Intro to Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad is a nationwide stem competition program spread out across all major disciplines of science and technology. Students get the chance to participate in a maximum of 5 out of 23 events. These events vary between study, build, lab, and hybrid (study + lab).  Students spend 6 months learning and building, after which they compete with other teams in a friendly and engaging competition. Students can earn medals in their own events, while also contributing to the larger 15 student team to move on to the next level of competition. Science Olympiad is fun, engaging, and creates long-lasting bonds as students explore the world of science and beyond! 

The events for the 2026-2027 season are listed below.

Anatomy & Physiology

Disease Detectives

Botony

Heredity

Water Quality

Dynamic Planet

Meteorology

Remote Sensing

Rocks and Minerals

Solar System

Circuit Lab

Crime Busters

Food Science

Hovercraft

Potions and Poisons

Boomilever

Elastic-Launched Glider

Mission Possible

Scrambler

Codebusters

Experimental Design

Ping-Pong Parachute

Write It Do It

For the rules and more information on these events, please follow this link: 2027 event info 

Yes! Students can and are encouraged to participate in other clubs, teams, and extracurriculars, however, Science Olympiad is a time commitment. You will need to practice with your team for your events each week, so having a lot of other obligations it may be harder to commit to Science Olympiad. Event coaching sessions are based first and foremost on coach availability, so if you have other commitments during the coaching for an event you want you may not be able to compete in that event.

The time commitment for this club is quite flexible. Students usually have 1-2 early morning or after school practices, with a two hour long practice for builds and some other events on Thursdays from 6-8. Students will be placed into events based on their interest and schedule availability. Event practices will be scheduled based on coach availability, so students may not be able to participate in an event if their schedule doesn't allow for it. 

All events in Science Olympiad, are restricted based off of their competition times. A student cannot participate in two events from the same time block cluster, as events in each grouping compete at the same time. The time block clusters are as follows:

Group 1

Codebusters

Disease Detectives

Remote Sensing

Group 2

Water Quality

Experimental Design

Solar System

Group 3

Botany

Meteorology

Group 4

Circuit Lab

Dynamic Planet

Food Science

Group 5

Heredity

Rocks and Minerals

Thermodynamics

Group 6

Anatomy and Physiology

Crime Busters

Write It Do It

Group 7

Boomilever

Elastic-Launched Glider

Hovercraft

Ping-Pong Parachute

Roller Coaster

Scrambler

Head Coach: Karly Blumberg - kablumberg@psdschools.org

Assistant Coach: Jenny Bates - jbates@psdschools.org 

Event Coaches emails can be found under the "Events" tab at the top of the page.

Kinard Science Olympiad usually competes in two competitions, the first being the regional competition at Fossil Ridge High School (March 6th, 2027), and the second being the state competition for qualifying teams at UCCS in Colorado Springs (March 26th, 2027). These competitions are fun, engaging, full day tournaments, where students will compete in their different events for a chance to win medals and help the team advance to the next level of competition.

Each school is only allowed two teams to advance to the State competition. This means a maxiumum of 30 students are able to travel to the state competition. All teams participate in the regional tournament. 

Teams will be decided off of student commitment, skill, and dedication, as well as event availability.  Event coaches may sometimes give tests or quizzes to students to give Ms. Blumberg input on final team selection. It is the hope to have teams finalized by winter break!

We do our best to get everyone at least one of their top choice events, however it is not always possible to assign everyone all the events they want. You are always welcome to attend event practices you are not a part of if you want to learn more about it, and for 6th and 7th graders we take that into consideration for the next years event selection!

The ELO is optional but highly recommended. To join, indicate interest in the Science Olympiad Enrichment ELO form. It if not required to be in the Science Olympiad ELO to participate in the club. Students in Science Olympiad Enrichment may have a higher precedence for their chosen events.

Science Nights take place on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. Here build events are coached in the tech and woodshop room (510).

There should be little to no homework outside of event coaching sessions and Science Night, however if students feel inclined to study their event on their own time they are encouraged to do so. The more time you put in the better prepared you will be for competition!

A $125 fee is required to help pay for transportation, food, a Science Olympiad T-shirt, and other expenses that are necessary for running the club. You can pay via SchoolPay or a check (made out to Kinard Middle School).