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Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:10 pm
by The Eviscerator
Nationals was fun, but kind of disappointing because I only got one medal.
I medaled in Protein Modeling (4th). My other events were Remote Sensing (8th), Dynamic Planet (11th), Disease Detectives (12th), and Write It Do It (47th)
Our team got 20th, which is okay I guess........
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 12:57 pm
by ILoveEgretsClub
we got 7th this year! and as a 7th grader i got a meddalllll.
so pumped for next year's events.. goodbye powders, HELLO FOOD SCIENCE.
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:15 pm
by RespectTheBlade
I thoguht the opening ceremonis were really cool, especially the demonstration with the tube of gas being lit. I've been trying to find something out, though. Does anyone know what reaction caused the blue light and sound that came out from the tube when they lit it?
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:18 pm
by Infinity Flat
RespectTheBlade wrote:I thoguht the opening ceremonis were really cool, especially the demonstration with the tube of gas being lit. I've been trying to find something out, though. Does anyone know what reaction caused the blue light and sound that came out from the tube when they lit it?
From what I gathered, the blue light was just the combustion of the gas they filled the tube with, and the sound was due to the movement of air through the tube caused by the heat released.
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:20 pm
by RespectTheBlade
Infinity Flat wrote:RespectTheBlade wrote:I thoguht the opening ceremonis were really cool, especially the demonstration with the tube of gas being lit. I've been trying to find something out, though. Does anyone know what reaction caused the blue light and sound that came out from the tube when they lit it?
From what I gathered, the blue light was just the combustion of the gas they filled the tube with, and the sound was due to the movement of air through the tube caused by the heat released.
That's what I thought, but I didn't know exactly what gas they filled the tube with. My first thought was methane, but I believe that gives of a more orange light when lit.
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 1:57 pm
by fishman100
Everything was awesome except Bottle Rocket.
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 2:34 pm
by ILoveEgretsClub
fishman100 wrote:Everything was awesome except Bottle Rocket.
AND THE ROADSCHOLAR TEST HOLY BUTTERFLY.
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:47 pm
by Luo
Our team got 15th, which was way better than we expected. It was the highest placing that our school has gotten in the 5 years we've made Nationals, and our team was overjoyed. My events didn't go as well as I hoped.
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 5:53 pm
by fishman100
ILoveEgretsClub wrote:fishman100 wrote:Everything was awesome except Bottle Rocket.
AND THE ROADSCHOLAR TEST HOLY BUTTERFLY.
OMG AGREED!
Longest/hardest RS test I've ever seen/taken. O.O
Re: How was Nationals?
Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:00 pm
by 808girl
This is our first science olympiad team ever!
So whatever place we got, we were just happy that we beat Hawaii's previous rankings by 13+ places....
However, we were almost blown away by the testing events...everything was much harder than expected (except for chem lab apparently...)
Next year, we'll definitely be more prepared though....
Also, U of Wisconsin campus was amazing!