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The below file has the hand out for all the events. Please review and pick your relevant pages.
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Team Size |
Description |
Instructions |
Backyard Biologist |
2 |
Teams will be assessed on their knowledge of living organisms that they may encounter in their own backyard. In 2018, the focus will be on trees, plants, and birds. Teams will be required to identify organisms from a provided list and know about the habitat and conditions required for growth of the organisms. |
Each team may bring up to 2 commercially produced field guides and/or 2 – 3-ring binders with pages in any form from any source. (This means 2 guides, or 2 binders or a guide and a binder.) No Actual specimens –plant or animal - are allowed in the binders. Teams may also bring up to two hand lenses. Sample specimen list included in event description. |
Barge Building |
2 |
In this activity, students will construct a barge from a sheet of aluminum foil, float it and add pennies until the barge sinks. |
The student will be allowed to load the cargo on the barge until it fails. |
Bridge Building |
2 |
Bridge Building is a construction event that involves building a bridge with straws. Students are assessed on the strength of the bridge when bearing weight. |
Each team will be provided with 1 meter of 2.4 cm wide (1 inch wide) masking tape; 2 cm of tape per straw. At competition the supports for the bridge shall be at least 74 cm (± 29 inches) above the floor. Each end of the bridge structure will rest on the supports, but the bridge structure shall not be connected to or attached to the supports in any way The chalkboard eraser will be replaced with a 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 11.5 cm square prism of clay that has a mass of 112 g. The student will be allowed to place the clay mass on the structure. |
Crime Busters |
2 |
In Crime Busters, students will identify perpetrators of a certain crime by identifying unknown powders, liquids, and metals, and analyzing hairs, fibers, plastics, fingerprints, DNA evidence, shoeprints, tire treads, soil and splatters. Students will also analyze evidence from paper chromatography. Students should be able to use this data to answer some questions about who committed the crime and how the evidence supports their argument. |
We will use coffee filters to make a chromatogram from a pen. Lab coats/aprons and goggles will be supplied at the event |
Data Crunchers |
2 |
Data Crunchers Teams will demonstrate their understanding of mathematical concepts. ams will demonstrate their understanding of data collected from scientific experiments. Teams will need to be able to graph data and interpret graphs to make observations about trends in the data represented. Teams will also need to be able to estimate and measure basic units of length, weight, volume, and temperature and perform calculations of area, perimeter, volume, addition, subtraction, multiplication, & division. |
Station based event. Students will rotate through the stations with a fixed amount of time for each station. |
Deep Blue Sea |
2 |
Each team will work cooperatively to answer questions and identify ocean flora, and fauna, physical features and phenomena related to marine science. |
Event will be limited to ocean flora and fauna (algae, kelp, fish, mammals, mollusks and other living things) found in the oceans off the cost of GA. · Part 1 & Part 2 of the event will be used |
Disease Detectives |
2 |
Disease Detectives is an event that focuses on epidemiology, the study of diseases and how they spread. |
This event will utilize resources developed by the CDC. |
Grab a gram |
2 |
Teams will cooperate to pick up fifty (50) grams of two different sets of material. There will be two rounds using different substances (preferably different densities) in each round. |
Brown paper lunch sacks for massing |
Mystery Architecture |
2 |
In this event, teams are given materials such as straws, cups, string, tape, wooden dowels and other materials to build a structure. Structures that must be built have included cantilevers, towers, and bridges. Most of the structures are judged on height/distance spanned and are required to hold a specified amount. |
All building materials will be provided and identical for each team. Each team of participants may bring: scissors, a ruler, a pair of pliers, & practice tennis ball. Students will build structures on the ground, not tables or desks. Due to the fragile nature of towers, teams moving around room during competition will be disqualified. |
No Bones About it |
2 |
A team of two (2) students will match each of 10-15 different kinds of bones with an appropriate skeleton or chart of various animals. |
Actual bones, photos of bones, and models will be used. Event may contain a mixture of stations, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions. |
Paper Rockets |
2 |
Students build and fly a paper rocket from materials that are provided. |
Scissors provided Transparent tape (store brand) Ignore figure F in manual on page 85. This is not a valid rocket design. |
Rock Hound |
2 |
Contestants will be required to identify various rocks and minerals. |
No NOTES Permitted Rock and mineral specimens will be provided during the event. |
Starry Starry Night |
2 |
A team of two (2) students will identify constellations, planets, and other common celestial bodies in our universe. |
Value |
Straw Egg Drop |
2 |
Students must construct a device to cushion the egg when dropped from 2-3 meters |
Large, raw egg at room temperature will be used To limit mess, eggs will be placed in store brand sandwich zippy bags prior to building. Construction materials may not be attached to the egg (or bag). Scoring/Tie Breaker: 1.Egg unbroken 2.Distance from target center to egg container 3.Construction Time |
Water Rockets |
1 to 3 |
Students will build and launch a 2-liter plastic bottle for maximum time aloft. |
Parachutes are REQUIRED for all water rockets this year, however the parachute does NOT have to successfully deploy to be classified as a successful launch. Water rockets must be 1 meter or less in total height. Coke brand bottles fit launcher most easily Only 1 launch per team this year. An official pneumatic launcher with the pressure and launch buttons will be used. In addition: 1. Kids should pack chute before they come (no parent help allowed) 2. Kids can pressurize and launch own rocket 3. During or after pressurizing, only event supervisors can approach the rocket (safety issue). 4. Straws aren't necessary for launching 5. Goggles will be provided |
Weather or Not |
2 |
This competition will test the students’ knowledge of meteorological terms, techniques, and events. |
Images and actual weather tools will be used |
Which Way is North |
2 |
Teams of up to two students will attempt to navigate themselves around a state road map. |
Limited to Georgia Maps of various types Calculators not permitted Scales (rulers) provided Answers to distance questions will be set by Google Maps or equivalent program |
The 24 Game |
2 |
Participants use problem solving skills combined with their knowledge of mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to make the number 24 using the 4 numbers provided on the game cards. |
This is a Georgia specific event. Each team of students will be provided with 30 game cards to solve in 30 minutes or less. Students will have to show their work on each card they solve. |
backyard_biologist.pdf | |
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data_crunchers__1_.pdf | |
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the_24_game_r__2_.pdf | |
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