| A is for Anatomy |
Each team will view models, slides, and pictures of organs and tissues from the human body. They will identify and explain the function of each |
| 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 of two students will construct one can racer before coming to the Olympiad which will be raced against the clock in a drag racing format. |
| Clay Boats |
Each team will build a boat from clay, launch it and fill it with the greatest number of plastic gram cubes before sinking. |
| Density |
This event is designed to examine the students' basic understanding of the nature of density using blocks of various materials that are square or rectangular. |
| Don't Bug Me |
The contestants are to distinguish insects from non-insects, identify various body parts, characteristics, habitats, ecological significance, life cycles, and major orders of insects. |
| Egg Drop |
Raw, grade A medium eggs will be dropped from ever increasing heights into a landing pad/egg catching device. |
| Extinction is Forever |
Students will be quizzed on organisms that: have become extinct; or are on the endangered list; or are on the threatened list; or have been removed from such lists and the reasons behind these organisms' extinction or endangered status |
| Paper Rockets |
Students build and fly a paper rocket from materials that are provided. |
| 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. |
