CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The Virginia Science Olympiad State Tournament took place at UVA this weekend, bringing students together from across the Commonwealth to compete and practice their skills in science, technology and engineering.
The tournament’s events ranged from knowledge tests to building robots, giving students the opportunity to compete as teams in STEM-oriented challenges.
“This is really an opportunity for them to dig into something that they wouldn’t necessarily get a chance to do inside the classroom,” said Alex Siragy, Science Olympiad coach and science teacher with Tandem Friends School…