Road Scholar B

Re: Road Scholar B

Postby cooltiger on Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:11 pm

What is said change?
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby robotman09 on Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:23 pm

yes what is the change i cant seem to find it :oops:
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby eyeball138 on Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:10 pm

Universal Transverse Mercator. Like profiling, it can only be used at states and nationals. I'm not really sure what kind of questions they'll ask about it, but I also don't know too much about it.
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby robotman09 on Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:13 pm

that was on there last year though
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anyone have any ways to find coodinates faster than what it says in the coaches manual?
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby eyeball138 on Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:13 pm

Was it really on last year's rules? If it was, I must not have seen that... :shock:
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby eak227 on Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:35 am

robotman09 wrote:that was on there last year though
:shrug:

anyone have any ways to find coodinates faster than what it says in the coaches manual?



What's in the coaches manual? The best (most accurate) way to do it is by using fractions. Measure the distance (x) from one 2.5' (150") tick mark to another, then measure the distance (y) from the closest tick mark to your point. Now you know your point is 150" *y/x from the tick mark. Do the addition and you're set. It shouldn't take more than 1-2 minutes to get both coordinates if you practice it.
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby robotman09 on Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:50 pm

eak227 wrote:
robotman09 wrote:that was on there last year though
:shrug:

anyone have any ways to find coodinates faster than what it says in the coaches manual?



What's in the coaches manual? The best (most accurate) way to do it is by using fractions. Measure the distance (x) from one 2.5' (150") tick mark to another, then measure the distance (y) from the closest tick mark to your point. Now you know your point is 150" *y/x from the tick mark. Do the addition and you're set. It shouldn't take more than 1-2 minutes to get both coordinates if you practice it.


Yea thats what we do my partner is excellent at it and can do it in about a minute
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby robotman09 on Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:51 pm

Ok guys i finally got a copy of a good topo maps instructional program it has all the basics of maps and also all the skills in the coaches manual

Direct dowload it is around 27 MB

Here is where you can download it at you own time


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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby imadancingfrog on Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:52 am

What is the best way to prepare for Road Scholar, we have an individual test at the beginning of next month, and don't know what to study.....help? :D
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby eyeball138 on Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:09 am

Go to the soinc.org store, and buy the Coach's Manual for Road Scholar. It has everything that you need for the event in one book, so it's easy to bring into the competition, and, it has lots of practice questions that you can take before you take a test. I recommend ordering the book, taking all the lessons, and then taking a practice test.
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby gyourkoshaven on Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:10 am

eyeball138 wrote:...I recommend ordering the book, taking all the lessons, and then taking a practice test.


...:)...

It really is a great book if you have the attention span to read it. (I didn't :shrug:)
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby cooltiger on Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:14 pm

I finnaly got my copy of the rules. Lets see whats new,
I don't think I remember seeing a UTM last year. At least that is state and nats only. I don't exactly understand what it is about though. And their is now PLSS on the student created maps. Exactly how will it be used?
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby eyeball138 on Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:22 pm

I don't think that there will be any difference with map drawing. In the past, questions have told me to draw a pond in the NE 1/4 // SE 1/4 // 14 for example, so I don't even see how PLSS will be an addition. They probably have just neglected to put it on there in the past.
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby cooltiger on Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:34 pm

Yeah I thought that also at first. What about the UTM though?
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Re: Road Scholar B

Postby robotman09 on Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:35 pm

For the UTM i am not exactaly sure how it will be used it may be used in a qustion like

Billy is at such and such a place what UTM grid is he in?

thats the way i could see it added to a test
imadancingfrog wrote:What is the best way to prepare for Road Scholar, we have an individual test at the beginning of next month, and don't know what to study.....help? :D


Definatly listen to eyeball and get the coaches manual and read/ memorize it

also for a basic and slightly in depth overview try the program i posted

robotman09 wrote:Ok guys i finally got a copy of a good topo maps instructional program it has all the basics of maps and also all the skills in the coaches manual

Direct dowload it is around 27 MB

Here is where you can download it at you own time


Hope you enjoy it
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