This weekend, approximately 40 West students competed in the Iowa Science Olympiad regional competition. The competition was held virtually at West High, where students competed in a total of 12 science-related events, including nine test events and three build events.

The events included:

• Anatomy and Physiology
• Astronomy
• Codebusters
• Disease Detectives
• Dynamic Planet
• Fermi Questions
• Flight
• Foresty
• Green Generation
• Rocks and Minerals
• Scrambler
• Trajectory

West High Science Olympiad will return for the state tournament Apr. 1 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

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Catherine Xu '26 and Shahd Suleiman '26 prepare for their event Trajectory Feb. 4 at the regional competion.