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New Jersey Science Olympiad - Moorestown Elementary Tournament
Saturday May 9, 2015
Moorestown Friends School, Moorestown, NJ

Results

Overall Tournament Results 1st Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
2nd Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
3rd Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
Barge Buliding 1st Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
2nd Place: Darul Arqam School
3rd Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
4th: Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
5th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
Calculator Contest 1st Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
2nd Place: Thomas Edison Smart Charter School
3rd Place: Mullica Hill Friends
4th: Place: Darul Arqam School
5th: Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
Can Race 1st Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
2nd Place: Paterson Arts and Science Charter School
3rd Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
4th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
5th: Place: Thomas Edison Smart Charter School
Chopper Challenge 1st Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
2nd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
3rd Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
4th: Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
5th: Place: Bergen Art and Science Charter School
Deep Blue Sea 1st Place: Mullica Hill Friends
2nd Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
3rd Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
4th: Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
5th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
Don't Bug Me 1st Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
2nd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
3rd Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
4th: Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
5th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
Extinction is Forever 1st Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
2nd Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
3rd Place: Bergen Art and Science Charter School
4th: Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
5th: Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
Food for Thought 1st Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
2nd Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
3rd Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
4th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
5th: Place: Thomas Edison Smart Charter School
Mystery Architecture 1st Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
2nd Place: Mullica Hill Friends
3rd Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
4th: Place: Paterson Arts and Science Charter School
5th: Place: Darul Arqam School
Mystery Powders 1st Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
2nd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
3rd Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
4th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
5th: Place: Thomas Edison Smart Charter School
No Bones About It 1st Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
2nd Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
3rd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
4th: Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
5th: Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
Straw Egg Drop 1st Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
2nd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
3rd Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
4th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
5th: Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
Tennis Ball Catapult 1st Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
2nd Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
3rd Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
4th: Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #2
5th: Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
5th: Place: Thomas Edison Smart Charter School
Water Rockets 1st Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
2nd Place: Paterson Charter school for Science and Technology
3rd Place: Paterson Arts and Science Charter School
4th: Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
5th: Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
Weather or Not 1st Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
2nd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
3rd Place: Mullica Hill Friends
4th: Place: Chesterfield Elementary School
5th: Place: Darul Arqam School
Write It Do It 1st Place: Elizabeth Haddon School
2nd Place: Moorestown Friends School Team #1
3rd Place: Baytul-Iman Academy
4th: Place: Mullica Hill Friends
5th: Place: Chesterfield Elementary School

Event List

Barge Buliding

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. (See below for more information)
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.

Material for event will be LEGO Blocks

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.