1. Oak Valley Middle School www.ovmsscioly.org Head Coach Paul Carff

2. Who has done this before?

3. Program Team - 15 Students in 23 events (usually 2 students per event) –(5 Teams) Awards –1 – 15 in each event –Top 10 Schools (top 8 go to state) Practices – 1hr per week per event.

4. Schedule September 20/21 – Organizing meeting –October 5 th – Regional Meeting (assistant?) October 11 – first team meeting October – December – Practices –November 12 – Event Workshop (2:30 – 4:30 pm at RB High) January – Final Team meeting and practices –January 18 th – Coaches and Event Captains February 4 th – Regionals April – State May - Nationals

5. The Competition Practice Morning Breakfast Check-in at High School/Camp Compete Awards Ceremony

6. The Events Awesome Aquifer Bottle Rocket Balloon Race Bridges Can ’ t Judge a Powder Compute This Disease Detectives Don ’ t Bug Me Dynamic Planet Experimental Design Food Chemistry Heredity Meteorology Mission Possible Mystery Architecture Road Scholar Rocks & Minerals Science of Fitness Sounds of Music Storm the Castle The Solar System Water Quality Wheeled Vehicle

7. Storm the Castle

8. Bottle Rockets

9. Mission Possible Click for Honda Commercial

10. MISC Newsgroup: science-olympiad-coaches at Yahoo. Websites: –www.soinc.orgNational Sitewww.soinc.org –www.ovmsscioly.orgOak Valley Sitewww.ovmsscioly.org Practice Times Supplies/Equipment Fundraising –Dues - $30 –Donations

11. Volunteer Opportunities Coaches Competition Day –School – Breakfast –RB High – Camp T-Shirt Design Party/Food Clearance –TB –FINGER PRINTING –Karen Peterson »VolunteerOV@aol.com

12. More Misc Team Names (5 Teams) –Galileo, Einstein, Newton, Currie, Salk

13. EXPECTATIONS Teams and Scheduling –Everyone will go to Regionals PRACTICE Attendance State Team – ONLY ONE TEAM

14. Head Coach Paul Carff 858-312-1683 paul.carff@cox.net ovmsscioly.org

15. Science Olympiad