Engineering and Science Olympics puts students’ STEM skills to the test
Let the games begin. High school students and undergraduate leaders gathered in front of the John Hodgins Engineering Building Thursday morning for the opening ceremonies of the Engineering & Science Olympics. Events will be running all day on campus.
Students from 64 high schools from across the province are on campus today, testing their science and math skills at the 24th annual McMaster Engineering & Science Olympics.
More than 1,400 high school students and teachers from as far as Windsor, Goderich, Alliston, Midland and Manitoulin Island are vying for more than $20,000 in McMaster student awards.
The students are competing in events with names such as chemical forensics, mini-car jump, biotechnology to the rescue, egg high jump, physics paper triathlon and mechanical transporter.
Visiting students are also taking part in design challenges, interactive demonstrations, lectures, tours and planetarium shows. Guests are spending the day rubbing elbows with Engineering and Science faculty and undergraduate students, as they take on their worthy competitors.
High school teachers will be put to the test in the main tent near the John Hodgins Engineering Building, where during their lunch hour they can win up to $7,000 in tuition awards for their students.
Events are taking place throughout the day at various locations on campus. Awards will be announced at 3:45 p.m.
