tournaments take place in the Spring, starting with school wide and Regional tournaments, advancing through State and National Tournaments.[24] [25] In the Summer camps are offered across North Carolina.
The 64 events of NCSO range from engineering events like Mystery Architecture, Towers and Helicopters to content events such as Microbe Mission, Forensics, and Ecology. The events change each year as new topics are rotated in and old topics rotate out, to ensure every part of curriculum is covered.
Participation [ edit ] In 2011, more than 600 K–12 schools representing over 10,000 students and 65 counties in North Carolina participated in North Carolina Science Olympiad activities.
Teams may be organized by any charter school, home school group, private or public school. Schools may have as many teams as they wish, the first team from a school is considered the Varsity team and all other teams are Junior Varsity teams. Teams are overseen by a coach.
Divisions [ edit ] Division A2 encompasses grades 3–6, Division B involves grades 6–9, and Division C involves grades 9–12. Teams at all three levels consist of eighteen competitors each in North Carolina.
The National tournament team consists of up to fifteen competitors.
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