Science Olympiad 2011 Kickoff National Science Olympiad Events

Science Olympiad 2011 Kickoff National Science Olympiad Events Descriptions Science Olympiad at Mesa Verde Q&A Sign-up Time MVMS SO 2011 9/15/2010 1

Congratulations 2010 Team!!! 3 rd at Regionals (24 schools) 3 rd at State (162 schools) 2

National Science Olympiad “Science Olympiad is an international non-profit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education. . . ” 5, 700 Teams in the U. S. Regional, State and National Competitions Middle School (Div B) and High School (Div C) Southern California State ◦ 162 schools, 26 make state competition (Div B) San Diego Region ◦ 24 schools, 71 teams competing (Div B) 3

Science Olympiad Schedule Sep 15 Sep 24 Oct 11 Oct 13 Kickoff Applications Due Team Assignments Released Mesa Verde Coaches meeting Nov 6 Feb 5 Event Workshop (BH Middle) Regional Competition (RB High) ◦ Oct-Feb ◦ Feb-Apr April Event Coaching State Team Coaching State Competition (Long Beach) 4

Events 23 Events in 5 categories ◦ ◦ ◦ Life Sciences Earth and Space Physical Sciences Technology and Engineering Inquiry and the Nature of Science Appropriate Number of Events per Student ◦ ◦ Study Events: 1. 5+hrs/wk/event Construction/Lab Events: 2+hrs/wk/event 3 or 4 Events for State Team 1 st time Students - 1 or 2 events 5

Anatomy Respiratory System Muscular System 6

Microbe Mission Microscopes Graphs, Tables, Charts, Calculations, Estimations Microbe-based diseases Microbe Parts & Roles 7

Ornithology North American Birds Identification Classification Vocalizations 8

Disease Detective Epidemiology Questions about scenarios Food Borne Illness 9

Ecology Taiga Tundra 10

Dynamic Planet Earth’s Fresh Water “Limnology” 11

Fossils Identification Classification Habitat, Ecological Relationships, Behaviors Dating 12

Meteorology Severe Storms 13

Solar System “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. ” 14

Road Scholar Map Reading ◦ Topographic Maps ◦ Highway Maps Student-Created Map 15

Shock Value “Students will compete in activities involving basic understanding of electricity, magnetism and simple electrical devices. ” Hands On Experimentation Theoretical Knowledge Practical Knowledge 16

Optics Geometric Optics Physical Optics Laser Mirror Exercise 17

Storm The Castle Construct and Calibrate a “Trebuchet” Distance and Accuracy 18

Science Crime Busters Chromatography Hair/Fiber Analysis Liquid Analysis Metal Analysis Powder Analysis Physical Evidence 19

Can’t Judge a Powder “Students will test and characterize one single substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions. . . ” 20

Towers Construct a Tower to Carry a Specified Load Lightest Weight 21

Junkyard Challenge “Teams must construct a device on-site to solve an engineering challenge. ” Bridge Tower Cantilever 22

Battery Buggy “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 finish dot. ” 23

Bottle Rocket Build and Launch a bottle rocket Longest Flight Time 24

Compute This Use Internet, Excel, Word Research, Compute, Chart, Write Weather and Severe Storms www. noaa. gov 25

Experimental Design “Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment. ” Problem Statement Hypothesis Variable Control Materials Procedure Qualitative Observation Quantitative Data Graph Statistics Analysis & Interpretation Possible Errors Conclusion Further Use 26

Awesome Aquifers Construct an Aquifer Answer Questions 27

Write It Do It Write a description of a contraption Recreate the contraption from the description 28

SO at Mesa Verde – Team Assignments Up to 15 Students per Team 4 -6 Teams Selection Factors ◦ Student & Coaching Preferences ◦ Scheduling Logistics ◦ Team Competitiveness 2009 Event Schedule 29

SO at Mesa Verde – Team Assignments 2009 Event Schedule 30

Commitment Coaches ◦ Begin Practices no later than Oct 27 th ◦ Stick with your event ◦ Coach thru State Competition Students ◦ Stick with your events ◦ Go to practices Be Flexible on Scheduling Practices 31

Parents Role Coaches (23) and Co-Coaches (23) ◦ Weekly Meetings ◦ Mutually agreed meeting times ◦ Home, School, Library, etc. Other Volunteering Cost $50 - $65 - $80 Volunteer Clearance 32

Other Volunteering T-Shirts (1) ◦ Collect Orders, Vendor Contact, Distribution Inventory (2) Event Resources (1) ◦ Collect and distribute resources for coaches Fund Raising (1) ◦ Companies, Individuals Competition Day Logistics (1) Food (1) 33

Application Process Return Application Form with Payment by Sept 24 th. Get Volunteer Clearance by Oct 13 th ◦ ◦ Current TB test Code of Conduct Form Megan’s Law Form Fingerprint or Volunteer Site Transfer Request 34

Application Form 35

Volunteer Clearance Level 2 clearance is required by PUSD for unsupervised work with students. Current TB Test (valid for 4 years) PUSD Volunteer Code of Conduct Megan’s Law Form Level 2 Fingerprinting Contact: Vandana Awasthi when have completed the process. 36

Volunteer Clearance Do you already have… Level 2 clearance at Mesa Verde? ◦ Just inform us and you’re set! Level 2 clearance at another school? ◦ Turn in the Transfer form and you’re done Level 1 clearance at another school? ◦ Turn in the transfer form for Level 1 ◦ Get Level 2 No clearances yet? ◦ Get Level 1 and 2 37

Volunteer Clearance TB Test can be done at PUSD or your provider For Fingerprinting, take the note from the Principal to the District Office with a picture ID. MVMS_SO_2009 9/10/2008 38

Forms Megan’s Law Code of Conduct 39

Forms Site Transfer Request 40

MVMSSO. webs. com General Info Event List Calendar Forms Resources (register) Contact Info Etc. Link from MVMS 43

Before You Leave Add your name to the Email Contact List Sign up for “Other Volunteering” if you can Pick-up Principal’s Clearance Form Pick-up/Complete Application Forms 44

Links and Contacts National SO: http: //soinc. org/ Regional SO: http: //www. sandiegoso. org/ Mesa Verde SO Committee: mv 92129 so@yahoo. com 45

Links and Contacts Committee Members ◦ ◦ ◦ Brad Chang (bconline@san. rr. com) Kim Chevallier (Kand. CDC@aol. com) Dr. Truong (drtruong@post. harvard. edu) Bing Wang (bingwang 92129@yahoo. com) Emma Wang (ewang_sd@yahoo. com) Treasurer ◦ Amy Wu (AWu@deltad. com ) Volunteer Clearance ◦ Vandana Awasthi (vnaresh@hotmail. com) 46

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