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Lynbrook Science Club

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Competitions!

September 23, 2016

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  • Science Bowl Tryouts
    • Round 1 results
    • Round 2
  • T-shirt designs
    • Due October 22
  • Website: lynbrookscience.com
  • Email: lynbrookscience@gmail.com
  • Facebook group: tinyurl.com/lynbrooksciencefb

Announcements

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T-Shirt Design Contest!

  • Due October 22
  • Requirements
    • Red with white text
    • “Lynbrook Science 2016-2017”
    • Customink
  • Prize!
    • Free T-shirt!
    • Google Cardboard!

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T-Shirt Design Contest!

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Science Bowl

  • Competition in early-February
  • Buzzer-based competition
    • 5 person team
    • Assesses knowledge and conceptual understanding of science
  • Tryouts… RIGHT NOW!

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Science Olympiad

  • Competition in mid-March
  • Events
    • 15 people team
    • Study, build, lab events
    • Ex: Robot arm, Protein modeling, Hydrogeology
  • Tryouts TBD
    • Format TBD
    • Potentially build separate from knowledge

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Ocean Science Bowl

  • Competition in early-February
  • Buzzer-based competition
    • 5 person team
    • Similar to science bowl
    • Topics include:
      • Marine biology
      • Chemistry
      • Current Events, etc.
  • Tryouts TBD

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Demo time!

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Surface area and drag forces!

  • Drag equation:

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  • Force is proportional to surface area

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What in the world is going on? (hint: drag force is irrelevant)

  • Lenz’s Law: change in magnetic flux => emergence of electric current in direction that opposes magnetic flux

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USABO

  • Mid February
  • Open round
    • 50 questions in 1 hour
  • Semifinal round
    • 120 minutes for 3 parts
  • Finals
  • Signups TBD
  • Study sessions!

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USNCO

  • Local Round
    • Open to everyone
    • Mid-March
    • 60 multiple choice questions in 110 minutes
      • 4 answer choices with no guessing penalty
    • Top 2 in each school qualify for national round
  • National Round
    • 3 sections
      • Multiple choice, free response, lab practical
    • Top 20 advance to study camp

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USAPHO

  • Mid January
  • Mechanics ONLY, calculus optional
  • AMC style: 25 questions and 75 minutes
  • Taken on computer
  • No guessing penalty
  • 300-ish people advance to semifinals
    • Honors: Honorable mention, Bronze, Silver, and Gold
  • Best science olympiad BY FAR
  • Study sessions?

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Physics Bowl

  • Similar to Physics Olympiad
  • Hosted at Lynbrook now!!!!!!
  • 40 questions, 45 minutes
  • All of physics
    • Science Bowl trivia style questions
  • Division I and II
  • Cool prizes for winners

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Demo time!

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Thanks for coming!