Westview Science Olympiad 2020 2021 Hello Meet the

Westview Science Olympiad 2020 -2021

Hello! Meet the student board: Meet our head coaches: Aakarsh Vermani - VP of Operations Kathy Duston Michael Wu - President Amy Wu Aryan Pandey - VP of Events Charles Zhang - Secretary Nicole Duston - Treasurer 2

1 What is Science Olympiad?

“ Teamwork is a required skill in most scientific careers today, and Science Olympiad encourages group learning by designing events that forge alliances. 4

Science Olympiad is: Non-profit organization Largest national science competition ￮ Competitions are held at the Regional, State, and National levels ￮ ￮ 5

23 events 6 teams/school 15 students/team 6

WVSO Records Year Place 2014 1 st Regionals 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2 nd Regionals 3 rd Regionals 6 th State 4 th Regionals 6 th State 1 st Regionals States Cancelled 7

Practices ￮ ￮ Events meet online once a week for 1 -2 hours through Zoom or another conferencing tool Practices with entire team (~8 -12 students) Competition with 1 -2 partners A LEVEL II CLEARED adult must be present at all school practices! 8

Coaches ￮ ￮ ￮ Students and parents can coach 1 -2 coaches per event Can be experienced or learn with the team Student Must submit COACH APPLICATION via Google Form (submit by 9/18 at 11: 59 PM PST) Provide a tentative schedule and curriculum 9

Students ￮ ￮ ￮ MUST ATTEND practices or notify coach of absence Must Self-report absences in the online portal Work with your partner(s) You are not allowed to have more than 3 unexcused absences Attend event day 10

Parent’s Pledge ● On behalf of the parents and spectators, I pledge to be an example for our children by: ○ respecting the rules of Science Olympiad, ○ encouraging excellence in Student’s Pledge preparation and investigation, ● I pledge to put forth my best effort in ○ supporting independence in the Science Olympiad principles of design and production of all honest competition. In my events, I will competition devices, compete with integrity, respect, and ○ and respecting the decisions sportsmanship toward my fellow of event supervisors and competitors. I will display courtesy judges. toward Even Supervisors and Our examples will promote the Tournament Personnel. My actions spirit of cooperation within and exemplify the proud spirit of my school, among all of our participating team, and state. teams. 11 Code of ethics

Competition Format: Mini. SO ● ● “Tests can still be prepared by Event Supervisors and delivered through a variety of tech platforms, via email, or even snail mail if needed. ” All teams will compete in their events virtually with their partner(s) Competition is planned to run through the Scilympiad Website Events will be proctored by coaches, teachers, parents, etc. 12

2 Events Pandemic Style

Event Modifications - Not Finalized! This year, many events have been modified to fit the virtual competition format. Most notably, many lab and build events have been changed to study events. Several events may also be replaced with new events: ● Boomilever → Computilever ● Experimental Design → Experiments and Data Analysis ● Gravity Vehicle → Vehicle Design ● Ping Pong Parachute → Cybersecurity ● Wright Stuff → Helicopter ● Write It Do It → Write It CAD It 14

Events By Category ● ● Study Event Build Event Lab Event Bolded - New Event Life, Personal, and Social Science ○ Anatomy & Physiology (Skeletal, Muscular, Integumentary) ○ Designer Genes ○ Disease Detectives ○ Ornithology (study of birds) ○ Water Quality (Marine and Estuary) (Test Only) Earth and Space Science ○ Astronomy ○ Dynamic Planet (Oceanography) ○ Fossils ○ Geo. Logic Mapping 15

Events By Category cont’d. . . ● Study Event Build Event Lab Event Bolded - New Event Physical Science and Chemistry ○ Physics ■ Circuit Lab (Test Only) ■ Sounds of Music (Test Only) ■ Machines (Test Only) ○ Chemistry/Biochemistry ■ Chem Lab (Acid/Base Chemistry/Physical Properties)(Test Only) ■ Forensics (Dry Lab Only) ■ Protein Modeling (Test Only) 16

Events By Category cont’d. . . ● ● Technology and Engineering ○ Detector Building ○ Computilever ○ Helicopter NEW! ○ Vehicle Design NEW! Inquiry and Nature of Science ○ Codebusters ○ Experiment and Data Analysis ○ Write It CAD It ○ Cyber. Security NEW! Study Event Build Event Lab Event Bolded - New Event 17

Reimbursements! Coaches and volunteers ● Don’t hesitate to spend for your build/lab event — we will reimburse you! ● If purchasing over $100, please email us first ● Keep a physical and scanned copy of receipt ● Send receipt to treasurer right after purchase to receive quick reimbursements! ● More info at coach meeting 18

3 Registration

Registration Process 1. Create an Account Online 2. Complete Online Registration 3. Complete Online Student and Parent Consent 4. Payment $60 per student + $10 for shirt 20

Who Needs To Register? ￮ ￮ ￮ ALL Students! ￮ Team members ￮ Student coaches ALL Coaches! ￮ Parent coaches ￮ Student coaches Parents: ￮ Volunteers ￮ Those who want to be on the email list 21

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Important Dates Finish Online Registration by: - TBD!! Student Coach Application Due: - September 18 th, 2020 Teams announced: - September 21, 2020 Coach Meeting: - September 21 st, 2020 Start practices by: - First week of October Meeting Audits: - October through March Tentative Invitational(s) - BEARSO / Golden Gate Regional Competition Date: - February 13, 2020 or - February 27, 2020 State Competition: - Undecided 26

Thanks! ￮ ￮ Questions? Talk to us after the meeting! Facebook group: Westview Science Olympiad 2020 -2021 ￮ ￮ Email our boards! ￮ westviewso. ss@gmail. com ￮ (student board) ￮ westviewso@gmail. com ￮ (parent board) Westview Science Olympiad website ￮ https: //scilympiad. com/westview-so 27