Science Olympiad 2015

Welcome to the Santiago Science Olympiad Team—1st Team Ever! Highlights from Nationals 2014 Good website to use: www.Scioly.org

The Essentials Team Shirts! Competition is March 7th (a Saturday) Ramona High School (Riverside) 7am-7pm Practices: ?? At home At school Team Shirts!

The Structure 25 events Most events are 2 person events, 50 min time period Some events you build a device prior, then it must perform at the competition Up to 15 team members

The Events Think about your interests, strengths, knowledge, time available to prepare You can participate in as many of the events as we have space for and the schedule allows for

Air Trajectory Prior to competition design and construct a device that will launch projectiles (ie tennis balls) accurately

Anatomy and Physiology Test format with a partner, 50 min Covers Cardiovascular, integumentary, and immune systems

Astronomy Test format with a partner, 50 min Use diagrams, charts, graphs etc to answer questions

Bridge Building Build a bridge prior to competition that will span 45 cm and suspend a bucket with weight. Bridge must be all real wood and glued together

Chemistry Lab Team of 2 will complete tasks and answer questions in a 50 min period Focus is on processes of chemistry, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, and kinetics

Compound Machines Activities and questions related to simple machines 5o min

Disease Detectives Investigate a case study of disease, injury, health, and its effect on population growth Collect data, interpret data, draw conclusions about an epidemic

Dynamic Planet Teams of 2 will complete tasks related to physical and geological oceanography

Entomology Teams of 2 with the help of a commercially published resource will identify insect specimens!

Experimental Design Team of up to 3, 50 minutes You will be given random supplies and need to create an experiment and write it up (mini-science fair project)

Forensics Teams of 2 are given a crime scene scenario and suspects and must use scientific tests to solve the crime.

Fossils Teams of 2 will use a field guide and their own knowledge to identify fossils at different stations.

Geologic Mapping Teams of 2 will demonstrate understanding and use of topographic maps, geologic maps, and cross sections as related to maps, plate tectonics, geohazards.

Green Generation Teams of 2 will analyze and interpret charts, graphs, and data on ecology, aquatic issues, air quality, and climate change

It’s About Time Teams of 2 will construct a non-electrical device to measure time intervals between 10 and 300 seconds. Teams will also complete a written test.

Mission Possible Prior to competition teams will build and test a Rube Goldberg device that will lift and drop a golf ball into a jug and activate a buzzer.

Protein Modeling Teams of up to 3 will use a computer to construct a physical model of a protein and complete an exam.

Scrambler Teams of 2 will build (prior to event)a mechanical device which uses energy from a falling mass to transport an egg as quickly as possible without crashing into the terminal barrier.

Technical Problem Solving Teams will gather and process data to solve problems on temperature, force, motion, etc

Wright Stuff Prior to event design and construct a rubber-powered monoplane to achieve max time aloft.

Write It/Do It Teams of 2. First partner is given a random object (made of items like Styrofoam, legos, paper cups, popsicle sticks etc) and must write a description of the object and how to build it (no symbols or diagrams). After 25 minutes second partner will be given description and must build the object.