New Jersey Science Olympiad - Moorestown Elementary Tournament
Saturday May 11, 2013
Moorestown Friends School, Moorestown, NJ
Moorestown Friends School
110 E Main Street
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Contact person:
Barbara Q. Kreider, Ph.D.
Chairperson, Science Department
Moorestown Friends School
Bkreider@mfriends.org
The NJ ESO Moorestown Friends Tournament follows all the rules, objectives & material suggestions set out by the National Science Olympiad in the Elementary Science Olympiad "Competitive Tournament Rules Manual." This may be found at the National Science Olympiad Website @ http://soinc.org/welcome. You may go directly to the store, by following this link @ http://store.soinc.org/c-2-k-12-rules-manuals.aspx . This manual will give you the specific details for each event, plus other important general information.
Time |
Event |
| 7:45 - 8:45 |
Registration |
| 8:00 - 8:50 |
Impound (tennis ball catapult) |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Opening Remarks |
| Session 1: 9:15 - 9:50 |
Can Race |
| Session 2: 10:00 - 10:50 |
Chopper Challenge |
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Extinction is Forever |
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Write It / Do It (Material: LEGOs) |
| Session 3: 11:00 - 11:50 |
Barge Building |
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Calculator Contest |
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Don't Bug Me |
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Mystery Powders |
| Session 4: 12:00 - 12:50 |
Deep Blue Sea |
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No Bones About It |
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Tennis Ball Catapult |
| Session 5: 1:00 - 1:50 |
Food for Thought |
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Mystery Architecture |
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Weather or Not |
| Session 6: 2:00 - 2:50 |
Straw Egg Drop |
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Water Rockets |
| 3:30 |
Awards |
| 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. |
| Calculator Contest |
Each participant will demonstrate his/her knowledge of problem-solving using a hand-held, non-programmable calculator. |
| 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. |
| Deep Blue Sea |
Each team will work cooperatively to answer questions and identify ocean flora, and fauna, physical features and phenomena related to marine science. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Food for Thought |
Groups of students demonstrate knowledge of food groups and additives. |
| 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. |
| No Bones About It |
A team of two (2) students will match each of 10-15 different kinds of bones with an appropriate skeleton or chart of various animals. |
| 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. |
| Water Rockets |
Students will build and launch a 2-liter plastic bottle for maximum time aloft. |
| Weather or Not |
This competition will test the students’ knowledge of meteorological terms, techniques, and events. |
| Write It/Do It |
This event tests a competitor's ability to communicate with a colleague.
The material used for this event will be LEGO Blocks |
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