Jacobs science team competes at state tourney

The Jacobs High School Science Olympiad team placed sixth in division A at the state tournament for the Illinois Science Olympiad at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign April 16.

The ISO Team members include: Isabel Bernardi, Maggie Corbett, Kevin Derby, Sofia Gjata, Kelly Hartigan, Austin Nguyen, Ewa Oszajec, Kailash Panchapakesan, Thea Robinson, Parth Shah, David Schillmoeller, Rachel Schillmoeller, Nick Voss and Karen Wu.

Individual events earned were: first place, Experimental Design, Sofia Giata, Nick Voss, and Austin Nguyen; second place Dynamic Planet, Kevin Derby and Kelly Hartigan; second place, Wright Stuff, Kevin Derby and Thea Robinson; third place, It's about Time, Karen Wu and Austin Nyugen; fourth place, Fossils, Ewa Oszajec and Karen Wu; and fifth place, Bridge Building, Isabel Bernardi and Kevin Derby.

Illinois Science Olympiad is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers.

These goals are accomplished through classroom activities, research, training workshops and the encouragement of intramural, district, regional, state and national tournaments.

Tournaments are rigorous academic interscholastic competitions that consist of a series of team events, which students prepare for during the year.

These challenging and motivational events are well balanced between the various science disciplines of biology, earth science, chemistry, physics and technology. There is also a balance between events requiring knowledge of science concepts, process skills and science applications. Visit www.illinois olympiad.org.