Millersville University will host the Pennsylvania Central Region Science Olympiad on Saturday, March 28. Fourteen middle school teams and 25 high school teams from Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder, Union and York counties will compete.

The public is welcome to watch the events that will take place in Pucillo Gymnasium, 105 Pucillo Drive, Millersville, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. These events will include Boomilever, Bungee Drop, Electric Vehicle, Helicopter, Hovercraft, Mission Possible, Robot Tour, and Scrambler. Spectators will see devices - built and tested by students - accomplishing a range of tasks.

Science Olympiad features elementary, middle school, and high school students competing as teams of 15. They are challenged by 23 STEM-related events that span biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, engineering, and inquiry. Students usually work in pairs building devices for testing at tournaments, studying for core knowledge challenges, and preparing for rigorous hands-on lab experiments. This work is designed to prepare them for contributing to a team in a future STEM career.

The top seven highest-scoring teams in both Division B (grades six to nine) and Division C (grades nine to 12) from the tournament at Millersville will be invited to compete in the state tournament on Saturday, April 25, at Penn State Altoona.

For more information on the tournament, visit https://blogs.millersville.edu/musciolym.