| Barge Building |
Each team will construct a barge of aluminum foil that can support a cargo. They will predict the amount of cargo the barge will hold and will load cargo until the barge takes on water |
| Boggle Science |
Each team will attempt to locate science words pertaining to a particular subject on a board of 16 letters |
| Bottle Music |
Each team will tune a set of bottles by filling them to different levels with water and use them to play two different tunes |
| Can Race |
Each team will construct one single-can racer (before coming to the tournament), which will be raced against the clock in a drag racing format |
| Chopper Challenge |
Contestants will build and test 3 choppers (rotary flying devices) using only the materials provided at the competition |
| Grasp a Graph |
The objective is to develop the skills of collecting and organizing information using pictographs, bar, line and pie graphs to solve problems |
| Measurements and Metrics |
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| Mystery Architecture |
Teams of students build the tallest, most stable tower from materials unknown to them prior to the competition |
| Mystery Powders |
A team of two contestants will be asked to identify a mixture of common white household powders |
| Science Jeopardy |
Contestants choose a category and a level of difficulty from the game board and view and listen to an answer to a question. The first team to respond with an appropriate question for the answer will be awarded points and will choose the next topic and level |
| Straw Egg Drop |
Teams of students build a device from soda straws to cradle an egg being dropped from a certain height |
| Tennis Ball Catapult |
Each two-member team will build a device to launch a tennis ball a selected distance from about 2 to 5 meters |
| Which Way is North |
Teams of up to two students will attempt to navigate themselves around a state road map |
| Write It Do It |
This event tests a competitor's ability to communicate with a colleague |
