This was my 3rd year writing the astronomy tests for Middle and High school age kids at this weekend's Northeast Kansas Regional Competition of the Science Olympiad:
National website - http://www.soinc.org/
Ks website - http://webs.wichita.edu/scienceolympiad/
These kids are the future of America. Some of the best and brightest. At this year's event there were 22 categories ranging from Ecology to Disease Detection to Mousetrap Powered Vehicles. Winners go to the State Championships in Wichita. The National Championships are held in Madison, Wisconsin.
I've taken 3 questions from the Middle School test - not too easy/not too hard to see if you're smarter than a Middle Schooler.
Here goes:
1) Earth rotates...
A) Clockwise
B) Counter-clockwise
Answer - B
2) All the planets in the solar system orbit the sun in the same direction.
A) True
B) False
Answer - A
3) Which planet in our solar system has the most moons discovered so far?
A) Uranus
B) Neptune
C) Saturn
D) Jupiter
Answer - D- Jupiter has 63 moons.
Also, which schools were the overall winners?
Middle School Division
1st - California Trail Middle School 2nd - Leawood Middle School
High School Division
1st - St. James Academy 2nd - Olathe East High School
So.... Are you REALLY smarter than a Middle Schooler? Be honest!
Next blog - next week