Slovenian teams win silver at the European Olympiad of Experimental Science
From 30 April to 6 May, the European Olympiad of Experimental Science took place in Riga, Latvia, where both Slovenian teams won silver medals. The two teams competed in the annual competition for 1st and 2nd year secondary school students in chemistry, physics and biology. The first team, consisting of Aleksander Kosanović, Žan Arsov (both from Gimnazija Bežigrad) and Aljaž Erman (Gimnazija Kranj), won 8th place and a silver medal, narrowly missing out on the sixth place and a gold medal. The second team, consisting of Andraž Matoš (Gimnazija Novo mesto), Enej Jauk (Gimnazija Bežigrad) and Tomaž Holc (Gimnazija Ptuj), was 17th, which was still enough for the silver medal. The mentors of the Slovenian teams were mag. Katja Stopar (Gimnazija Ravne na Koroškem), Anita Nose (Gimnazija Novo mesto) and dr. Matej Huš (National Institute of Chemistry and Association for Technical Culture of Slovenia). In total, 45 teams from 22 countries of the European Union and Ukraine competed. First place went to Germany A, second place to Hungary A and third place to Luxembourg A.
EOES (European Olympiad of Experimental Science) is a team competition for 1st and 2nd year high school students, involving teams of three from almost all countries of the European Union. Students compete to solve integrated problems requiring a good knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology and excellent experimental skills. The competition takes place in laboratories, this year at Riga Stradiņš University. This year's competition involved research on dance and music on the first day (chemical description of muscle metabolism, determination of myoglobin in muscles, biology of articulation, physics of phonetics and the functioning of musical instruments) and on cucumber cultivation on the second day (water hardness, fertiliser production, water transport and the capillary effect, hydroponics, setting up a greenhouse). The Slovenian team is selected at a national science competition organised by the Association for Technical Culture of Slovenia (ZOTKS) in January, after which the students receive further training and education from mentors and teachers in the schools.
More: https://eoes2023.rsu.lv/