EVENTS  31 events in each Division  1 (or 2) person(s) / event / team.  Compete in One, some, or all events (as a team) One, some, or all events (as a team) One or more (max six) events (as an individual) One or more (max six) events (as an individual)  Each event is ranked and rewarded separately

CALENDAR  Rules finalized by October  Teams registered by November  Regional competitions in February

The events Last from 10 minutes… Last from 10 minutes… … to 1 hour… and include…

Laboratory Skills

 Biology  Chemistry  Physics  Forensics  And more…

Laboratory Skills

Knowledge / understanding  Anatomy, physiology, health  Astronomy  Earth science (earthquakes, volcanoes)  Ecology (grasslands, deserts)  Environmental chemistry  Epidemiology  Fossils

Knowledge / understanding  Maps, satellite data  Meteorology (climates)  Stars, constellations, and deep sky objects  Waves and wave motion  Computer technology

Design and Build (in advance)  Tower, that can support a mass  Rube Goldberg device  Vehicle, powered by a falling mass  Bottle rocket  Helicopter, rubber-powered  Wind instrument

Design and Build (prior year)

Some other events  Gather numerical data from a website, then present it in graphical format.  Build a mousetrap vehicle on site  Build a bot on site to complete a task  Build a device to solve a problem  Identify birds  Model protein structure on computer  Design and conduct an experiment

Write It – Do It  One person writes a description of a contraption… … and another attempts to recreate the contraption from the description.

DIVISIONS  B (6 th – 9 th grade)  C (9 th – 12 th grade)

TEAMS  Max 15 students / division / team  with a maximum of Division B: Five (5) 9 th grade students Division B: Five (5) 9 th grade students Division C: Seven (7) 12 th grade students Division C: Seven (7) 12 th grade students

If We Qualify at Regionals…  Advance as a team, not individuals  Teams can change members between levels of competition

CALENDAR 2011  February – Regional competition Division C:February 19 Division C:February 19 Division B:February 26 Division B:February 26  March 26 – State competition  May – National competition

To get involved Join the AIS Science Club or Just talk to any of your teachers