Help Kent, Ottawa & Muskegon County schools share the excitement and successes that have been experienced at Science Olympiad tournaments all across the country by supporting the Region 12 tournament.

For almost 40 years, Science Olympiad (SO) has led a revolution in science education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is now one of the premier science competitions in the nation, providing rigorous, standards-based challenges to nearly 7,000 teams in 50 states.

The Science Olympiad is an academic, interscholastic competition designed to increase interest and achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.

Stormchaser Reed Timmer and Ph.D. student Pablo Trefftz Posada speak about how their Science Olympiad experience impacted their current careers.  Click on the links to the right!

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Pablo's Story of his journey to aerospace engineering