North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO)

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North Carolina Science Olympiad (NCSO) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to attract and retain the pool of K-12 students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees and careers in North Carolina. Every year NCSO hosts tournaments on university, community college, and public school campuses across the state. These tournaments are rigorous academic interscholastic competitions that consist of a series of different hands-on, interactive, challenging and inquiry-based events that are well balanced between the various disciplines of biology, earth science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, engineering and technology.

NCSO is indebted to the thousands of volunteers that donate their time each year to making our activities a success. The challenging and self-motivating events of NCSO align with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study as well as the National Science Education Standards. The events are designed to enhance and strengthen both science content and process skills.

Discover NC Science Olympiad’s plans for the upcoming 2020-2021 tournament season.  While COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, we have laid out a strategy for continuing student participation that is adaptable to your unique situation. Our model will allow your team to start the season with enough options and flexibility to provide you with an engaging experience, no matter how your local situations evolve.