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Inspire the Next Generation of STEM Leaders
Science Olympiad is a K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics competition that elevates science education to the level of support and enthusiasm typically reserved for school sports. Help us inspire the next generation of STEM leaders by joining our community of dedicated supporters today!
Caterpillars, beetles, and ants – oh my! 🐛
Division B/C Olympians, we’re calling you back to action for this week’s challenge! Do some exploring in our own backyards and identify as many bugs as possible. Document each one and show us what you found! 📷
Your identifications could win you special prizes. ✨ Check out the Pink-spotted Hawkmoth we found at The Science House!
💡 How to Enter
1️⃣ Follow @NCSciOlympiad
2️⃣ Post your creations using #NCSciOlyChallenges
3️⃣ Make sure your account is public so we can see your submissions!
Check out the link in our bio to learn more about the challenges!
Questions? Let us know in the comments! 👇
Learn, create, and compete–we can’t wait to see your creativity in action! #NCSO #ScienceOlympiad #SciOly26 #STEM #SciOly25 #NCSciOly #NCSciOly26 #NCSciOly25 #challenge #competition #design #creativity #bugs #citizenscience
🦕 Congratulations to Caroline of @wilmingtonacademyowls, our Week 4 Social Media Challenge Winner!
The challenge: Research your favorite dinosaur and draw your best interpretation of their appearance based on their skeleton. Caroline wowed us with a colorful brontosaurus which was simply dino-mite!
Caroline will be receiving a NCSO prize pack, well done! 🎉
Don’t miss out on the fun! Our Week 4 challenge launches today. Learn more at the link in our bio.
#ncsciolychallenges #ncscioly26 #scienceolympiad
🏆 And the 2026 State Tournament Theme Is… 🏆
✨Lights, Camera, Science 🎬 A huge congratulations to Tanush Ganji and Om Iyer of Fuller Magnet Elementary School for submitting the winning theme! Their inspiration behind it:
“To get ready for the competition there’s a lot of preparation, teamwork, effort, researching, planning, learning from our mistakes, and never giving up. Just like in the movies, it takes a lot of people on the team that need to prepare for the ‘final take,’ which would be the ‘action.’ For us, that action is the Science in ‘Lights, Camera, Science 🎬!’ We wanted an action statement in the theme and wanted it related to science. Action in the theme would get people as excited and motivated about Science Olympiad as we are.”
🙌 Thank you to everyone who participated, from schools across the state to voters who showed their support.
#NCSciOly26 #ScienceOlympiad #STEM #Winner #LightsCameraScience
