| Anatomy |
Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including skeletal and muscular systems. |
| 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 center of the finish line. |
| Bio-Process Lab |
Teams will demonstrate biology laboratory skills related to selected topics. |
| Can't Judge a Powder |
Students will test and characterize one pure substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions about that substance. |
| 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. |
| Disease Detective |
This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem. |
| Dynamic Planet |
Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (earthquakes/volcanoes) |
| Ecology |
Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptation by examining different ecosystems. (Grasslands/Taiga) |
| Elevated Brdige |
Teams will design, build & test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum load. |
| Experimental Design |
Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment. |
| Fossils |
Students will identify, describe, and classify various specimens. |
| Junkyard Challenge |
Students will partially pre-construct an device with final construction and adaptation onsite to complete a published challenge. |
| Meteorology |
This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology (everyday weather). |
| Ornithology |
This event will test knowledge of North American birds on the official list. |
| Pentathlon |
Teams will compete in an academic pentathlon to demonstrate their overall understanding of five major science content areas. |
| Physical Science Lab |
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. |
| Road Scholar |
Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps. |
| Science 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. |
| Shock Value |
Students will compete in activities involving basic understanding of electricity, magnetism and simple electrical devices. |
| 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. |
| Trajectory |
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 |
Teams will design and build a propeller propelled aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft. |
| 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. |
