Welcome to the official site of the Georgia Elementary Science Olympiad. Kennesaw State University is proud to host the largest Elementary (grades 3-6) Science Olympiad State Tournament in the United States.  This year, the tournament will be held on Saturday, May 15th on the KSU campus.  Last year, a record 58 teams competed and Kedron Elementary from Peachtree CIty won our friendly state competition, followed closely by Euharlee and Sedalia Park Elementary who finished second and third respectively.  The event was again highlighted by  performances from Ron Anglin, the Physics Juggler, and the award winning Kell High School Robotics Team. We expect that this year's event will be bigger and better than ever and, once again, we hope it will be a wonderful demonstration of students' collaborating and working together to solve a wide range of scientific problems.  

   Kedron Elementary

2009 Georgia Science Olympiad Champs

For those of you who are not familiar with the Elementary Science Olympiad (ESO), it is an inquiry-based, hands-on program that covers earth, life, and physical science topics.  It also incorporates both engineering and technological principles in a meaningful and relevant manner.  In addition, the Science Olympiad provides our students with a variety of highly engaging activities that naturally generate interest, enthusiasm, and passion for scientific exploration.  We encourage you and your school to form an Olympiad team and enter this friendly competition.   

The Science Olympiad is a collaborative team activity and each of the 18 events is designed for two children working as a dynamic team.  Each team may include up to 18 children and we encourage you to involve as many students from your school as possible.  Be aware that participation at the tournament is limited to 40 teams and large school systems are limited as to the total number of teams that will be allowed to partake. Therefore, it behooves you to register as soon as possible to ensure being your participation in this worthwhile event. 

        A list of this year's 2010 registration materials will be available by clicking on the link below in the fall of 2009. The list of participating schools and specific event day information for the 2009 event will be given after registration closes in February of next year (you can see last year's participants and information).  The detailed event day schedule will be provided to all coaches 6 weeks before the competition.  We encourage your students to develop an interest and expertise in as many events as possible.  A $50.00 registration fee per team is required.  If you need additional information or have any questions you can contact Dr. Tom Brown who is the tournament director. 

Note Event Change: Due to space limitations on the KSU campus, we have determined that it is not feasible to do the Treasure Hunt Event. Therefore, Which Way Is North will replace the Treasure Hunt event. We apologize for this inconvenience.

1. Event Description, Which Way is North: Teams of two students will use attempt to navigate themselves around a state road map to arrive at a predetermined destination.
2. GPS Correlation(s): S3L1; S3-5CS3; S3-5CS5; S3-5CS8

Dr. Tom Brown, Tournament Director, Kennesaw State University

tbrown@kennesaw.edu     office: 770) 499-3215        fax 770)420-4346