Division C

Division C Science Olympiad is for high school students, in 9th to 12th grade. Out of the fifteen students on the team, a maximum of seven members can be in 12th grade. All students on the team must be from the membership school.

For the Middle School competition, see Division B.

Anatomy & Physiology (Respiratory, Excretory, Digestive)
This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, this year limited to respiratory, excretory and digestive systems.

Astronomy (Stellar Evolution and Type Ia Supernovae)
Teams will demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of math and physics relating to stellar evolution and type Ia supernovas.

Chem Lab (Electrochemistry and Periodicity)
Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to Redox reactions and/or periodicity.

Disease Detectives (Food-Borne Illness)
This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem. (Food Borne Illness)

Dynamic Planet (Earth's Fresh Water)
Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions, specifically Earth's Fresh Waters.

Experimental Design
Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.

Fermi Questions
A Fermi Question is a science related question that seeks a fast, rough estimate of a quantity which is difficult or impossible to measure directly. Answers will be estimated within an order of magnitude recorded in powers of 10.

Forensics
Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers, and other materials in a crime scenario.

Forestry
This event will test student knowledge of North American trees that are on the Official National Tree List.

Gravity Vehicle
Teams design, build and test one vehicle and ramp that uses gravitational potential energy as the vehicle's sole means of propulsion to reach a Target Point as quickly, as accurately and as close to their predicted time as possible.

Helicopters
Students will construct and test free flight rubber-powered helicopters prior to the tournament to achieve maximum flight times.

Microbe Mission
Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.

Optics
Teams compete in activities and answer questions related to geometric and physical optics.

Protein Modeling
Students will use computer visualization and online resources to guide them in constructing physical models of proteins and in understanding how the structure of the protein determines the function. For 2012, students will model proteins involved in the regulation of apoptosis as they explore the discovery and treatment of a rare (one in a billion) genetic trait discovered through genome sequencing.

Remote Sensing (Hydrosphere)
Teams use maps and remote sensing technology to explain human impact on the Earth.

Robot Arm
Prior to the competition teams must design, build, document and test one robotic device to move scored items.

Rocks & Minerals
Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.

Sounds Of Music
Prior to the competition, students will build two different instruments of any type based on a 12 tone tempered scale, prepare to describe the principles behind their operation and be able to perform a major scale, a required melody and a chosen melody with each.

Technical Problem Solving
Teams will gather and process data to solve problems.

Thermodynamics
Teams must construct an insulated device prior to the tournament that is designed to retain heat. Teams must also complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts.

Towers
Team members design and build the most efficient tower.

Water Quality
The event will focus on evaluating aquatic environments.

Write It Do It
A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.