Ingenuity Unleashed: Exploring the Science and Engineering Skills of the Future at Texas Science Olympiad

On Friday, the Brazos County Expo Complex in Bryan will host build/design-themed events open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. These events will showcase students’ creativity and ingenuity as they design and build structures that can withstand heavy loads. The competition is part of the Texas Science Olympiad, a rigorous academic contest covering a variety of science, engineering, and technology topics.

On Saturday, the laboratory and knowledge-based competitions will take place on the Texas A&M campus, but they are restricted to participants only. Each competing school can enter one team of 15 students in either Division B (grades 6-9) or Division C (grades 9-12). Over the two-day competition, students will showcase their skills by constructing the longest-flying gliders, tallest towers, most efficient boom and battery-powered cars, launching indoor bottle rockets, detecting diseases, and discerning potions and poisons.

The competition will conclude with an awards ceremony on Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m., held in Texas A&M’s Rudder Auditorium. Nearly 200 Texas A&M and Blinn College faculty, staff, and students along with local coordinators from the Brazos Valley will be present to set up and judge the 56 events of the competition. Additionally, organizers and judges from NASA along with business and industrial representatives from Houston and Austin communities are volunteering their expertise to make this event a success.