| Aerodynamics |
Each person of a two member team will build one paper airplane to be flown a distance of at least five meters toward a predetermined target. |
| Barge Building |
Each member will construct a barge of aluminum foil that can support the largest amount of cargo without getting it wet. |
| Bottle Music |
A three person team will tune a set of bottles by filling them to different levels with water and blow across them to play two different tunes. |
| Can Racer |
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. |
| Cool It |
Teams of two students will construct a container from a variety of provided materials to keep an ice cube from melting. |
| Egg Drop |
A two person team will construct a package that will protect an egg from breaking and hit the target area when dropped free fall from a high ladder. |
| Element, Compound, Mixture |
Each participant will classify materials into one of three possible categories. |
| Gunk |
Each student will behave like a chemist or chemical engineer and produce a product, gunk, with certain characteristics. |
| Magnets |
Students will show their knowledge of how magnets work and identity materials through which magnets can attract. |
| Mystery Architecture |
Teams of students build the tallest, most stable tower from materials unknown to them prior to the competition. |
| Mystery Powder |
A team of two students will be asked to identify a mixture of common household powders by conducting a variety of tests. |
| Paper Rockets |
Students build and fly a paper rocket from materials that are provided. |
| Pasta Mobile |
Teams of students build a car using only glue and pasta that, when released from the top of a ramp, will travel the greatest distance within a 1.5m wide lane before stopping. |
| Picture This |
This event has teams of 3 students each competing in a contest in which one member draws "clues" for the others to guess a science term or concept. |
| Rubber Band Catapult |
A team of two students will design and construct a device to shoot a rubber band at a target placed within a given range. |
| 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 and will choose the next topic and level. |
| Structures |
The event will test students' ability to build a tall, strong, and stable structure from common materials. |
| Write It - Do It |
This event tests a competitor's ability to communicate with a colleague. |
