1. Oak Valley Middle School Head Coaches Mimi Padmabandu, Michelle Bright, Jackie Trischman

2. WHAT IS SCIENCE OLYMPIAD? Team: 23 events, usually 2 students per event Team: 23 events, usually 2 students per event Awards: 1-15 in each event Awards: 1-15 in each event Top 8 schools go to state competition Practices: 1 hour per week per event Practices: 1 hour per week per event

3. EVENTS Event list is still under construction; will be finalized mid-late September Event list is still under construction; will be finalized mid-late September Anatomy Anatomy Balloon Launched Glider Balloon Launched Glider Disease Detective Disease Detective Ecology Ecology Food Food Chemistry Chemistry Everyday Weather Everyday Weather Metric Mastery Metric Mastery Oceanography Oceanography Road Scholar Road Scholar Rocks and Minerals Rocks and Minerals Science Crime Busters Science Crime Busters Science Word Science Word The Solar System The Solar System Tower Building Tower Building Write It/Do It Write It/Do It

4. ELIMINATED EVENTS Some 2007 events that have been eliminated are: Some 2007 events that have been eliminated are: Awesome Aquifer Balloon Race Don’t Bug Me Heredity Mission Possible Simple Machines Storm the Castle Wheeled Vehicle

5. PROPOSED NEW EVENTS (*events that have existed in the past and might have information on the net) *Amphibians/Reptiles *Bio-Process Lab Crave the Wave Magnify Your Strength *Mystery Architecture *Robots *Scrambler (Div. C last year) *Trajectory

6. SCHEDULE October 3, 2007: First meeting, 4:00 pm October 3, 2007: First meeting, 4:00 pm San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park November 17, 2007: Saturday Event Workshops, 2:30-4:00 pm November 17, 2007: Saturday Event Workshops, 2:30-4:00 pm Rancho Bernardo High PAC January 10, 2008: Coaches & Event Captains January 10, 2008: Coaches & Event Captains San Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park February 2, 2008: COMPETITION DAY February 2, 2008: COMPETITION DAY Rancho Bernardo High School

7. COMPETITION DAY Breakfast/meeting Breakfast/meeting Check-in at Rancho Bernardo High School/Camp Check-in at Rancho Bernardo High School/Camp Compete Compete Awards Ceremony Awards Ceremony

8. MISC. Fundraising: Fundraising: Dues Dues donations donations Supplies/Equipment Supplies/Equipment Practice Times/Locations, Schedule Practice Times/Locations, Schedule

9. CLEARANCE TB TB Fingerprinting Fingerprinting Contact: Karen Peterson Contact: Karen Peterson VolunteerOV@aol.com VolunteerOV@aol.com VolunteerOV@aol.com

10. RESOURCES National website: http://www.soinc.org/ National website: http://www.soinc.org/http://www.soinc.org/ Regional website: http://sandiegoso.org/index.html Regional website: http://sandiegoso.org/index.html http://sandiegoso.org/index.html Oak Valley site (under construction): http://oakvalleyscience.50webs.org/ Oak Valley site (under construction): http://oakvalleyscience.50webs.org/ http://oakvalleyscience.50webs.org/ Old Oak Valley site: http://ovmsscioly.org/ Old Oak Valley site: http://ovmsscioly.org/http://ovmsscioly.org/ Newsgroup: science-olympiad-coaches at Yahoo! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/science- olympiad-coaches/ Newsgroup: science-olympiad-coaches at Yahoo! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/science- olympiad-coaches/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/science- olympiad-coaches/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/science- olympiad-coaches/

11. THIS YEAR Team Names Team Names T-Shirt Design T-Shirt Design Policies Policies ovmsscioly@yahoo.com