Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
Was LASA stacked???
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
Rocks wasn’t scored because someone on our B team told the supervisor that the rocks had been moved around within each station. The supervisors interpreted this as, “I have moved Rocks from station to station,” so then they slashed the ID portion from all tests (90/200 points or something) and tiered him to last place, in a study event, lol. Also the grading was weird because the score for our other team in the test packet was far from the score on ezra, even without ID.
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
No, there were also rocks that ended up at the wrong station unfortunately. The labeling idea is a good one for future tournaments!
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
Congratulations to LASA for completely dominating and to everyone else that competed at UPenn yesterday! I thought that I'd post a view of my event reviews here:
Hovercraft (21) - Pretty good test! Probably a bit easier than the MIT test but definitely up there in terms of difficulty. I do wish there were a couple more fluid dynamics questions on there but nonetheless I was pleased with the test quality. The track was pretty well-made; our device just wasn't working properly so that's why we screwed up. Overall an A-
Mousetrap Vehicle (5) - Nothing much to say here other than this event was easily the highlight of my day. I thought that this event was run very well and the proctors definitely knew what they were doing. Also, does anybody know how LASA did in this event? Overall an A+
Dynamic Planet (45) - Man, I did not think we did that bad on the test here. It was definitely a well-written test but I guess my teammate and I misunderstood part of the test while taking it (I'll have to look at the test myself when we have our next team meeting). I thought the conceptual questions were pretty good and that it thoroughly tested the topics listed out in the rules manual. Overall an A
Thermodynamics (39) - I thought this event was pretty mediocre in terms of how it was run. Both our team and our A team measured the temperature of the water to be a couple degrees off the initial temperature and the volumes were a little bit off. I'll cut them some slack though; this event and Hovercraft are probably the most difficult events to run properly, and it was definitely not as bad as it was at MIT. The test on the other hand was pretty hard and I wish that I had prepared more for it. Overall a B-
Hovercraft (21) - Pretty good test! Probably a bit easier than the MIT test but definitely up there in terms of difficulty. I do wish there were a couple more fluid dynamics questions on there but nonetheless I was pleased with the test quality. The track was pretty well-made; our device just wasn't working properly so that's why we screwed up. Overall an A-
Mousetrap Vehicle (5) - Nothing much to say here other than this event was easily the highlight of my day. I thought that this event was run very well and the proctors definitely knew what they were doing. Also, does anybody know how LASA did in this event? Overall an A+
Dynamic Planet (45) - Man, I did not think we did that bad on the test here. It was definitely a well-written test but I guess my teammate and I misunderstood part of the test while taking it (I'll have to look at the test myself when we have our next team meeting). I thought the conceptual questions were pretty good and that it thoroughly tested the topics listed out in the rules manual. Overall an A
Thermodynamics (39) - I thought this event was pretty mediocre in terms of how it was run. Both our team and our A team measured the temperature of the water to be a couple degrees off the initial temperature and the volumes were a little bit off. I'll cut them some slack though; this event and Hovercraft are probably the most difficult events to run properly, and it was definitely not as bad as it was at MIT. The test on the other hand was pretty hard and I wish that I had prepared more for it. Overall a B-
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2018 Events
Hovercraft, Optics, Thermodynamics, Dynamic Planet, Mousetrap Vehicle
2018 Events
Hovercraft, Optics, Thermodynamics, Dynamic Planet, Mousetrap Vehicle
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
Anyone know how many questions there were on the Fermi Test?
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
40 questionsRiptide wrote:Anyone know how many questions there were on the Fermi Test?
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
So even though there seemed to be issues with Rocks scoring, I did want to see how including those results affected scores to an extent. So I present the final scores with the Rocks places counting for half!
1. LASA - 173.5
2. Columbia - 233.5
3. Harriton B - 236.5
4. New Trier A - 242
5. Ward Melville A - 248
6. Harriton A - 250
7. WWP North A - 267
8. WWP North B - 269
9. Rustin - 329
10. Fairfax - 337.5
11. Conestoga A - 360.5
12. Penncrest - 388
13. Montgomery B - 389
14. South Brunswick A - 431
15. Shady Side A - 438.5
16. JP Stevens - 442
17. Princeton A - 461.5
18. Lower Merion - 464.5
18. WWP South B - 464.5*
20. WWP South A - 475.5
21. Montgomery A - 485.5
22. Syosset A - 505
23. Langley A - 531.5
24. Lower Merion B - 543.5
25. North Penn - 552
26. Chaminade A - 575.5
27. Conestoga B - 581
28. South Brunswick - 602.5
29. North Pocono A - 617
30. Parkland - 652
31. John Jay A - 657.5
32. JP Stevens - 660
33. East Brunswick - 662
34. New Trier B - 701.5
35. Cherry Hill East A - 719
36. Ward Melville B - 719.5
36. Garnet Valley - 719.5
38. Merrimack A - 743.5
39. North Pocono B - 780
40. Princeton B - 786.5
41. Langley B - 813.5
42. Whitehall - 818.5
43. Shipley - 829.5
44. John Jay B - 829.5
45. Masterman - 858
46. Cherry Hill East B - 932
47. Chaminade B - 952
48. Sun Valley - 961
49. Merrimack B - 1002.5
50. Syosset B - 1147.5
1. LASA - 173.5
2. Columbia - 233.5
3. Harriton B - 236.5
4. New Trier A - 242
5. Ward Melville A - 248
6. Harriton A - 250
7. WWP North A - 267
8. WWP North B - 269
9. Rustin - 329
10. Fairfax - 337.5
11. Conestoga A - 360.5
12. Penncrest - 388
13. Montgomery B - 389
14. South Brunswick A - 431
15. Shady Side A - 438.5
16. JP Stevens - 442
17. Princeton A - 461.5
18. Lower Merion - 464.5
18. WWP South B - 464.5*
20. WWP South A - 475.5
21. Montgomery A - 485.5
22. Syosset A - 505
23. Langley A - 531.5
24. Lower Merion B - 543.5
25. North Penn - 552
26. Chaminade A - 575.5
27. Conestoga B - 581
28. South Brunswick - 602.5
29. North Pocono A - 617
30. Parkland - 652
31. John Jay A - 657.5
32. JP Stevens - 660
33. East Brunswick - 662
34. New Trier B - 701.5
35. Cherry Hill East A - 719
36. Ward Melville B - 719.5
36. Garnet Valley - 719.5
38. Merrimack A - 743.5
39. North Pocono B - 780
40. Princeton B - 786.5
41. Langley B - 813.5
42. Whitehall - 818.5
43. Shipley - 829.5
44. John Jay B - 829.5
45. Masterman - 858
46. Cherry Hill East B - 932
47. Chaminade B - 952
48. Sun Valley - 961
49. Merrimack B - 1002.5
50. Syosset B - 1147.5
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
Overall, a great competition! I'll provide some feedback on the events.
Astronomy: Really good test in my opinion. The questions were interesting. It wasn't too short or too long (although there's almost no such thing as too long in this kind of event).
Hovercraft: It was run well and the test was good. It was a little different from most tests I see in that it had a fair amount of word answers rather than just math questions. It didn't have any really big/difficult physics problems which I usually enjoy; it seemed to focus more on having a wide range of knowledge. The supervisors were efficient and organized when I was there, which is really important.
Rocks and Minerals: A bit of a mess tbh. Besides the fact that things were apparently moved around, which has been discussed, it was very cramped and there was so little time to do so many questions (plus the event started late and had to run over time). This test was really about efficiency since it was so hard and long. I think maybe having fewer questions so teams have more time to think about answers or look through the binder is better, but there's nothing unfair about having a really long test. Unfortunately my team concentrated on getting the identification based questions right, which is the part discarded for scoring. Lastly, I generally prefer when the short answer questions provided are related to the samples at that station, but it works either way.
Chem Lab: I don't normally do chem lab but it seemed like a really good test. My only suggestion is to provide a greater proportion of points for the lab. The lab took a fairly long time but wasn't worth very much it seemed.
Astronomy: Really good test in my opinion. The questions were interesting. It wasn't too short or too long (although there's almost no such thing as too long in this kind of event).
Hovercraft: It was run well and the test was good. It was a little different from most tests I see in that it had a fair amount of word answers rather than just math questions. It didn't have any really big/difficult physics problems which I usually enjoy; it seemed to focus more on having a wide range of knowledge. The supervisors were efficient and organized when I was there, which is really important.
Rocks and Minerals: A bit of a mess tbh. Besides the fact that things were apparently moved around, which has been discussed, it was very cramped and there was so little time to do so many questions (plus the event started late and had to run over time). This test was really about efficiency since it was so hard and long. I think maybe having fewer questions so teams have more time to think about answers or look through the binder is better, but there's nothing unfair about having a really long test. Unfortunately my team concentrated on getting the identification based questions right, which is the part discarded for scoring. Lastly, I generally prefer when the short answer questions provided are related to the samples at that station, but it works either way.
Chem Lab: I don't normally do chem lab but it seemed like a really good test. My only suggestion is to provide a greater proportion of points for the lab. The lab took a fairly long time but wasn't worth very much it seemed.
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JT880 wrote:Congratulations to LASA for completely dominating and to everyone else that competed at UPenn yesterday! I thought that I'd post a view of my event reviews here:
Hovercraft (21) - Pretty good test! Probably a bit easier than the MIT test but definitely up there in terms of difficulty. I do wish there were a couple more fluid dynamics questions on there but nonetheless I was pleased with the test quality. The track was pretty well-made; our device just wasn't working properly so that's why we screwed up. Overall an A-
Mousetrap Vehicle (5) - Nothing much to say here other than this event was easily the highlight of my day. I thought that this event was run very well and the proctors definitely knew what they were doing. Also, does anybody know how LASA did in this event? Overall an A+
Dynamic Planet (45) - Man, I did not think we did that bad on the test here. It was definitely a well-written test but I guess my teammate and I misunderstood part of the test while taking it (I'll have to look at the test myself when we have our next team meeting). I thought the conceptual questions were pretty good and that it thoroughly tested the topics listed out in the rules manual. Overall an A
Thermodynamics (39) - I thought this event was pretty mediocre in terms of how it was run. Both our team and our A team measured the temperature of the water to be a couple degrees off the initial temperature and the volumes were a little bit off. I'll cut them some slack though; this event and Hovercraft are probably the most difficult events to run properly, and it was definitely not as bad as it was at MIT. The test on the other hand was pretty hard and I wish that I had prepared more for it. Overall a B-
I am not sure if I am allowed to post this but there first run was 0.8 cm off (It was said loud enough for the spectators to here) and their time was pretty good too.
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Re: Science Olympiad at UPenn 2018 Invitational
Checking Ezra says that their score was 14.72.DarthBuilder wrote:JT880 wrote:Congratulations to LASA for completely dominating and to everyone else that competed at UPenn yesterday! I thought that I'd post a view of my event reviews here:
Hovercraft (21) - Pretty good test! Probably a bit easier than the MIT test but definitely up there in terms of difficulty. I do wish there were a couple more fluid dynamics questions on there but nonetheless I was pleased with the test quality. The track was pretty well-made; our device just wasn't working properly so that's why we screwed up. Overall an A-
Mousetrap Vehicle (5) - Nothing much to say here other than this event was easily the highlight of my day. I thought that this event was run very well and the proctors definitely knew what they were doing. Also, does anybody know how LASA did in this event? Overall an A+
Dynamic Planet (45) - Man, I did not think we did that bad on the test here. It was definitely a well-written test but I guess my teammate and I misunderstood part of the test while taking it (I'll have to look at the test myself when we have our next team meeting). I thought the conceptual questions were pretty good and that it thoroughly tested the topics listed out in the rules manual. Overall an A
Thermodynamics (39) - I thought this event was pretty mediocre in terms of how it was run. Both our team and our A team measured the temperature of the water to be a couple degrees off the initial temperature and the volumes were a little bit off. I'll cut them some slack though; this event and Hovercraft are probably the most difficult events to run properly, and it was definitely not as bad as it was at MIT. The test on the other hand was pretty hard and I wish that I had prepared more for it. Overall a B-
I am not sure if I am allowed to post this but there first run was 0.8 cm off (It was said loud enough for the spectators to here) and their time was pretty good too.
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