LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Anatomy and Physiology (Respiratory, Excretory, Digestive)
- This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, this year limited to respiratory, excretory and digestive systems.
Disease Detectives (Food Borne Illness)
- This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem. (Food Borne Illness)
Forestry
- This event will test student knowledge of North American trees that are on the Official National Tree List.
Microbe Mission
-Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.
Water Quality
-The event will focus on evaluating aquatic environments.
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE
Astronomy
-Teams will demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of math and physics relating to stellar evolution and type Ia supernovas.
Dynamic Planet (Earth's Fresh Waters)
-Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (Earth's Fresh Waters).
Remote Sensing (Earth's Hydrosphere)
-Teams use remote sensing imagery, science and math process skills to complete tasks related to an understanding of Earth's Hydrosphere.
Rocks and Minerals
-Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE & CHEMISTRY
Optics
-Teams compete in activities and answer questions related to geometric and physical optics.
Sounds of Music
-Prior to the competition, students will build two different instruments of any type based on a 12 tone tempered scale, prepare to describe the principles behind their operation and be able to perform a major scale, a required melody and a chosen melody with each.
Thermodynamics
-Teams must construct an insulated device prior to the tournament that is designed to retain heat. Teams must also complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts.
Chem Lab
-Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to selected topics.
Forensics
-Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers, and other materials in a crime scenario.
Protein Modeling
-Students will use computer visualization and online resources to guide them in constructing physical models of proteins and in understanding how the structure of the protein determines the function. For 2012, students will model proteins involved in the regulation of apoptosis as they explore the discovery and treatment of a rare (one in a billion) genetic trait discovered through genome sequencing.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Gravity Vehicle
-Teams design, build and test one vehicle and ramp that uses gravitational potential energy as the vehicle's sole means of propulsion to reach a Target Point as quickly, as accurately and as close to their predicted time as possible.
Helicopters
-Students will construct and test free flight rubber-powered helicopters prior to the tournament to achieve maximum flight times.
Robot Arm
-Prior to the competition teams must design, build, document and test one robotic device to move scored items.
Towers
-Team members design and build the most efficient tower.
INQUIRY & NATURE OF SCIENCE
Experimental Design
-Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.
Fermi Questions
-A Fermi Question is a science related question that seeks a fast, rough estimate of a quantity which is difficult or impossible to measure directly. Answers will be estimated within an order of magnitude recorded in powers of 10.
Technical Problem Solving
-Teams will gather and process data to solve problems.
Write It Do It
-A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.
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