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cccrist wrote:Totally lost on purpose so Chippewa would get butterfly. Their season has been almost exactly like Highviews last year.

Saying stuff like that just makes you sound like a sore loser. Don't forget Science Olympiad is meant to encourage sportmanship between teams and that winning isn't everything.

Haha yeah according to the state director, the board thought MP was a hassle to run or something, and they thought roller coaster looked fun so they chose that instead... Lol same thing happened my freshman year with Mission, we basically waited the last day to hack something together in a Rubberma...

Aww looks like the MN board of directors decided to run Roller Coaster instead of Mission Possible next year :( Whaaaaaat. Source? Edit: Jk found it. Never heard of it before...Is complex machines an event, or a general header for a "complex machine" event? And holy crap Roller Coaster so...

Don't know the answer? Write down Asian Carp!

On preparing, see if you can get your hands on previous Nationals tests. They cost some money to get, but are definitely the best way to prepare, especially if the supervisor is the same. Also, do as many practice tests you can find, see what you know and don't know. Where can one find these tests?...

So, this is my first time competing in this event at Nationals and I was wondering if anyone had tips on how to prepare for nationals? Are there any patterns/things in common with the National tests every year? Thanks! Last year at Nationals, the test was fairly long. It'll probably be similar this...

Hey guys, if any of you took the Remote Sensing test, how was it? My friend and I actually wrote the test and any feedback would be nice!

Paleomaniac wrote:This is going to be the same as last year right??? Earth's Hydrosphere...

Who knows? In all likelihood it'll be the same.

It's not exactly a chemistry event, but it utilizes chemistry knowledge, especially when asking questions about material strength and how the bonds between atoms of a certain material affect it. I would say Materials Science is based on chemistry in the broad spectrum of sciences, but is more applic...

Was the answer to the part involving 4 classical optics equations on the National Exam Maxwell's Equations? Please tell me it was something else. Cause I thought of that but didn't write it at the time... And now it's bothering me... A lot... Well, I'm pretty sure it was Maxwell's equations, sorry!...