On Saturday, April 27, students from Oakdale Elementary schools are preparing to participate in the 26th Annual Elementary Science Olympiad. This event will take place at Walnut School in Turlock from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Approximately 300 elementary school children from across the county will be taking part in the competition, sponsored by the Stanislaus County Office of Education (SCOE) and the Education Foundation of Stanislaus County.
Teams from Cloverland, Fair Oaks, Magnolia, and Sierra View have been busy preparing for the event, which will feature a variety of exciting challenges such as Bridge Building, Can Race, Catapult, Circuit Wizardry, Crime Busters, Deep Blue Sea, Knock Knock Who’s There?, Leaf & Tree Mystery Architecture and No Bones About It. Additionally there will be Paddle Boat Picture This Rock Hound Simple Machines Straw Egg Drop Treasure Hunt and Write It/Do It challenges.
Several elementary schools including Agnes Baptist, Dennis Earl Fremont Open Plan Great Valley Academy Hickman Charter Hughes Julien Keyes Magnolia Our Lady of Fatima Sierra View and Walnut are scheduled to participate in this fun and educational day event.
