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Livingston Students Place at Science Olympiad
Teams consisting of middle- and high-schoolers will go on to state competition.
Students from and placed in the regional qualifier of the New Jersey Institute of Technology Science Olympiad last weekend.
The middle school team, coached by Dr. Jennifer Wirt, took 4th place. Of the two high school teams, Team 1 took 4th place and Team 2 took 3rd place.
“Based on these results, we have been invited to bring one team each to the state tournament in March,” said , who coaches the high school teams.
The students competed in 13 different events and received medals for placing in these individual events. The combined total of individual places determined the overall ranking for the collective team. This is the fourth year the Livingston teams have been competing.
Some of the events at the competition include Tower, where students construct the lightest, tallest wooden tower that can hold 15 kilograms of mass placed on it.
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In "Sounds of Music," students build two musical instruments to certain specifications and play two pieces of music, then they get questioned orally about the science of instruments.
“The students meet afterschool twice weekly, and many come in before school every day,” said Walsh. “The camaraderie is high and the sound and sight of a classroom filled with students talking about science is incredible to experience.”
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One student, 11th-grader Alex Nie said, "It's a healthy exploration of science through competition. Very fun!"
The following are students who won individual event medals for 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th place, out of 20 competing teams.
C Team1 (11th-12th grade): Overall team 4th place
Justine Jang (4th-Astronomy; 3rd-Towers)
Kris Kania (3rd-Epidemiology)
Nathan Miniovich (3rd-Optics)
Alex Nie (1st-Thermodynamics; 3rd-Experimental Design)
Christina Qiu (3rd-Experimental Design)
Patrick Xia (1st-Thermodynamics; 3rd-Optics)
Sam Yang (4th-Write It Do It)
Peter Yao (3rd-Tower; 3rd-Experimental Design)
Eric Yu (4th-Write It Do It)
Amy Zhang (3rd-Epidemiology)
C Team 2 (9th-11th grade): Overall team 3rd place
Jason Cai (3rd-Write It Do It)
Larry Chen (2nd Tower; 3rd-Write It Do It)
Puja Deshpande (4th-Experimental Design)
Amanda Glatt (4th-Rocks and Minerals)
Shira Li (4th-Optics)
Aria Soltani (4th-Optics; 4th-Experimental Design; 4th-Rocks and Minerals)
Royce Tjin (2nd-Tower)
Amy Xu (4th-Experimental Design)
B Team (middle school):
Albert Chalom (2nd - Mission Possible, 2nd-Write it, Do it)
Nathan Chow (4th-Optics, 2nd-Write it, Do it)
Jessica Yang (2nd- Anatomy)
Evan Zou (4th- Optics)
