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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Participants are to be able to interpret, collect data, and make conjectures from maps, usually road and/or topographic maps. Competitors must also be able to draw maps. Participants are given 50 minutes to answer questions pertaining to the map. | Participants are to be able to interpret, collect data, and make conjectures from maps, usually road and/or topographic maps. Competitors must also be able to draw maps. Participants are given 50 minutes to answer questions pertaining to the map. | ||
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| + | Road Scholar is one of the classic Science Olympiad events. Road Scholar or another mapping event has been used in all but two years of Science Olympiad history. Recently, it has only been an event in division B. The most similar event in divison C would be [[Remote Sensing]]. [[Geocaching]] and [[Get Your Bearing]] are also somewhat similar to Road Scholar. Geocaching was a trial event at [[George Washington University 2008]]. | ||
==The Event== | ==The Event== | ||
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5) Draw a gratuicle tick mark in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 12 | 5) Draw a gratuicle tick mark in the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 12 | ||
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| + | ==The Competition== | ||
| + | You should make sure that you are bringing the right things into the competition. Because you're allowed to bring anything you want, you should take all the notes that you have. It is also absolutely necessary that you bring a ruler, a 360 degree protractor, string (to measure stream gradient),and extra paper (to measure distances and as scratch paper.) A magnifying glass can sometimes be useful, and a map symbol sheet is needed for the map-drawing. A calculator is also helpful because it saves time. | ||
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| + | It's a great idea to purchase the Coaches Handbook for Road Scholar off of [http://store.soinc.org/c-6-teaching-manuals.aspx here]. This gives detailed lessons on how to do everything in the event. It's really useful to bring into the competition because it has everything you need to know in one place. It also comes with a map symbols sheet, which you'll already need for the competition. | ||
==Practice== | ==Practice== | ||
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Many practice tests can be found on http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/products/sci_olympiad/sci_olympiad_road_scholar.html. You may need to order maps from http://www.usgs.gov/ to complete the tests. | Many practice tests can be found on http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/products/sci_olympiad/sci_olympiad_road_scholar.html. You may need to order maps from http://www.usgs.gov/ to complete the tests. | ||
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==Helpful Hints== | ==Helpful Hints== | ||