12 Honors Science Olympiad

Science Olympiad Division B

What Is Science Olympiad?

Non-profit national organization

Let’s middle schoolers and high schoolers compete against other schools and prove their knowledge of science

Divides schools’ teams into groups of around 2 students to compete in specific events

Events can test your knowledge of a subject or let you build a project

Competitions offered at the invitational, regional, state, and national levels

Why Do Science Olympiad?

Learn new things

Get a head start on high school Science Olympiad (Division C)

***Looks good on college applications

Compete against other schools

FUN!

Regional Competition Location: SUNY Potsdam Date: To Be Announced (probably around early February)

2006-2007 Events

Inquiry:

Write It/Do It

Awesome Aquifers

Metric Mastery

Science Word

Earth and Space Sciences:

Oceanography

Road Scholar

Rocks and Minerals

Meteorology

The Solar System

Physics and Chemistry:

Simple Machines

Balloon Race

Storm the Castle

Food Chemistry

Science Crimebusters

Technology:

Mission Possible

Balloon Launch Glider

Wheeled Vehicle

Tower Building

Biology/Life Sciences:

Heredity

Ecology (Forests and Marine Biology)

Disease Detectives

Don’t Bug Me

Anatomy (Digestive and Nervous Systems)

Trial Events:

Trajectory

Crave the Wave

Biology/Life Sciences Heredity – Test your knowledge of genetics Ecology – Test your knowledge of different ecosystems and the environment and the way living things interact with each other (emphasis on forests and marine biology) Disease Detective – Apply your knowledge of science to a report of a disease outbreak Don’t Bug Me – Test your knowledge of bugs and insects Anatomy – Test your knowledge of the human body (emphasis on the digestive and nervous systems)

Earth and Space Sciences Oceanography – Test your knowledge of the planet earth and its oceans Road Scholar – Test your ability to interpret maps Rocks and Minerals – Test your knowledge of geology given samples of rocks and minerals Meteorology – Test your knowledge of weather The Solar System – Test your knowledge of our solar system (the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, meteors)

Physics and Chemistry Simple Machines – Test your laboratory skills related to simple machines (levers, pulleys, wedges, screws, ramps, wheel and axel) Balloon Race – Add a weight to a Helium balloon and “race” it a certain distance Storm the Castle – Build a catapult that can throw a small object (tennis ball) as far as possible Food Chemistry – Test your knowledge of the science behind food Science Crime Busters – Identify a criminal by using forensics science techniques

Mission Possible – Build a device that transfers energy from one thing to the next and complete a task (like the game “Mousetrap”) Technology Balloon Launched Glider – Build a glider that will stay in the air for as long as possible Wheeled Vehicle – Build a vehicle that moves from an elastic force (such as a rubber band) Tower Building – Build a light-weight tower out of wood that can hold a large amount of weight before breaking

Write It/Do It – One student writes a description of something, and the other student tries to re-build it using these directions Inquiry Awesome Aquifers – Build a model of an “aquifer,” which is an area of ground containing water that can be pumped by a well Metric Mastery – Test your ability to estimate and your ability to measure objects using the metric system Science Word – One student describes a science word or term, while the other student guesses the word. Then, they switch jobs.

Trial Events Trajectory – Build a device that can launch a ball using elastic materials Crave the Wave – Test your knowledge of waves and the way they move

So get your friends together and start thinking about Science Olympiad!!!