User:BlueVireo

Aka Jasmine. BlueVireo is a member of Stoller Legends science olympiad team from Stoller Middle in the 2022-23 season.

6th grade (2021-22)

BlueVireo got into Team B (3 teams total, Team A is the best team) and didn't do very well in the invitationals. But she got 1 gold and 3 bronzes in the Oregon Science Olympiad and beat Team A in ornithology!

7th grade (2022-23)

BlueVireo got into Team A! She did very well (although not as well as Sierra Vista or Kennedy or the schools that's better than Stoller) and got a medal in every invitational except GA Scrimmage (total around 15 invitationals). Actually BlueVireo didn't do as well in NatSO, her best event was RM with a tenth place finish. Her team got 25th overall...so maybe 10th place is ok (relatively ok).

Events!

Really just ordered from favorite to least favorite and ranting about experience.

Rocks and Minerals

At first BlueVireo thought RM was ok (3rd in state--6th grade) then in 7th grade she suddenly was very good at it and started to appreciate the complexity and simplicity of the event. (Does that make sense? BlueVireo hopes it does). Anyways she could have gotten at least a 6th place in Nationals 2023...if she hadn't marveled at the inhumanly excellent effects of calcite birefringence (she tested it on a piece of paper that says "STATION 8") and if her partner didn't spend 30 secs smelling sulfur.

Ornithology

Ornith is a good event, BlueVireo did it in 6th grade but was SO SAD when it disappeared in 2022-23. Forestry is ok, she got more medals in forestry than ornith, but still ornith is better :)

Forestry

Honestly trees are just more boring than birds. They are not as pleasing to look at. Nats 2023 forestry was really bad (2.6 mins per station, INCLUDING MOVING AROUND TO THE NEXT STATION, 5-12 questions per station). Might do forestry again next year.

Solar System

Solar System was ok. Won't go into details.

Sounds of Music

BlueVireo's partner was very bad and didn't do anything as well as the coach, so she had to carry the entire event by herself and got 39th in nats and 1st in state.