| 1. Amphibians and Reptiles (B/C) - Students will
answer questions pertaining to Amphibians' and Reptiles' structure,
life history, behaviors, habitat, conservation, distribution, taxonimic
relationship, voice and indentification of scientific Order, Family
and/or Genus. |
| 2. Battery Buggy (B) - Teams will design and
build a battery powered vehicle to traverse a course. |
| 3. Bio-Process Lab (B/C) - Students will answer
a series of questions designed to test biological lab skills such
as measurement, observation and interpretation. |
| 4. Bottle Rocket (B/C) - Participants will design,
construct and test one or two rockets made from one 2 liter and one
1 liter plastic pop bottle which will remain aloft for a maximum period
of time. |
| 5. Bridge Building (B) - Given certain parameters
of length, width, height, and material, each team is to design, build
and test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum standard load. |
| 6. Cow-A-Bungee(C) -Teams will drop a mass attached
to an elastic cord without touching the floor. |
| 7. Can't Judge a Powder by Its Color (C) -Various
substances that have similar color will be identified. |
| 8. Cell Biology (C) - Contestants will be asked
questions on cell structure, function and classification,
cellular respiration, protein synthesis, history of cytology, photosynthesis,
cell reproduction, DNA replication, RNA synthesis & mitosis. |
| 9. Chemistry Lab (C) - Student will demonstrate
chemistry laboratory skills. |
| 10. Disease Detective (C) - This event requires
students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report
of a real-life health situation or problem. |
| 11. Dynamic Planet (B/C) - Teams
will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials
and related earth science questions. |
| 12. Experimental Design (B/C)
- Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design and conduct an
experiment. |
| 13. The "Wright" Stuff (B) & The "Wright"
Stuff - ROG (C) - Students will design and build a propeller propelled
aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft. |
| 14. Metric Mastery (B) - Students will demonstrate
an intuitive feeling for estimating and later for measuring different
events/objects using S.I. metric units. |
| 15. Mission Possible (B/C) - Participants will
design and build a Rube Goldberg like device which demonstrates a
series of energy transfers to accomplish a specific task. |
| 16. Mystery Architecture (B) - Teams will design
and construct a specified structure on-site. |
| 17. Nature Quest (B) - Combines a scavenger hunt,
cross-country compass race and nature study. |
| 18. Pentathlon (B) - The team traverses five
obstacles on a course much in the manner of the television program
"Battle of the Network Stars" and answer questions or complete
an activity. |
| 19. Physical Science Lab (B) - Students will
complete activities and answer questions about density of solids and
liquids; heat and heat transfer, and Simple Machines. |
| 20. Physics Lab (C) - This event involves a number
of laboratory tasks that fit well into any physics laboratory program. |
| 21. Practical Data Gathering (C) - Students will
solve practical science problems. |
| 22. Qualitative Analysis (C) - Teams will identify
eight solutes on the basis of their reactions with each other and
able to answer questions about qualitative analysis concepts. |
| 23. Reach for the Stars (B/C) - Teams will identify
constellations and solve astronomy problems. |
| 24. Rocks & Minerals(B/C) - Students will
identify, describe, and classify various specimens. |
| 25. Road Scholar (B/C) - Requires the accurate
interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety
of road and topographic maps. |
| 26. Science Clue (C) - Teams' knowledge of science
related items and/or concepts will be tested by means of a set clues
which become more specific. |
| 27. Science Crime Busters (B) - Students will
correctly identify liquids, solids and other materials in a crime
scenario. |
| 28. Science of Fitness (B) - Students will be
tested on their knowledge of fitness concepts. |
| 29. Scrambler (C) - Students will design and
build a device that will transport an egg a distance of 8- 12 meters
as fast as possible and have the device stop closest to the
finish line. |
| 30. Tower Building (C) - Given certain parameters
of length, width, height, and material, each team is to design, build
and test the lightest tower to carry a maximum standard load. |
| 31. Trajectory Contest (B) - Students will design,
construct, calibrate and shoot a device capable of launching a ball
into a target area of sand. |
| 32. Water Quality (B/C) - Students will demonstrate
an appreciation and understanding of aquatic ecology, water resource
management, water treatment practices and aquatic chemical processes. |
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33. Water Strider (B) - Students
will design and build a device, using only the materials specified,
that will travel the length of a water-filled trough, propelled
solely by the carbon-dioxide produced from the chemical reaction
between sodium bicarbonate and acetic acid.
|
| 34. Write It/Do It (B/C) - A technical writing
exercise where students will prepare a written description of a contraption
and other students in a separate room will attempt to recreate the
contraption using only the written description. |
