Aldric Benalan, Science Bowl Champion and STEM advocate inspires
youth.
WEST
WINDSOR, N.J., April 29,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aldric Benalan, a
Sophomore at West Windsor Plainsboro High School North and captain
of the Science Bowl team was excited and thankful to all his
teammates and coach for winning the 2024 NJ State Science Bowl
Championship conducted by the US Department of Science/energy. The
event took place in the Princeton Plasma Physics laboratory.
Aldric's philosophy is that knowledge
shared is knowledge multiplied.
Congratulations to the West Windsor Plainsboro High School North
team and all the teams that participated in this remarkable event
across the state and region.
Benalan also participated in the 2023 US National Science Bee on
April 27-30, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia where students from all
over the United States competed in
the National Science Bee. He won first place in the Junior Varsity
Division (9 & 10-grade level) and was crowned JV National
champion. Additionally, in June 2022,
he was the National Champion of the Science Bee in the 8th-grade
division. The tournament took place in Orlando, Florida. The National Science Bee is
a buzzer-beater academic quiz on science topics for elementary,
middle, and high school students. Students entered through a
qualifying exam, and those who qualified moved on to the national
competition with multiple qualifying rounds and then Semifinals and
Finals.
Benalan has always been fascinated by science and has a keen
interest in earth science, particularly astronomy. His secret to
success is to keep calm and focus when competing. In addition to
the National Science Bee, Benalan has been performing well in
competitions like the Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, Quiz Bowl,
USABO, USESO, and various other tournaments.
To prepare for the National Science Bee, Benalan read books,
watched science-based videos on
YouTube, and joined after-school quiz activities. The quizzing
activities with friends were fun and relaxing for him. Aside from
engaging in science activities, Benalan enjoys playing chess and
table tennis and exploring and travel new places and cultures.
Outside of competitions, Benalan enjoys doing STEM-related
volunteering projects. His volunteer activities include
volunteering at a science summer camp, serving as a STEM tutor for
a non-profit organization, mentoring middle school science teams to
train younger students, and organizing online tournaments.
In terms of his awards and achievements, Benalan won medals in
various Science Olympiad events like Astronomy, Rocks &
Minerals, Dynamic Planet, and Remote Sensing in the New Jersey
State Science Olympiad competition, Princeton Science Olympiad, MIT
Science Olympiad, UPenn Science Olympiad, and more.
During Benalan's elementary years, his interest and curiosity
came from watching science-related YouTube videos, Wild Kratts TV
episodes, Basher Basics kids' science books borrowed from the local
library, and participation in various math and science fairs,
competitions, and STEM events in the library.
During Middle School: Benalan formed the Science Bowl team and
won the NJ state championship in 2022 and led the team to
nationals, placing it 5th in the nation.
In the future, Benalan hopes to motivate underrepresented kids
to engage in STEM activities at a very young age. He aims to bring
awareness to them about the various free stem activities available
around them. Even during vacation time in southeast Asia, rather than spending time in tourist
spots, he was motivated to spend time with underprivileged kids and
had them do various STEM-related activities. Aldric's philosophy is
knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied.
Media Contact
Subella Benalan, Subella Benalan, 1 201-574-6423,
Subella7@gmail.com
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