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Take a mousetrap, build a vehicle around it, and develop a means by which activation of the trap propels the vehicle forward to reach a designated target.<\/p>\n

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Auvai Ramalingam, 15, (left) and Chris Kang, 16, (right) of McLean High School participate in the Mousetrap Vehicle competition at the Virginia Science Olympiad held at UMW on Saturday. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh \u2013 and work with 14 other students all focusing on and fiddling with one mousetrap.<\/p>\n

Mousetrap Vehicle\u00a0<\/em>was just one of dozens of challenges facing 44 teams of Northern Virginia high school, middle school and elementary school students who descended upon the University of Mary Washington campus on Saturday. UMW hosted the 2020 Virginia Science Olympiad (VASO) regional qualifying round.<\/p>\n

A total of 550 students, along with their coaches and parents, participated in events such as The Sounds of Music, Boomilevers\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Ping-Pong Parachute. <\/em>The latter, which took place in the Hurley Convergence Center lobby, involved using two bottle rockets to lauch a ping-pong ball attached to a parachute. Most of the events took advantage of labs and other spaces in the newly updated Jepson Science Center<\/p>\n

VASO, designed for third-graders through high school seniors, offers students the opportunity to improve their understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to work together in teams to learn new skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so grateful to be able to host such talented students from across Virginia in our state-of-the-art facilities,\u201d said UMW\u2019s Arts and Sciences Dean Keith Mellinger, who was instrumental in bringing the Olympiad to Mary Washington. \u201cHosting this event is yet another example of UMW\u2019s commitment as a public university to meet the needs of the commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mellinger said he is hopeful Mary Washington will be the site of the event in future years. Not only does the Olympiad spark interest in STEM subjects, it gives students \u201ca glimpse of what it\u2019s like to work in a modern university laboratory.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Auvai Ramalingam (left) and Chris Kang of McLean High School were among more than 500 students who took part in the Virginia Science Olympiad at UMW this weekend. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Abirami Krishnan, 16, of Fairfax High School plays the ‘Veena’ instrument in the Sounds of Music competition. Krishnan was one of 550 Northern Virginia students who participated in the 2020 Virginia Science Olympiad (VASO) regional qualifying round at UMW Saturday. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Fairfax High School students compete in the Ping-Pong Parachute. The Virginia Science Olympiad, held this weekend at UMW, allowed students to learn new skills and work together in teams. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Students set up for the Ping-Pong Parachute competition. Other events included Ornithology, The Sounds of Music, and Elastic Launched Gliders. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Event supervisior Alice Tsai (center) explains the Boomilever competition to students from Fairfax High School. Forty-four teams of Northern Virginia students converged on UMW for Saturday’s 2020 Virginia Science Olympiad (VASO) regional qualifying round. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div>
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Amit Panchal, 16, (left) and Devyn Hopkins, 15, (right) of Fairfax High School work on their entry in the Boomilever competition. Saturday’s Virginia Science Olympiad at UMW featured an array of competitions. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Ashleigh Yaghmour (left) and Heidi Burke (right) of Oakcrest School in Vienna compete in the Boomilever competition. The Virginia Science Olympiad supports STEM education. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Alexander Fang, 11, (left) and Sidh Jaddu, 11, (right), fifth-graders at Forestville Elementary School in Great Falls, compete in the Mousetrap Vehicle competition. Science-related contests were held in UMW’s recently renovated Jepson Science Center and in other areas on campus. Photos by Suzanne Carr Rossi. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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