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 (Nervous, Excretory, Digestive)
This event encompasses the anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, this year limited to nervous, excretory and digestive systems.

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

Boomilever
Students will build a cantilevered wooden structure.

Chem Lab (Periodicity and Equilibrium)
Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to equilibrium and periodicity.

Circuit Lab
Students will compete in theoretical and practical activities involving knowledge of direct current (DC) electrical circuits.

Designer Genes
Students will solve problems using their knowledge of molecular genetics and biotechnology.

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

Dynamic Planet (Glaciers)
Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions, specifically Glaciers.

Elastic Launched Glider
Students will design, build and test two elastic launched gliders capable of the highest time aloft.

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.

MagLev
Competitors may construct up to two self-propelled magnetically levitated vehicles powered by batteries that turn up to two propellers to move the vehicle down a magnetic track. Students will also be tested on their knowledge of magnetism and related topics.

Materials Science
Teams will answer a series of questions or complete tasks involving the scientific processes of chemistry focused in the areas of materials science.

Remote Sensing (Hydrosphere)
Teams use remote sensing imagery, science and math process skills to complete tasks related to an understanding of Earth's Hydrosphere.

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.

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.

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.