Division B

Division B Science Olympiad is for middle school age students, in 6th to 9th grade. Out of the fifteen students on the team, a maximum of five members can be in 9th grade. All students on the team must be from the membership school, with the exception of five members who attended the school the previous year. This is to accommodate for middle schools which may not have 8th or 9th grade students.

For the High School competition, see Division C.

2013-2014 Events:

Anatomy (Integumentary, Immune)

Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including nervous and integumentary systems.

Boomilever

Students will build a cantilevered wooden structure.

Can't Judge A Powder

Students will characterize a pure substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions about that substance.

Crime Busters

Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using paper chromatography and analysis of unknown solids, liquids, and plastics found at the scene of a crime.

Disease Detectives (Environmental Quality)

This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem. (Environmental Quality)

Dynamic Planet (Glaciers)

Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions, specifically Glaciers.

Entomology

Students will be asked to identify insects by order and family, answer questions about insects and use or construct a dichotomous key.

Experimental Design

Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.

Helicopters

Students will construct and test free flight rubber-powered helicopters prior to the tournament to achieve maximum flight times.

Heredity

Students will solve problems and analyze data or diagrams using their knowledge of the basic principles of genetics.

Meteorology (Severe Storms)

This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology. (Severe Storms).

===Metric Mastery===. Students will demonstrate an intuitive feeling for estimating then measuring metric units including mass, volume, area, surface area, force, distance, time and temperature.

Road Scholar

Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps.

Robo-Cross

Teams will design and build a robot capable of performing certain tasks on a prescribed playing field.

Rocks and Minerals

Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.

Rotor Egg Drop

A team will construct a helicopter device which uses one or more helicopter rotor(s) to safely transport a raw chicken egg from a specified height to the floor.

Shock Value

Students will compete in activities involving basic understanding of electricity, magnetism and simple electrical devices.

Simple Machines

Students will perform activities and answer questions related to simple machines.

Solar System

Students will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the properties and evolution of extraterrestrial ice and water in the solar system.

Sounds of Music

Prior to the competition, students will build two instruments based on a 12 tone tempered scale, prepare to describe the principles behind their operation and be able to perform a major scale, a required melody and a chosen melody with each.

Water Quality (Freshwater/Estuaries)

The event will focus on evaluating aquatic environments. (Freshwater/Estuaries)

Write It Do It

One student will write a description of an object and how to build it, and then the other student will attempt to construct the object from this description.