2010 Events (new events in blue)
EVENT DESCRIPTIONS (Divisions B and/or C events are designated in parentheses):
| Anatomy (B) | Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including skeletal and muscular systems. |
| Anatomy & Physiology (C) | This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, this year limited to skeletal, muscular and endocrine systems. |
| Astronomy (C) | Teams identify deep sky objects and solve astronomy problems. |
| Battery Buggy (B) | Teams will construct a vehicle that uses electrical energy as its sole means of propulsion, quickly travels a specified distance, and stops as close as possible to the center of the finish line. |
| Bio Process Lab (B) | Teams will demonstrate biology laboratory skills related to selected topics. |
| Can't Judge a Powder (B) | Students will test and characterize one pure substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions about that substance. |
| Cell Biology Lab (C) | Students will demonstrate their understanding of cell biology and biochemistry. |
| Chemistry Lab (C) | Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to selected topics. |
| Compute This (B) | Teams will be presented with a problem which requires quantitative data capture from the Internet and the presentation of data in a graphical format. |
| Disease Detectives (B/C) | This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem. |
| Dynamic Planet (B/C) | Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (earthquakes/volcanoes) |
| Ecology (B/C) | Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptation by examining different ecosystems. (Grasslands/Taiga) |
| Egg-o-Naut (C) | Teams will design, construct and launch rockets to stay aloft and carry a raw egg without breaking. |
| Elevated Bridge (B/C) | Teams will design, build & test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum load. |
| Environmental Chemistry (C) | Teams will be asked questions pertaining to environmental chemistry, which may include chemical reactions, characterization, and quantification. |
| Experimental Design (B/C) | Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment. |
| Forensics (C) | Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers, and other materials in a crime scenario. |
| Fossils (B/C) | Students will identify, describe, and classify various specimens. |
| It's About Time (C) | Using a pre-constructed non-electronic device, students will measure time in intervals. |
| Junkyard Challenge (B) | Students will partially pre-construct an device with final construction and adaptation onsite to complete a published challenge. |
| Meteorology (B) | This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology (everyday weather). |
| Mission Possible (C) | Prior to the competition, participants will design, build, test and document a "Rube Goldberg-like device" that completes a required Final Task using a sequence of consecutive tasks. |
| Mousetrap Vehicle (C) | Teams will design, build and test a vehicle that uses one or two snap mousetraps as the sole propulsion energy source to travel a distance and return to the starting line center as quickly as possible. |
| Ornithology (B/C) | This event will test knowledge of North American birds on the official list. |
| Pentathlon (B) | Teams will compete in an academic pentathlon to demonstrate their overall understanding of five major science content areas. |
| Physics Lab (B/C) | Teams will demonstrate physics laboratory skills related to selected topics including wind power and alternative energy. Teams will build a blade assembly used to capture wind power and generate voltage. |
| Picture This (C) | Draw representations of a set of scientific terms or concepts and guess the term being drawn. |
| Remote Sensing (C) | Teams use maps and remote sensing technology to explain human impact on the Earth. |
| Road Scholar (B) | Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps. |
| Science Crime Busters (B) | Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using paper chromatography and analysis of unknown solids, liquids, and plastics found at the scene of a crime. |
| Shock Value (B) | Students will compete in activities involving basic understanding of electricity, magnetism and simple electrical devices. |
| Solar System (B) | Teams will demonstrate knowledge of the Sun, planets and their satellites, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, the asteroid belt, meteoroids, Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt. |
| Technical Problem Solving (C) | Teams will gather and process data to solve problems. |
| Trajectory (B/C) | Teams will design, construct, calibrate and operate a device capable of launching a projectile into a target using energy provided by nonmetallic elastic solids. |
| Wright Stuff (B) | Teams will design and build a propeller propelled aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft. |
| Write It, Do It (B/C) | A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempts to recreate it using only the written description. |
The above information was taken from the official NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD WEBSITE, http://www.soinc.org/events/index.htm.
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