Anatomy
(Respiratory, Digestive) |
Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including respiratory and digestive systems. |
| Awesome Aquifers |
Students will construct an aquifer and answer questions about groundwater concepts - includes a presentation. |
| Bottle Rocket |
Prior to the tournament, teams construct two rockets designed to stay aloft for the greatest amount of time. |
| Compute This |
Teams will be presented with a problem which requires quantitative data capture from the Internet and the presentation of data in a graphical format. The 2012 domain is www.cdc.gov. |
| Crime Busters |
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. |
Disease Detectives
(Food Borne Illness) |
This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem. (Food Borne Illness) |
Dynamic Planet
(Earth's Fresh Waters) |
Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (Earth's Fresh Waters) |
| Experimental Design |
Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment. |
| Food Science |
Using their understanding of the chemistry and physical properties of baking ingredients, teams will answer questions at a series of stations. |
| Forestry |
This event will test student knowledge of North American trees that are on the Official National Tree List. |
| Keep the Heat |
Teams must construct an insulated device prior to the tournament that is designed to retain heat. Students must also complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts. |
Meteorology
(Climate) |
This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology (Climate). |
| Microbe Mission |
Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes. |
| Mission Possible |
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. |
| Mouse Trap Vehicle |
Teams will design, build and test a vehicle using one mousetrap as the sole means of propulsion to reach a target as quickly, accurately and close to their predicted time as possible. |
| Optics |
Teams compete in activities and answer questions related to geometric and physical optics. |
| Reach for the Stars |
Students will demonstrate an understanding and basic knowledge of the properties and evolution of stars, open clusters and globular clusters, and normal and star-forming galaxies. |
| Road Scholar |
Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps. |
| Rocks and Minerals |
Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals. |
| Storm the Castle |
Prior to the tournament, teams design, construct and calibrate a device that uses only the energy of a falling counterweight to launch a projectile as far and as accurately as possible. |
| Towers |
Team members design and build the most efficient tower. |
| Water Quality |
Team members design and build the most efficient tower. |
| Write It Do It |
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. |
