Science Olympiad 2024 events LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE Anatomy and Physiology - Human anatomy and physiology - cardiovascular, lymphatic, excretory Disease Detectives - Investigative study of disease, injury, and disability Ecology - Ecology and adaptations in North America Forestry - General forestry knowledge and trees of the United States Microbe Mission - Analyze, answer, and solve problems related to Microbes EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE Astronomy - General astronomy, star formation and exoplanets Dynamic Planet - Large scale processes that change Earth’s crust Fossils - Identify and Classify fossils, knowledge of ancient life Geologic Mapping - Use and creation of topographic, geologic, and cross sectional maps PHYSICAL SCIENCE & CHEMISTRY Air Trajectory - Design, construct, calibrate a device to launch projectiles onto a target Chem Lab - Complete lab and answer questions on periodicity and equilibrium Detector Building - Build a durable probe to measure voltage and NaCl concentration in ppm Forensics - Test a scenario with subjects to solve a crime Optics - Activity to direct a laser to a target using mirrors and other optics Wind Power - Construct a blade assembly to capture energy, know principles of alternative energy TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Flight - Construct and optimize a rubber-powered aircraft to achieve maximum airtime Robot Tour - Build and program a robot to accurately and efficiently navigate Scrambler - Use kinetic energy to transport an egg accurately Tower - Design and construct a tower with high structural efficiency INQUIRY & NATURE OF SCIENCE Codebusters - Cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cipher techniques Experimental Design - Test of your ability to design, conduct, and report experiments on site Fermi Questions - Estimate fast and rough quantities to science-related questions Write It Do It - Write a description of object and construction, for another person to build Total Events: 23 INFORMATION TESTS (WRITTEN OR PHYSICAL) Event Teams of Type Written or Physical Time Codebusters 3 Cryptography W 50 Fermi Questions 2 General W 50 Astronomy 2 Earth Science W 50 Ecology 2 Life Science W 50 Geologic Mapping 2 Earth Science W and/or P 50 Dynamic Planet 2 Earth Science W and/or P 50 Fossils 2 Earth Science W and P 50 Forestry 2 Life Science W and P 50 Anatomy and Physiology 2 Life Science W and P 50 LAB/HANDS ON EVENT Event Teams of Type Time Write It Do It 2 General 50 Forensics 2 Chemistry 50 Experimental Design 3 General 50 Optics 2 Physics 50 Chem Lab 2 Chemistry 50 Microbe Mission 2 Life Science 50 BUILD EVENT Event Teams of Category Built Time Air Trajectory ? Engineering Before 8 Detector Building 2 Engineering Before 50 Tower 2 Engineering Before 6 Flight 2 Engineering Before 15 Scrambler 2 Engineering Before 12 Robot Tour 2 Robotics Before 18 Wind Power ? Engineering Before ?