Kent County STEM Students Show Their Stuff at Hopkins

Kent County STEM students traveled to Johns Hopkins University on April 23, 2016 to compete in the Maryland Science Olympiad State competition. The Maryland Science Olympiad is a “hands-on” K-12 science competition that focuses on science, technology, and engineering.

The team, composed of 15 7th and 8th graders competed in 23 science related events. These events included building machines that launched ping pong balls and Rube Goldberg devices to subjects like anatomy and food science. The team placed in 18 out of the 23 events and came in 2nd place overall in their division! This accomplishment comes on the heals of a 4th place win at the Regional Maryland Science Olympiad Tournament held at the University of Maryland, College Park on February 20th. Below is a list of events the students medaled in.

Crave the Wave — 5th place — Jakob Jones and Shane Saunders

Bio-Process Lab — 5th place — Andrew Smith and Hannah Doby

Green Generation — 5th place — Delaney McCreary and Hannah Doby

Elastic Launch Glider — 4th place — Mayowa Taiwo and Ally Hickman

Wind Power — 4th place — Mira Hitzges and Mallory Helfenbein

Bottle Rockets — 4th place — Adam MacLeod and Shane Saunders

Read for the Stars — 4th place — Hannah Doby and Andrew Smith

Fossils — 4th place — Mayowa Taiwo and Shane Saunders

Air Trajectory — 3rd place — Adam MacLeod and Shane Saunders

Meteorology — 3rd place — Hannah Doby and Andrew Smith

Dynamic Planet — 3rd place — Adam MacLeod and Shane Saunders

Write it, Do it — 3rd place — Jakob Jones and Delaney McCreary

Disease Detective — 3rd place — Jillian Orr and Olivia Galgalaski

Anatomy & physiology — 2nd place — Mira Hitzges and Mallory Helfenbein

Food Science — 1st place — Jillian Orr  and Olivia Galgalski

Mission Possible — 1st place — Brianna Pinder and Emily Spencer

Picture This — 1st place — Brianna Pinder and Mallory Helfenbein

Invasive Species — 1st place — Brianna Pinder and Emily Spencer

Back Row L to R: Coaches Melissa MacLeod, Coach Christine Clark, Coach Katie

Hughes, Olivia Gagalski, Alexis Langenfelder, Hannah Doby, Ally Hickman, Michael

Nickerson

Middle Row L to R: Katie Stecklair, Logan Carroll, Audrey Betley, Shane Saunders,

Mallory Helfenbein, Jillian Orr, Emily Spencer, Abby Collins, Delaney McCreary,

Emiliana Gerson,

Bottom Row L to R: Brandon Myers, Andrew Smith, Jonathon Williams, Jakob Jones,

Brianna Pinder, Mira Hitzges, Mayowa Taiwo, Adam Macleod, Ryan Argo