Purdue News

February 20, 1998

200 to compete in Science Olympiad at Purdue

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- More than 200 Indiana high school and middle school students will visit Purdue University to compete in the eighth annual Science Olympiad Regional on Saturday, Feb. 28.

Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry is the headquarters for the competition. Events will range from a naked egg drop to a pentathlon.

All 43 events will be run in Olympic competition style. First-, second- and third-place individual winners will go on to Indiana University in Bloomington on March 28 to compete for the state title against winners from seven other regional contests. The school with the most points in the individual competitions will be crowned as the regional champion.

Eight high schools and seven middle schools will participate in the day's events at Purdue. The high schools are Attica, Carmel, LaPorte, Marian Mishawaka, McCutcheon, North Central Indianapolis, South Vermillion and Tri-County. The middle schools are Brownsburg, Carmel, Southwestern, Wainwright, Winamac, Zionsville and Attica.

The events begin at 8:30 a.m. All are open to the public. Among them are:

Bridge Building. 8:30 a.m. Brown Laboratory of Chemistry. Participants will challenge their abilities to suspend as much weight from the device as possible.
Bottle Rocket Contest. 11 a.m., Memorial Mall. Students will launch a rocket made of a plastic liter bottle into the air. The rocket with the most air time wins.
Naked Egg Drop. 1:30 p.m. Location yet to be determined. Students will attempt to drop an egg to the floor without it breaking.

CONTACT: Isodore Julien, Department of Biological Sciences outreach coordinator, (765) 494-4983; e-mail, ijulien@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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