Science Olympiad 2016

McAuliffe Middle School

Specifics

• 23 events• Saturday March 5, 2016 at UCI

• Students will be competing in groups of 2.• Students should sign-up by choosing an initial

direction• Only15 students allowed on the final team.

2016 Division B EventsThe 2015 Division B events are listed on Mrs. Lewis’ and Mrs. Neufeld’s

website

The following are categories of events:

•Life Science•Earth Science

•Physical Science•Engineering

•Science Process Skills

Engineering/BUILDING EVENTS

Bottle Rocket

Bridge Building

Elastic Launch Glider

● Students will design and construct a device capable of launching projectiles into a target;

● Gravitational force to pressure conversion● Reliability and repeatability

Air Trajectory

Scrambler

Mission Possible

Wind Power

PERFORMANCE EVENTS

Write it do itOne student will write a description of an object and how to build it, and then the other student will attempt to construct the object from this description.

Experimental DesignStudents will design, conduct, and report the findings of an experiment

Crime BustersStudents will be given a scenario, a collection of evidence and possible suspects and they will use that information to perform a series

of tests in order to solve a crime.

Picture This● Team members will take turns drawing pictures of scientific terms/

concepts, while other team members guess the term being drawn. ● Teams of up to 3.

Bioprocess LabThis is a lab oriented competition. Students will show their understanding and skills involving Science processes.

Road Scholar - Being able to draw and read maps.

Students will be given directions and they need to find a location using maps.● Highway and quadrangle maps may be from one or more states

● The event may be presented in a storyline format

● May be asked to draw features located within a square section on answer sheet using correct features from Testing Area (presented in next few slides)

● Participants may be asked to draw a topographic map profile that will be included on the answer sheet.

Study EventsThese events require studying and practicing tests. We do well when students study and we don’t

do well when they don’t.

Disease Detectives

Study Event - Students will used their investigative skills to find out environmental causes of diseases - focus population growth.

Dynamic Planet (physical and geological oceanography)

Meteorology (weather)

Green Generation

Crave the Wave

Anatomy (Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular Systems)

Fossils

Reach For The StarsStudy Event – Students will demonstrate an understanding and basic knowledge of

star forming regions, supernova remnants, and the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

Food Science - Dairy