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North Carolina Science Olympiad

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Have you ever been in a science competition before? Well, I have for many years now since I was in the sixth grade. For some reason I always had a thing for science, even though I don’t like all the things in science is my favorite subject. North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO) is an organization that allows children from kindergarten to twelfth grade, to compete with each other in science competitions. Every year there are competitions at colleges in North Carolina, the competition includes many things in the science field. The competitions are in different county’s for regional, after regionals you go to states where there are students from all parts of North Carolina, then after that is nationals where its student all of the United States. …show more content…

Looking at a bottle rocket looks like it is easy to build but there’re steps before you even start to build. There is a process that helps when engineers use to do things, and it helps with North Carolina Science Olympiad, this process is called the Engineering Process. The Engineering Process includes Ask (identify the need and constraints), Research (research the problem), Develop (develop solutions), Plan (plan a solution), Create (Design to build), Test, and Evaluate (improve redesign as needed). When trying to building something whether you are in the competition or not you should flow those steps you will be successful in North Carolina Science Olympiad competition when competing against the other …show more content…

The math focuses more on the figuring out angles triangles it has a lot of Pre Cal in it. Dealing with the Unit Circle, and has some physics in it. Finding the mass, volume, solving for potential energy and kinetic energy. Just about in every event there is some type of math problem. The math also helps with the Engineering Process when deciding how much or how long something needs to be Engineering and Math comes together. An example that math is used a lot in one of the events is Chemistry the math part that I have seen frequently asked questions is balancing chemical equations which isn’t very hard but sometimes they equations can get very

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