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dhbrann · Post by **dhbrann** » March 18th, 2009, 6:03 pm

Jazzy09 wrote:i got first in state in this event and my team got first as well. will i see anyone else in Augusta?

Congratulations. Did they allow you to place your clock on a table or did you build it high enough so that the pendulum (or whatever you used) could swing freely?

Jazzy09 · Post by **Jazzy09** » March 20th, 2009, 3:59 pm

we could use the desks there but my pendulum is in a box so its all good

what are the best scores from the timing part for some of you? or just your typical

Hola · Post by **Hola** » April 6th, 2009, 4:40 pm

How does test difficulty vary between regional and state competitions?
What sort of things on are the state tests?
Are they more fact-based or logic-based?

Sheogorath · Post by **Sheogorath** » April 6th, 2009, 5:23 pm

States is usually harder. The tests combine both mathematical problems along with fact based questions. Check out the Wiki page and the national site for more details.

kmeister87 · Post by **kmeister87** » April 8th, 2009, 2:58 pm

It completely depends on how the coordinator interprets the rules and how seriously they take Science Olympiad. Most of our test at regionals was from a wikipedia article, but our test at state tested over a huge variety of time concepts, fact-based and mathematical. Prepare for everything.

AlchemyRocks · Post by **AlchemyRocks** » April 9th, 2009, 8:04 pm

kmeister87 wrote:It completely depends on how the coordinator interprets the rules and how seriously they take Science Olympiad. Most of our test at regionals was from a wikipedia article, but our test at state tested over a huge variety of time concepts, fact-based and mathematical. Prepare for everything.

Ours was almost the exact opposite.

The regional test was the fact-based, time concepts test. States was all math, and they gave us all the formulas we needed and then some.

rockhound · Post by **rockhound** » April 10th, 2009, 7:56 am

AlchemyRocks wrote: The regional test was the fact-based, time concepts test. States was all math, and they gave us all the formulas we needed and then some.

Aren't they required to give you all of the formulas?

saturnian · Post by **saturnian** » April 10th, 2009, 12:08 pm

rockhound wrote:
AlchemyRocks wrote: The regional test was the fact-based, time concepts test. States was all math, and they gave us all the formulas we needed and then some.
Aren't they required to give you all of the formulas?

No, in fact I'd be surprised if I found formulas on my states test... Of course it all depends. You shouldn't rely on a given formula sheet.

physicsphan · Post by **physicsphan** » April 10th, 2009, 1:12 pm

rockhound wrote:
AlchemyRocks wrote: The regional test was the fact-based, time concepts test. States was all math, and they gave us all the formulas we needed and then some.
Aren't they required to give you all of the formulas?

Technically, yes according to the rules but I would not count on the supervisor having read those.

Jazzy09 · Post by **Jazzy09** » April 10th, 2009, 4:52 pm

what are your typical times?

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