Ornithology B/C
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Re: Ornithology B/C
at state?? lucky...thats probably how you did so well.....jk...lol i still can't believe i got the tufted puffin beak question wrong....
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Re: Ornithology B/C
can u post any question you remember on here that were hard/weird/interesting...tuftedtitmouse12 wrote:at state?? lucky...thats probably how you did so well.....jk...lol i still can't believe i got the tufted puffin beak question wrong....
Nationals History...
2008: Team 1st, Rocks 2nd
2009: Team 3rd, Fossils 7th
2010: Team 5th, Fossils 4th, Ornithology 7th Egg o Naut 6th
2011: Team 4th, Ornithology 3rd
2012: Team 2nd (Assistant Coach)
2013: Team 3rd (Assistant Coach)
2008: Team 1st, Rocks 2nd
2009: Team 3rd, Fossils 7th
2010: Team 5th, Fossils 4th, Ornithology 7th Egg o Naut 6th
2011: Team 4th, Ornithology 3rd
2012: Team 2nd (Assistant Coach)
2013: Team 3rd (Assistant Coach)
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read the rules tweety, this year you CAN have 2 books, pages of notes and 2 official bird liststweety wrote:yes, they would and we showed up at our ornithology event yesterday and they told us we could have two bird guides, two two sided sheets of notes, and two bird lists and we were confused and mad at the same time. are event supervisors allowed to change parameters like that?paleonaps wrote:Binders would be very nice.
Nationals History...
2008: Team 1st, Rocks 2nd
2009: Team 3rd, Fossils 7th
2010: Team 5th, Fossils 4th, Ornithology 7th Egg o Naut 6th
2011: Team 4th, Ornithology 3rd
2012: Team 2nd (Assistant Coach)
2013: Team 3rd (Assistant Coach)
2008: Team 1st, Rocks 2nd
2009: Team 3rd, Fossils 7th
2010: Team 5th, Fossils 4th, Ornithology 7th Egg o Naut 6th
2011: Team 4th, Ornithology 3rd
2012: Team 2nd (Assistant Coach)
2013: Team 3rd (Assistant Coach)
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Re: Ornithology B/C
read the rules tweety, this year you CAN have 2 books, pages of notes and 2 official bird liststweety wrote:yes, they would and we showed up at our ornithology event yesterday and they told us we could have two bird guides, two two sided sheets of notes, and two bird lists and we were confused and mad at the same time. are event supervisors allowed to change parameters like that?paleonaps wrote:Binders would be very nice.
Nationals History...
2008: Team 1st, Rocks 2nd
2009: Team 3rd, Fossils 7th
2010: Team 5th, Fossils 4th, Ornithology 7th Egg o Naut 6th
2011: Team 4th, Ornithology 3rd
2012: Team 2nd (Assistant Coach)
2013: Team 3rd (Assistant Coach)
2008: Team 1st, Rocks 2nd
2009: Team 3rd, Fossils 7th
2010: Team 5th, Fossils 4th, Ornithology 7th Egg o Naut 6th
2011: Team 4th, Ornithology 3rd
2012: Team 2nd (Assistant Coach)
2013: Team 3rd (Assistant Coach)
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Re: Ornithology B/C
Can anyone give me any tips? I'm doing Ornithology for the first time ever at nationals due to conflicts. Is there a way I can learn ID-ing really, really quickly and effectively? My partner's never done it either...
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Re: Ornithology B/C
at nationals? ur partners never done it either? I wouldn't try. You unfortunately are going to fail against such competition.
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Thank you for those encouraging words of advice.Frogger4907 wrote:at nationals? ur partners never done it either? I wouldn't try. You unfortunately are going to fail against such competition.
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You could try highlighting the birds in your bird guide, it helped me a lot to connect birds to their names. After that, just use one of those websites where people have notecards or slideshows to study from. Hope that helps.Kokonilly wrote:Thank you for those encouraging words of advice.Frogger4907 wrote:at nationals? ur partners never done it either? I wouldn't try. You unfortunately are going to fail against such competition.
That's pretty condescending. There may be some truth in the last part, but I would feel much better trying, than not trying at all. And learning is part of science Olympiad, saying you wouldn't try is like discouraging someone from learning and bettering themselves.Frogger4907 wrote:at nationals? ur partners never done it either? I wouldn't try. You unfortunately are going to fail against such competition.
I've never been to nationals so I'm not too familiar with the competition, but you might as well try, Kokonilly. I'm curious though- what happened to the people on the event before? Did they both have conflicts?
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lolliexdd wrote:You could try highlighting the birds in your bird guide, it helped me a lot to connect birds to their names. After that, just use one of those websites where people have notecards or slideshows to study from. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the tips! I've inherited the old bird guide, which I've been reading for the last couple days.lolliexdd wrote:There may be some truth in the last part, but I would feel much better trying, than not trying at all. And learning is part of science Olympiad, saying you wouldn't try is like discouraging someone from learning and bettering themselves.
I've never been to nationals so I'm not too familiar with the competition, but you might as well try, Kokonilly. I'm curious though- what happened to the people on the event before? Did they both have conflicts?
And I'm not really expecting to do too well (30th?) but yes, I figure I may as well put some effort into it. I would feel terrible if I hurt the team. And yes; both members of the former Ornithology pairing had conflicts, and my partner and I are the most interested people with that block open.
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