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Prebuilt
events are shown in
red,
while knowledge based and lab based
events are in
green.
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A for Anatomy
(B) - Teams will be tested on their
knowledge of anatomy and health
concepts.
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Amphibians and
Reptiles/Herpetology (B/C) Teams will be
assessed on their knowledge of
amphibians and reptiles, including
interaction with ecosystem and
reproduction.
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Astronomy (C)
- Teams identify deep sky objects
and solve astronomy problems.
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Balloon
Launched Glider (B) - Participants
will design, construct and test a
glider that will remain aloft for a
maximum period of time.
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Boomilever (C)
- Teams will design, build & test
the lightest boomilever to carry a
maximum load.
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Cell Biology
(C) Teams will utilize basic
laboratory skills to solve problems
involving cell biology and
identification of cellular
structures.
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Chemistry Lab
(C) - Teams will demonstrate
chemistry laboratory skills related
to selected topics.
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Circuit Lab
(C) - Students will compete in
activities involving knowledge of
direct current electrical circuits.
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Crave the Wave
(B) Teams will demonstrate
knowledge of waves and the
application of wave concepts in a
wide variety of sciences.
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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.
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Ecology (B/C)
- Students will answer questions
involving content knowledge and
process skills in the area of
ecology and adaptation by examining
different ecosystems.
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Electric
Vehicle
(C) Teams will construct a vehicle
powered only with the energy from a
battery.
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Experimental
Design (C) - Given a set of unknown
objects, teams will design, conduct,
analyze and write-up an experiment.
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Fermi Questions (C) - Students will
estimate based on powers of ten.
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Five Star
Science (C) - Teams will compete in
an academic pentathlon to
demonstrate their overall
understanding of five major science
content areas.
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Food Science
(B/C) - Teams will be asked
questions pertaining to food
chemistry, which may include
chemical reactions,
characterization, and quantification
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Forensics (C)
- Students will identify polymers,
solids, fibers, and other materials
in a crime scenario.
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Health
Science-(C) -Teams will be tested on
their knowledge of health concepts.
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Meteorology
(B) - This event involves the use of
process skills as applied to
meteorology.
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Metric Mastery
(B) - Students will demonstrate an
intuitive feeling for estimating and
later for measuring different
events/objects using S.I. metric
units.
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Mystery
Architecture (B) Teams will
construct a structure on site with
no future indication of materials or
task.
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Oceanography
(B/C) - Teams will work at stations
that display a variety of earth
science materials and related earth
science questions.
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Physics Lab
(C) - Teams will demonstrate physics
laboratory skills related to
selected topics.
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Reach for the
Stars (B) - This event will address
the Sun, planets and their
satellites, comets, asteroids, the
Oort Cloud, the Kuiper Belt,
meteoroids, meteorites, and meteors
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Remote Sensing
(C) - Teams use maps and remote
sensing technology to explain human
land use patterns and the
relationship of a regions physical
environment to the cultural
landscape.
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Road Scholar
(B) - Requires the accurate
interpretation and understanding of
various map features using a variety
of road and topographic maps.
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Robo-Cross/Robot Ramble
(B/C) - Students will design and
build a robot capable of performing
certain tasks.
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Rocks and
Minerals (B/C) - Students will
identify, describe, and classify
various specimens.
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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.
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Science
Process Skills (B) Teams will use
basic laboratory skills to solve
problems from all disciplines of
science.
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Science Word
(B) - Teams will take turns using a
set of scientific terms or concepts
while the other team member guesses
the terms.
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Scrambler (B)
- Teams will design and build a
mechanical device which uses the
energy from a falling mass to
transport a Grade A uncooked chicken
egg along a straight track
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Simple
Machines (B) - Teams will
demonstrate physics laboratory
skills related to simple machines.
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Sounds of
Music (C) - Teams will build musical
instruments, describe the scientific
principles behind their operation
and perform a musical selection on
them.
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Tower Building
(B) - Teams will design, build &
test the lightest tower to carry a
maximum load.
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Trajectory (B)
- Teams will design, construct,
calibrate and operate a device
capable of launching a projectile
far and accurately using only
elastic energy.
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Wright Stuff
(C) - Teams will design and build a
propeller propelled aerodynamic
device for greatest time aloft.
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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.
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Protein Modeling (C) - FLORIDA
STATE EVENT ONLY - Students will
build a model protein and answer
questions.
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