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From invitationals to states we used one binder and one laptop. The binder we put in really quick info on DSOs, formulas, diagrams. The laptop we had a lot of extra information. It worked out pretty well for us, but it really just depends what is easiest to sort through (for me it was the binder, my...

States was saturday and of course they asked what microbe caused potato blight ~.~. But it was fairly easy, kind of annoyed we forgot to balance out the equation for fermentation. But it is annoying how this event usually isn't that hard except for maybe one or two questions. Also, I think I have se...

Ooh, another person doing Microbe. :) And thanks for the info... This is my first time doing Microbe, and it seems pretty hard... Just wondering the most important things I need to know. Diseases seem to be pretty big. It can be hard, but the test can vary due to different test makers. I don't know...

Just wondering if diseases play a major role in the state competition... Thanks! First, hi I guess I will be seeing you at states :) (doing microbes too, it seems that you are from NY too). The event is supposed to cover all topics in the rules. That means diseases will most likely be covered but o...

geminicross wrote:So is Heredity considered the replacement for Microbe Mission?

Yes, if you look through I am pretty sure microbes won't be there. It also has been in two years, so I think that is the time to cycle in the next bio event.

From the national supervisors videos, it sounds like next year's astronomy topic will be the evolution of very massive stars. I can't remember where, but I am sure I saw that it would be stellar evolution and type II supernovae (so yea very massive stars). Next year's events seem alright (hm circui...

OK thanks. At least I can happily say my sheet is pretty much done (it is loaded with info...).

quizbowl wrote:States in a week - what is this event -___-

It is the event we will get gold at . Unless...also, this event is geologic mapping.

Sorry to double post, and sorry that this was noted earlier. If on a test they asked for the microbial cause of potato blight, would protist be the answer or fungus since that's what it says on the nats website? The cause is not fungal (it is caused by the fungal-like oomycete, but that doesn't make...

Chemical basis meaning like "the dye particles bond with this/react with this". I guess the molecular basis would be a more apt way to describe it... And thanks SciBomb and themachine! I think it involves how stains form ions in water, and these ions bond to cell parts (class specific asp...