March 13, 2024
Rutherford County Schools
Teams from Smyrna Middle, Siegel Middle and Central Magnet schools competed in the regional Science Olympiad held Feb. 17 at MTSU.
At Science Olympiad, elementary, middle, and high school students can compete in 23 total events that span biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and inquiry.
Smyrna Middle and Central Magnet teams will proceed to the state-level event, which takes place in Knoxville in April.
Here is how each team placed:
Siegel Middle
Third Place: Wheeled Vehicle, Roller Coaster, Reach for the Stars, Fossils
Fourth Place: Tower, Can't Judge a Powder
Fifth Place: Disease Detectives
Sixth Place: Forestry, Road Scholar, Flight, Meteorology
Smyrna Middle
First Place: Flight
Second Place: Roller Coaster and Reach for the Stars
Fourth Place: Wind Power, Wheeled Vehicle, Meteorology, Crimebusters, and Codebusters
Sixth Place: Write it Do It and Tower Building
Central Magnet School
Central was awarded third place overall.
First Place: Crime Busters, Ecology, Fast Facts, Fossils, Meteorology and Microbe Mission
Second Place: Road Scholar
Third Place: Code Busters, Disease Detectives, Dynamic Planet,
Fourth Place: Flight
Fifth Place: Can't Judge a Powder, Air Trajectory, Experimental Design, Tower, Wind Power