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Anatomy & Physiology

Nervous, special senses, endocrine systems
Study/test event
One 8.5x11” note sheet
Parts, functions, disorders
High score wins

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Disease Detectives

Disease, Injury, Health, and Disability
Study/test event
Math included
Three parts

Background & Surveillance
Outbreak Investigation
Patterns, Control & Prevention

Accuracy & quality answers
One 8.5x11” note sheet

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Entomology

Identify Insects found on a Science Olympiad List.

Answer questions about the insects.

Usually work in timed stations.

You may bring:

2 inch binder with notes
Field Guide

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Heredity

Study how traits are passed from one generation to the next.

Answer Questions, Solve Problems, Analyze Data

One 8.5x11” note sheet

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Water Quality

Freshwater aquatic environments.
Identify Macroinvertebrates
Test Water Quality
Build and use a salinometer
One Sheet of paper notes
Study/Test event

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Earth & Space Science

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Dynamic Planet

Participants will be assessed on their knowledge of physical and geological oceanography

Test or Stations

High score wins

Any size binder

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Rocks and Minerals

Identify rocks and minerals based on observable characteristics.

A huge list of rocks and minerals.

Build a 3 ring binder full of notes

Explain geologic processes that form

Usually run in stations

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Meteorology

Study the factors that influence Everyday Weather through the interpretation of climatological data, graphs, charts and images.

Study/Test Event

Any size binder

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Solar System

Team demonstrate understanding and knowledge of planet formation and structure within and beyond the Solar System
Study/Test event (high score wins)
Can use two 8.5X11” pages (info on both sides)

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Remote Sensing

The science of gathering information about the Earth using satellites and aircraft.

Formerly a C Division event so there are a lot of resources

You may use a binder full of resources.

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Physical Science & Chemistry

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Hovercraft

Construct and calibrate a small hovercraft to move down a track in a specific amount of time.

Needs to be adjustable for speed.

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Crime Busters

Hands on chemistry and logic event.

Solve a “crime” based on evidence at the scene.

Write up a report describing “who done it”

One 8.5x11” note sheet

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Circuit Lab

Study electricity and magnetism.

Written Test focusing on concepts.

Hands on tasks that involve using electricity.

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Potions and Poisons

Chemical Properties and Effects of Specified Toxic and Therapeutic Chemical Toxins - focus on environmental toxins or poisons.

One Sheet of Notes

Exam Portion and Lab Portion

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Machines

Written test – simple machines
Build a Mass Ratio Device - test unknown masses at the competition
Allowed a 3 ring binder

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Technology & Engineering

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Boomilever

Build a Boomilever (Structure) to achieve the highest structural efficiency

Parameters:

The Judge will provide a loading block, bucket and sand.
Extends 40-45 cm from wall.
Sand will be loaded into a bucket to a maximum of 15,000 g

High score wins. Score = Load Score (g)/Mass of Structure (g).

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Helicopter

Build and fly a lightweight indoor helicopter powered by a rubber band.

Keep it aloft as long as possible.

We build from a kit.

Need to be very precise and have attention to detail.

2 person event, but the best will fly.

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Mission Possible

Design and build a RUBE GOLDBERG device.
Energy starts with one action (dropping a mix of materials), then carries through a series of actions.
Simple Machines: levers, pulleys…
Final Task - device sorts the mixture, then rings a bell

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Scrambler

Build a car that is gravitational force
The car must carry an egg on the front
Car must stop close to a barrier.
Bonus to go around a bucket
Closest and fastest car wins

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Scrambler - Page 2

Braking System —------>

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Inquiry & Nature of Science

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Codebusters

Study/test event
Cryptanalysis techniques & advanced ciphers
Decrypt & encrypt messages
First question timed--can earn a time bonus
Test Score + time bonus + Special bonus-high score wins
ALL about practice!

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Experimental Design

Team (up to 3) design, conduct, and report the findings of an experiment entirely on-site.
Event scored using a checklist to evaluate all parts of experimental process (high score wins)
Team needs to be able think creatively on the spot, work with precision, and write clearly

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Metric Mastery

Estimate, then measure properties of objects.
Mass, area, volume, density, force, distance, time, and temperature.
Metric (SI) unit conversions
Need to learn many types of tools.

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Write It Do It

One writer, one builder
Writer-25 minutes
NO drawings/diagrams
Builder-20 minutes---time used as tiebreaker

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Helping You Decide

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Constant Events

Events rotate and topics change each year. However, some events NEVER CHANGE:

Disease Detectives

Road Scholar Remote Sensing

Crime Busters

Experimental Design

Write It/Do It

Codebusters

Anatomy and Physiology - changes topics

Dynamic Planet - changes topics

Meteorology - changes topics

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Build Events

They seem like a lot of fun, BUT they take a lot of Time:

Please only choose no more than 1.

VERRRRYYYY FEW 5th graders can complete

If you built for us last year, you can talk to the coaches about more.

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5th Graders (1-2 events) - at least 1 constant

6th Graders (1-3 events) - at least 1 constant

7th Graders (2-3 events) - maybe a constant

8th Graders (3-5 events) - maybe a constant