Orlando Science Center SCIENCE COMPETITIONS Curtis Rising Stars Challenge The Curtis Rising Stars Science Challenge introduces young students to science competitions and helps them develop teamwork skills. The competition is open to students in equivalent Grades K-5, who register through their educational organization. This year, students worked as engineers to design and create functioning aqueducts along with some other creative innovations!
Curtis Kinetic Science Competition The Curtis Kinetic Science Competition is open to students in equivalent middle school grades, in teams of up to five. This competition challenges students to transform ordinary and found objects into a kinetic system inspired by Rube Goldberg’s famous machines.
Science Challenge Competition Congratulations to Isabella Delbakhsh of Lake Highland Preparatory School for winning Best in Fair at our annual Science Challenge! Students in Grades 6-12 who have won first place in their county science fairs’ physical science competitions are invited to compete in the OSC Science Challenge. Isabella’s project used a statistical model to analyze the bias of different politically varying news sources concerning the Covid-19 vaccine in relation to U.S. vaccination uptake. She was awarded a $4,000 scholarship and a $1,000 award for her teacher, Dr. Lisa Davenport.
Dr. Nelson Ying Science Competition Ella Pilacek, a sophomore at Oviedo High School in Seminole County, has won the top prize in the prestigious Dr. Nelson Ying Science Competition at Orlando Science Center. Her research project, which was focused on proving that bees could be encouraged by Pavlovian conditioning to pollinate specific plant species, won a scholarship of $5,000, a $1,000 award for her science teacher, and an additional $1,000 for their school. 16
