EVENT DESCRIPTIONS

Anatomy (B) - Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including skeletal and muscular systems.

Anatomy & Physiology (C) - This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, this year limited to skeletal, muscular and endocrine systems.

Astronomy (C) - Teams identify deep sky objects and solve astronomy problems.

Battery Buggy (B) - Teams will construct a vehicle that uses electrical energy as its sole means of propulsion, quickly travels a specified distance, and stops as close as possible to the center of the finish line.

Bio-Process Lab (B) - Teams will demonstrate biology laboratory skills related to selected topics.

Can't Judge a Powder (B) - Students will test and characterize one pure substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions about that substance.

Cell Biology (C) - Students will demonstrate their understanding of cell biology and biochemistry.

Chemistry Lab (C) - Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to selected topics.

Compute This (B) - Teams will be presented with a problem which requires quantitative data capture from the Internet and the presentation of data in a graphical format.

Disease Detective (B/C) - This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem.

Dynamic Planet (B/C) - Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (earthquakes/volcanoes)

Ecology (B/C) - Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptation by examining different ecosystems. (Grasslands/Taiga)

Egg-O-Naut (C) - Teams will design, construct and launch rockets to stay aloft and carry a raw egg without breaking.

Elevated Bridge (B/C) - Teams will design, build & test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum load.

Environmental Chemistry (C) - Teams will be asked questions pertaining to environmental chemistry, which may include chemical reactions, characterization, and quantification

Experimental Design (B/C) - Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.

Forensics (C) - Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers, and other materials in a crime scenario.

Fossils (B/C) - Students will identify, describe, and classify various specimens.

It's About Time (C) - Using a pre-constructed non-electronic device, students will measure time in intervals.

Junkyard Challenge (B) - Students will partially pre-construct an device with final construction and adaptation onsite to complete a published challenge.

Meteorology (B) - This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology (everyday weather).

Mission Possible (C) - Prior to the competition, participants will design, build, test and document a "Rube Goldberg-like device" that completes a required Final Task using a sequence of consecutive tasks.

Mousetrap Vehicle (C) - Teams will design, build and test a vehicle that uses one or two snap mousetraps as the sole propulsion energy source to travel a distance and return to the starting line center as quickly as possible.

Ornithology (B/C) - This event will test knowledge of North American birds on the official list.

Pentathlon (B) - Teams will compete in an academic pentathlon to demonstrate their overall understanding of five major science content areas.

Physics Lab (B/C) - Teams will demonstrate physics laboratory skills related to selected topics including wind power and alternative energy.  Teams will build a blade assembly used to capture wind power and generate voltage.

Picture This (C) - Draw representations of a set of scientific terms or concepts and guess the term being drawn.

Remote Sensing (C) - Teams use maps and remote sensing technology to explain human impact on the Earth.

Road Scholar (B) - Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps.

Science Crime Busters (B) – Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using paper chromatography and analysis of unknown solids, liquids, and plastics found at the scene of a crime.

Shock Value (B) - Students will compete in activities involving basic understanding of electricity, magnetism and simple electrical devices.

Solar System (B) - Teams will demonstrate knowledge of the Sun, planets and their satellites, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, the asteroid belt, meteoroids, Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt.

Technical Problem Solving (C) - Teams will gather and process data to solve problems.

Trajectory (B/C) - Teams will design, construct, calibrate and operate a device capable of launching a projectile into a target using energy provided by nonmetallic elastic solids.

Wright Stuff (B) - Teams will design and build a propeller propelled aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft.

Write It/Do It (B/C) - 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.