Engineering Olympics
Each year, Dollar Bay high school students participate in Engineering Olympics, hosted by Michigan Technological University. Students participate in a number of events that test their engineering skills, knowledge, and group skills.
Students traditionally do well in their respective events each year. Dollar Bay Physics and Marine Robotic students take part each year, led by teacher Mr. Matt Zimmer
Engineering Olympic Events
Practical Data Gathering: Students were required to gather and process data to solve a given problem.
Physics Lab: Students competed in lab activities in the areas of circuits/electricity.
Chemistry Lab: Students were required to do an experiment to calculate specific heat of two liquids, collected data and answered questions.
Compute This: Students were required to use P.C.'s to surf the web and anwser questions on ocean weather using noaa website. They used information to collect data and present in graphical form.
Write it- Do it: A team of two was required to discribe in written form how to build an object out of plastic shapes. The other team member was then required to build the object from the written instuctions.