Event |
Modification Type |
Clarifications & Modification |
Status |
Description |
Anatomy & Physiology
(Skeletal, Muscular & Integumentary) |
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Confirmed |
Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the human Skeletal, Muscular and Integumentary systems. |
| Circuit Lab |
Exam Only |
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Confirmed |
Participants must answer questions about electricity and magnetism. |
| Crime Busters |
Dry Lab Only |
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Given a scenario, a collection of evidence, and possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests that along with other evidence will be used to solve a crime.
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| Density Lab |
Exam Only |
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Confirmed |
Participants answer questions about mass, density, number density, area density, concentration, pressure and buoyancy. |
Disease Detective
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Confirmed |
Participants will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health and disability in populations or groups of people |
Dynamic Planet
(Oceanography) |
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Teams will complete tasks related to physical and geological oceanography.
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| Experimental Design |
Dry Lab Only |
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Confirmed |
This event will determine a participant's ability to design, conduct and report the findings of an experiment. |
| Food Science |
Exam Only |
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Students will answer questions on food chemistry with a focus on fermentation and pickling. |
| Fossils |
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Teams identify and classify fossils and demonstrate their knowledge of ancient life by completing tasks related to interpretation of past environments and ecosystems, adaptations and evolutionary relationships, and use of fossils in dating and correlating rock units. |
| Game On |
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Confirmed |
This event will determine a team's ability to design and build an original computer game using the program Scratch incorporating the scientific theme provided to them by the supervisor. |
| Heredity |
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Confirmed |
Participants will solve problems and analyze data or diagrams using their knowledge of the basic principles of genetics. |
| Machines |
Exam Only |
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Teams will complete a written test on simple and compound machine concepts. |
Meteorology
(Severe Storms) |
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Confirmed |
This event emphasizes understanding of basic meteorological principles associated with severe weather with emphasis on analysis and interpretation of meteorological data, graphs, charts and images. |
| Ornithology |
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Participants will be assessed on their knowledge of North American birds. |
| Reach for the Stars |
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Confirmed |
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the properties and evolution of stars and galaxies as well as their observation using different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g. Radio, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-Ray and Gamma Ray). |
| Road Scholar |
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Participants will answer interpretive questions that may use one or more state highway maps, USGS topographic maps, Internet-generated maps, a road atlas or satellite/aerial images. |
Water Quality
(Marine & Estuary)
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Exam Only |
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Participants will be assessed on their understanding and evaluation of marine and estuary aquatic environments. |
