Standley Middle School Science Olympiad

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Standley Middle SchoolScience Olympiad

• San Diego Regional Science Olympiad

• Mr. Carter
• wcarter_at_sandi.net
• 858-455-0550 x2306

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What is Science Olympiad?

• Annual Science Competition
• 23 team events
• Each students competes (with a partner) in 2-3
  events
• Compete against other San Diego Middle Schools at
  Rancho Bernado High Middle School on February
  2, 2013 (SATURDAY) during an all-day event.

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Science Olympiad Benefits

• Promotes teamwork collaboration
• Improves study skills
• Exposure to science subjects outside of science
  class
• Great addition to academic resume

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Science Olympiad Commitment

• 15 Weeks of training (October 22-February 2)
• 2-3 hours per week (before school , after school
  and or during advisory)
• Students MUST attend and participate in all
  trainings and practices for their assigned
  events.
• Completion of work assignment by coach(es)
• Adherence to Standley rules

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Student Registration Form

• ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

• REGISTRATION FEE to FINANCIAL OFFICE

• Complete Contact Information
• Student Info.
• Parent Info.
• Read and sign acknowledgement
• Last day to sign-up October 8th.

• 20 -25 Donatons Covers
• -Standleys Registration with Science Olympiad
• -Materials costs
• -Official Standley Middle School Science
  Olympiad Shirt
• -Please submit Donations to to the financial
  office by Oct 22

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Science Olympiad Event Selection

• Rank top 5 on Registration Form online
• Students will be grouped by desired events
• Build vs. Test Events
• Only 2 students per event so everyone is not
  guaranteed their first choice.
• If parent coaches, student gets their first
  choice with a friend.
• Try to give each student 1 build and 1 test
  event.
• Teams formed as soon as we have coaches for each
  event!

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Build Event Elevated Bridge

• Teams will design, build test the lightest
  bridge to carry a maximum load.

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Build Event Trajectory

• Teams design, construct, calibrate and operate
  a device capable of launching a ball into a
  target using non-metallic elastic solids.
• Understand the dynamics of Slingshots or
  Catapult devices? Good at math or graphing?
• Engineering inclination

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Build Event Battery Buggy

• Teams will construct a vehicle that uses
  electrical energy as its sole means of
  propulsion, quickly travels a specified distance,
  and stops as close as possible to the center of
  the finish line.

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Build Event Junkyard Challenge

• Students will partially pre-construct a device
  with final construction and adaptation onsite to
  complete a published challenge.

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Build Event Wright Stuff

• Teams will design and build a propeller propelled
  aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft.
• SO provides one kit per school.

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Test Event Disease Detectives

• Students apply principles of epidemiology to a
  published report of a real-life health situation
  or problem.
• CSI fan?
• Do you have good logic skills, good detective?
• Written test skills

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Test Event Compute This

• Teams will be presented with a problem which
  requires quantitative data capture from the
  Internet and the presentation of data in a
  graphical format.

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Test Event Fossils

• Students will identify, describe, and classify
  various specimens.

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Test Event Pentathlon

• Teams will compete in an academic pentathlon to
  demonstrate their overall understanding of five
  major science content areas.

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Test Event Physical Sciences Lab

• Emphasis Wind Technology and Wind Generators.

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Test Event Science 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
• Like CSI? Want to be a forensics detective?
• Logic, analysis verbal communication

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Test Event Anatomy

• This event encompasses the anatomy of the
  skeletal and muscular system.
• Interested in the human body?
• Want to be a doctor?
• Written and verbal tests skills

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Test Event Ornithology

• This event will test knowledge of birds.
• If these creatures interest you can learn all
  about them and then test your knowledge.

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Test Event Road Scholar

• Students will answer questions based on their
  ability to read state highway maps,
  internet-generated maps, road atlases, or USGS
  topographic maps.
• Do you always want to know where you are going
  and how to get there?
• Do you like navigating on the family vacation?

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Test Event Meteorology

• Involves the use of process skills as applied to
  meteorology with respect to everyday weather.
• Are you in tune with the weather and good at
  math?
• Great event for surfers

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Test Event Solar System

• Identify and/or know properties and evolution of
  sun-sized and massive stars, open clusters and
  globular clusters, and normal star forming
  galaxies.
• Are you a space cadet? Do you own a telescope?
• Good memorization skills, great at taking verbal
  and written tests

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Test Event Write it Do it

• Technical writing exercise where students write a
  description of a contraption and other students
  will attempt to recreate it using only the
  written description
• Ability to write clear instructions
• Ability to decipher written instructions and
  construct a something

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Test Event Shock Value (Circuits)

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

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Test Event Bio-Processes Lab

• A lab oriented competition involving fundamental
  science processes.
• Do you know the scientific method?
• Are you good at collecting data?
• Can you interpret data?

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Test Event Dynamic Planet

• Teams will work at stations that display a
  variety of earth science materials and related
  earth science questions (earthquakes/ volcanoes).

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Test Event Ecology (grasslands, Taiga)

• Students will answer questions involving content
  knowledge and process skills in the area of
  ecology and adaptation by examining different
  ecosystems.

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Test Event Cant Judge a Powder

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

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Test Event Experimental Design

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

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Parent Volunteers

• Is there an event that you may want to coach?
• Please consider it even if you are not 100
  comfortable. We are not looking for an expert,
  just someone willing to give their time to the
  students.
• Without volunteer coaches the team will not do as
  well since teachers can not possibly coach all
  the events.

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How do I become a Volunteer?

• Background Check

• TB Test

• Complete and Return
• Request to Conduct Volunteer Screening Form
• School Volunteer Application

• Can be completed here at Standley
• Shots Tuesdays 9-10am
• Read Thursdays 3-4pm
• Can also be completed at your own doctor.